The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: ...A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, 1789 |
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... words of a great * As Mr. Wycherley , at the time the town declaimed against his book of poems ; Mr. Walsh , after his death ; Sir William Trumbull , when he had resigned the office of Secretary of State ; Lord Bolingbroke , at his ...
... words of a great * As Mr. Wycherley , at the time the town declaimed against his book of poems ; Mr. Walsh , after his death ; Sir William Trumbull , when he had resigned the office of Secretary of State ; Lord Bolingbroke , at his ...
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... words : Mr. ADDISON , FREEHOLDER , No. 40 . " When I confider myself as a British freeholder , " I am in a particular manner pleased with the la- " bours of those who have improved our language " with the tranflations of old Greek and ...
... words : Mr. ADDISON , FREEHOLDER , No. 40 . " When I confider myself as a British freeholder , " I am in a particular manner pleased with the la- " bours of those who have improved our language " with the tranflations of old Greek and ...
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... words of Mr. POPE'S PROPOSAL for the ODYSSEY , ( printed by J. Watts , Jan. 10 , 1724 ) " I take this occafion to declare , that the fubfcrip " tion for Shakespear belongs wholly to Mr. Tonfon ; " and that the benefit of this proposal ...
... words of Mr. POPE'S PROPOSAL for the ODYSSEY , ( printed by J. Watts , Jan. 10 , 1724 ) " I take this occafion to declare , that the fubfcrip " tion for Shakespear belongs wholly to Mr. Tonfon ; " and that the benefit of this proposal ...
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... words ; " The author is allowed to be a perfect ma- " ster of an easy and elegant verfification . In all his " works we find the most happy turns and natural " fimiles , wonderfully short and thick fown . " The Effay on the Dunciad also ...
... words ; " The author is allowed to be a perfect ma- " ster of an easy and elegant verfification . In all his " works we find the most happy turns and natural " fimiles , wonderfully short and thick fown . " The Effay on the Dunciad also ...
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... word of a gentleman , that I never wrote so much as one line in concert with any one man whatsoever . And these " two letters from Gildon will plainly show , that we are not " writers in concert with each other . " SIR , " The height of ...
... word of a gentleman , that I never wrote so much as one line in concert with any one man whatsoever . And these " two letters from Gildon will plainly show , that we are not " writers in concert with each other . " SIR , " The height of ...
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