The Works of Alexander Pope Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete. With His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements; ... Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warbuton, 7. köideJ. and P. Knapton, H. Lintot, J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, and C. Bathurst, 1752 |
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Page 21
... because the mem- bers of one house are remov'd up to t'other , as it is often done by the court for reasons of state . Infomuch that the lower houfes , I mean the play - houses , are going to act tragedies on one another without doors ...
... because the mem- bers of one house are remov'd up to t'other , as it is often done by the court for reasons of state . Infomuch that the lower houfes , I mean the play - houses , are going to act tragedies on one another without doors ...
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... because it is fmall or trivial : I have told you ( I think ) what a Spanish lady faid to her poor poetical gallant , that a Queen if fhe had to do with a groom , would expect a mark of his kindness from him , though it were but his ...
... because it is fmall or trivial : I have told you ( I think ) what a Spanish lady faid to her poor poetical gallant , that a Queen if fhe had to do with a groom , would expect a mark of his kindness from him , though it were but his ...
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... because they are no more than sparks lighted up by your fire : and you may omit them at last , if you think them but squibs in your triumphs . I am , & c . I LETTER XII . From Mr. WYCHERLE Y. Nov. 11 , 1707 . Received yours of the 9th ...
... because they are no more than sparks lighted up by your fire : and you may omit them at last , if you think them but squibs in your triumphs . I am , & c . I LETTER XII . From Mr. WYCHERLE Y. Nov. 11 , 1707 . Received yours of the 9th ...
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... because you bade me . When I think all the repetitions are ftruck out in a copy , I fometimes find more upon dipping in the first vo- fume , and the number encreases fo much , that , I believe , more shortning will be requifite than you ...
... because you bade me . When I think all the repetitions are ftruck out in a copy , I fometimes find more upon dipping in the first vo- fume , and the number encreases fo much , that , I believe , more shortning will be requifite than you ...
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... because , I think , the taste of our age will not relish a poem of that fort . People seek for what they call wit , on all subjects , and in all places ; not confidering that nature loves truth fo well , that it hardly ever admits of ...
... because , I think , the taste of our age will not relish a poem of that fort . People seek for what they call wit , on all subjects , and in all places ; not confidering that nature loves truth fo well , that it hardly ever admits of ...
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