The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: ...A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, 1789 |
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... those which are , or will be tranfmitted to you by others ; fince not only the Authour's friends , but even strangers , appear engaged by humanity , to take some care of an orphan of so much genius and spirit , which its parent seems to ...
... those which are , or will be tranfmitted to you by others ; fince not only the Authour's friends , but even strangers , appear engaged by humanity , to take some care of an orphan of so much genius and spirit , which its parent seems to ...
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... those works which are in , the hands of every body , in which not the least men- tion is made of any them . And what has he done : fince ? He has laughed , and written the DUNCIAD .. What has that faid of them ? A very ferious truth ...
... those works which are in , the hands of every body , in which not the least men- tion is made of any them . And what has he done : fince ? He has laughed , and written the DUNCIAD .. What has that faid of them ? A very ferious truth ...
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... those whom they had most abused , namely the greatest and best of all parties . Let me add a further reason , that , though engaged in their friendships , he never espoused their animosities ; and can almost singly challenge this honour ...
... those whom they had most abused , namely the greatest and best of all parties . Let me add a further reason , that , though engaged in their friendships , he never espoused their animosities ; and can almost singly challenge this honour ...
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... Those who allow him to be bred at home , differ as much concerning his tutor . One faith ( e ) , he was kept by his father on purpose ; a fe- cond ( f ) , that he wasan itinerant prieft ; a third ( g ) , that he was a parson : one ( 6 ) ...
... Those who allow him to be bred at home , differ as much concerning his tutor . One faith ( e ) , he was kept by his father on purpose ; a fe- cond ( f ) , that he wasan itinerant prieft ; a third ( g ) , that he was a parson : one ( 6 ) ...
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... those in Horace's art of poetry , without that " methodical regularity which would have been re- quifite in a prose writer . They are some of them uncommon , but fuch as the reader must afssent to , " when he sees them explained with ...
... those in Horace's art of poetry , without that " methodical regularity which would have been re- quifite in a prose writer . They are some of them uncommon , but fuch as the reader must afssent to , " when he sees them explained with ...
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