The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: ...A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, 1789 |
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... occafion ) in vain , in the closets and li- braries of all my acquaintance . I had still been in : the dark , if a gentleman had not procured me ( I fup- pose from fome of themselves , for they are generally . much A 3 1 wiuch more ...
... occafion ) in vain , in the closets and li- braries of all my acquaintance . I had still been in : the dark , if a gentleman had not procured me ( I fup- pose from fome of themselves , for they are generally . much A 3 1 wiuch more ...
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... occafion to declare , that the fubfcrip " tion for Shakespear belongs wholly to Mr. Tonfon ; " and that the benefit of this proposal is not folely " for my own use , but for that of two of my friends , " who have affifted me in this ...
... occafion to declare , that the fubfcrip " tion for Shakespear belongs wholly to Mr. Tonfon ; " and that the benefit of this proposal is not folely " for my own use , but for that of two of my friends , " who have affifted me in this ...
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... occafion to turn all to their author's advantage , and from the telimony of his very enemies would affirm , That his capacity was boundless , as well as his ima- gination ; that he was a perfect master of all styles , and all arguments ...
... occafion to turn all to their author's advantage , and from the telimony of his very enemies would affirm , That his capacity was boundless , as well as his ima- gination ; that he was a perfect master of all styles , and all arguments ...
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... occafion and the caufe which moved our poet to this particular work . Heli- ved in those days , when ( after Providence had permit- ted the invention of printing as a scourge for the fins of the learned ) paper alfo became so cheap ...
... occafion and the caufe which moved our poet to this particular work . Heli- ved in those days , when ( after Providence had permit- ted the invention of printing as a scourge for the fins of the learned ) paper alfo became so cheap ...
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... occafion , of the editor . The DUNCIAD , fic MS . It may well be disputed whether this be a right reading . Ought it not rather to be spelled Dun- ceiad , as the etymology evidently demands ? Dunce , with an e , therefore Dunceiad with ...
... occafion , of the editor . The DUNCIAD , fic MS . It may well be disputed whether this be a right reading . Ought it not rather to be spelled Dun- ceiad , as the etymology evidently demands ? Dunce , with an e , therefore Dunceiad with ...
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