The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: ...A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, 1789 |
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... feem a better plea for these people , than any they have made use of . If obscurity or poverty were to ex- empt a man from fatire , much more should folly or dulness , which are still more involuntary ; nay , as much so as personal ...
... feem a better plea for these people , than any they have made use of . If obscurity or poverty were to ex- empt a man from fatire , much more should folly or dulness , which are still more involuntary ; nay , as much so as personal ...
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... feem to themselves , if to none other . Forgive me , gentle reader , if ( fol- lowing learned example ) I ever and anon become tedious . Allow me to take the fame pains to find whether my author were good or bad , well or ill natured ...
... feem to themselves , if to none other . Forgive me , gentle reader , if ( fol- lowing learned example ) I ever and anon become tedious . Allow me to take the fame pains to find whether my author were good or bad , well or ill natured ...
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... feem , that the hero , or chief perfonage of it was no less obfcure , and his understanding and sentiments no lefs quaint and strange ( if indeed not more fo ) than any of the actors of our poem .. MARGITES was the name of this ...
... feem , that the hero , or chief perfonage of it was no less obfcure , and his understanding and sentiments no lefs quaint and strange ( if indeed not more fo ) than any of the actors of our poem .. MARGITES was the name of this ...
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... feem to themselves vastly greater than it is , and is the prime motive of their fetting up in this fad and forry mer- chandise . The great power of these goddesses acting in alliance ( whereof as the one is the mother of In dustry , so ...
... feem to themselves vastly greater than it is , and is the prime motive of their fetting up in this fad and forry mer- chandise . The great power of these goddesses acting in alliance ( whereof as the one is the mother of In dustry , so ...
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... feem by his preferring it to one of iron , faid to belong to the late King of Sweden ( k ) . But whatever personal qualities a Hero may have , the examples of Achilles and ¯neas shew us , that all those are of small avail , without the ...
... feem by his preferring it to one of iron , faid to belong to the late King of Sweden ( k ) . But whatever personal qualities a Hero may have , the examples of Achilles and ¯neas shew us , that all those are of small avail , without the ...
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