The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: ...A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, 1789 |
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... less forgive ) of his friends .. They had called men of virtue and honour bad men , long before he had either leisure or inclination to call them bad writers : And fome had been fuch old of- fenders , that he had quite forgotten their ...
... less forgive ) of his friends .. They had called men of virtue and honour bad men , long before he had either leisure or inclination to call them bad writers : And fome had been fuch old of- fenders , that he had quite forgotten their ...
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... less thought of . Law can pronounce judgment only on open facts ; morality alone can pass cenfure on inten- tions of mischief ; so that for secret calumny , or the arrow flying in the dark , there is no public punish-- ment left , but ...
... less thought of . Law can pronounce judgment only on open facts ; morality alone can pass cenfure on inten- tions of mischief ; so that for secret calumny , or the arrow flying in the dark , there is no public punish-- ment left , but ...
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... less in their morals , than in their writings ; muft poverty make - nonsense sacred ? If fo , the fame of bad authours would be much better confulted than that of all the good ones in the world ; and not one of an hundred had ever been ...
... less in their morals , than in their writings ; muft poverty make - nonsense sacred ? If fo , the fame of bad authours would be much better confulted than that of all the good ones in the world ; and not one of an hundred had ever been ...
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... less uncertain the judgements concerning them ; beginning with his EssAY ON CRITICISM ; of which hear first the most ancient of critics , 66 Mr. JOHN DENNIS . " His precepts are false or trivial , or both ; his thoughts are crude and ...
... less uncertain the judgements concerning them ; beginning with his EssAY ON CRITICISM ; of which hear first the most ancient of critics , 66 Mr. JOHN DENNIS . " His precepts are false or trivial , or both ; his thoughts are crude and ...
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... another charge , infinuating no less than his enmity both to church and state , which could come from no other informer than the faid ( a ) Daily Journal , March 18 , 1728 , C2 Mr. 1 Mr. JAMES - MOORE SMITH . " ( b ) OF AUTHORS . 27.
... another charge , infinuating no less than his enmity both to church and state , which could come from no other informer than the faid ( a ) Daily Journal , March 18 , 1728 , C2 Mr. 1 Mr. JAMES - MOORE SMITH . " ( b ) OF AUTHORS . 27.
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