The Works of Alexander Pope, with His Last Corrections, Additions and Improvements. With the Life of the Author, 2. köideD. Buchanan, 1804 - 332 pages |
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... VARIATIONS . After ver . 20. in the MS . Is there a bard in durance ? turn them free , With all their brandith'd reams they run to me : Is there a ' prentice , having feen two plays , Who would do fomething in his fempftrefs ' praise ...
... VARIATIONS . After ver . 20. in the MS . Is there a bard in durance ? turn them free , With all their brandith'd reams they run to me : Is there a ' prentice , having feen two plays , Who would do fomething in his fempftrefs ' praise ...
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... VARIATIONS . If you refufe , he goes , as fates incline , To plague Sir Robert , or to turn divine . Ver . 60. In the former edition , Cibber and I are luckily no friends . " And fhame the fools - Your int'reft , Sir PROLOGUE TO THE ...
... VARIATIONS . If you refufe , he goes , as fates incline , To plague Sir Robert , or to turn divine . Ver . 60. In the former edition , Cibber and I are luckily no friends . " And fhame the fools - Your int'reft , Sir PROLOGUE TO THE ...
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... VARIATIONS . For fong , for silence fome expect a bribe ; And others roar aloud , Subfcribe , fubfcribe ! " Time , praife , or money , is the leaft they craves Yet each declares the other fool or knave , This prints my letters , that ...
... VARIATIONS . For fong , for silence fome expect a bribe ; And others roar aloud , Subfcribe , fubfcribe ! " Time , praife , or money , is the leaft they craves Yet each declares the other fool or knave , This prints my letters , that ...
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... VARIATIONS . But , friend , this fhape , which you and Curll admire , Came not from Ammon's fon , but from my sire + : And for my head , if you'll the truth excufe , I had it from my mother t , not the mufe . Happy , if he in whom thefe ...
... VARIATIONS . But , friend , this fhape , which you and Curll admire , Came not from Ammon's fon , but from my sire + : And for my head , if you'll the truth excufe , I had it from my mother t , not the mufe . Happy , if he in whom thefe ...
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... VARIATIONS . Who , if two wits on rival themes conteft , Approves of each , but likes the worlt the beft . Alluding to Mr. P's and Tickell's tranflation of the first book of the diad . What though my name flood rubric on the walls ...
... VARIATIONS . Who , if two wits on rival themes conteft , Approves of each , but likes the worlt the beft . Alluding to Mr. P's and Tickell's tranflation of the first book of the diad . What though my name flood rubric on the walls ...
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