The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: ...A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, 1789 |
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... these authours had been- ( doubtless very wisely ) the first aggreffors . They had tried , till they were weary , what was to be got by railing at each other . No body was either concerned or surprised , if this or that fcribbler was ...
... these authours had been- ( doubtless very wisely ) the first aggreffors . They had tried , till they were weary , what was to be got by railing at each other . No body was either concerned or surprised , if this or that fcribbler was ...
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... these people fay were believed , I must appear to all my friends either a fool or a knave ; either imposed on myself , or im- posing on them ; fo that I am as much interested in the confutation of these calumnies , as he is himself . I ...
... these people fay were believed , I must appear to all my friends either a fool or a knave ; either imposed on myself , or im- posing on them ; fo that I am as much interested in the confutation of these calumnies , as he is himself . I ...
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... these fort of authours are poor . That might be pleaded as an excuse at the Old Baily , for lesser crimes than defamation , ( for it is the cafe of almost all who are tried there ) ; but fure it can be none here : For who will pretend ...
... these fort of authours are poor . That might be pleaded as an excuse at the Old Baily , for lesser crimes than defamation , ( for it is the cafe of almost all who are tried there ) ; but fure it can be none here : For who will pretend ...
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... these offend 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 ...
... these offend 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 ...
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... these in particular , he never defired them to be his admi- rers , nor promised in return to be theirs . That had truly been a sign he was of their acquaintance ; but would not the malicious world have fufpected such an approbation of ...
... these in particular , he never defired them to be his admi- rers , nor promised in return to be theirs . That had truly been a sign he was of their acquaintance ; but would not the malicious world have fufpected such an approbation of ...
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