The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: ...A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, 1789 |
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... writers : And fome had been fuch old of- fenders , that he had quite forgotten their perfons as well as their flanders , till they were pleased to revive them . Now , what had Mr. POPE done before , to incenfe them ? He had published ...
... writers : And fome had been fuch old of- fenders , that he had quite forgotten their perfons as well as their flanders , till they were pleased to revive them . Now , what had Mr. POPE done before , to incenfe them ? He had published ...
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... writer inflicts . The next objection is , That 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 ...
... writer inflicts . The next objection is , That 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 ...
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... a friend as they have done . But of this I cannot per- fuade myself , when I confider the constant and eter- nal averfion of all bad writers to a good one . Such 1 Such as claim a merit from being his admirers TO THE PUBLISHER . 7.
... a friend as they have done . But of this I cannot per- fuade myself , when I confider the constant and eter- nal averfion of all bad writers to a good one . Such 1 Such as claim a merit from being his admirers TO THE PUBLISHER . 7.
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... writers so notorious for the contrary practice , became no man so well as himself ; as none , it is plain , was so little in their friendships , or fo much in that of ... writer , writer , know how hard it is ( with regard 10 A LETTER.
... writers so notorious for the contrary practice , became no man so well as himself ; as none , it is plain , was so little in their friendships , or fo much in that of ... writer , writer , know how hard it is ( with regard 10 A LETTER.
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... Alexander Pope. writer , know how hard it is ( with regard both to his subject and his manner ) VETUSTIS DARE NOVITA- TEM , OBSOLETIS NITOREM , OBSCURIS LUCEM , FASTIDITIS GRATIAM . I am , St. James's , * Dec . 22. 1728 . Your most ...
... Alexander Pope. writer , know how hard it is ( with regard both to his subject and his manner ) VETUSTIS DARE NOVITA- TEM , OBSOLETIS NITOREM , OBSCURIS LUCEM , FASTIDITIS GRATIAM . I am , St. James's , * Dec . 22. 1728 . Your most ...
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