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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... fortune , [ the authors of Verfes to the imitator of Horace , and of an Epifle to a Doctor of Divinity from a Nobleman at Hampton - Court , ] to attack , in a very extraordinary manner , not only my writings , ( of which being public ...
... fortune , [ the authors of Verfes to the imitator of Horace , and of an Epifle to a Doctor of Divinity from a Nobleman at Hampton - Court , ] to attack , in a very extraordinary manner , not only my writings , ( of which being public ...
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... Fortune's worshipper , nor Fashion's fool , Not Lucre's madman , nor Ambition's tool , Not proud , nor fervile ; be one poet's praife , That , if he pleas'd , he pleas'd by manly ways : That flatt'ry , ev'n to kings , he held a fhame ...
... Fortune's worshipper , nor Fashion's fool , Not Lucre's madman , nor Ambition's tool , Not proud , nor fervile ; be one poet's praife , That , if he pleas'd , he pleas'd by manly ways : That flatt'ry , ev'n to kings , he held a fhame ...
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... fortune of a man entirely unrelated to him . Ver . 381. His father , mother , & c . ] In fome of Curll's and other ... fortunes , and becoming a general officer in Spain , left her what eftate remained after the fequeftrations and ...
... fortune of a man entirely unrelated to him . Ver . 381. His father , mother , & c . ] In fome of Curll's and other ... fortunes , and becoming a general officer in Spain , left her what eftate remained after the fequeftrations and ...
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... fortune , pray ? - P. Their own ; And better got , than Beftia's from the throne . Born to no pride , inheriting no ftrife , Nor marrying difcord in a noble wife , Stranger to civil and religious rage , 385 390 The good man walk'd ...
... fortune , pray ? - P. Their own ; And better got , than Beftia's from the throne . Born to no pride , inheriting no ftrife , Nor marrying difcord in a noble wife , Stranger to civil and religious rage , 385 390 The good man walk'd ...
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... fortune by his Homers . Lord Treasurer Oxford affected to difcourage that defign ; for fo great a genius ( he faid ) ought not to be confined to tranflation . He always ufed Mr. Pope civilily ; and would often exprefs his concern that ...
... fortune by his Homers . Lord Treasurer Oxford affected to difcourage that defign ; for fo great a genius ( he faid ) ought not to be confined to tranflation . He always ufed Mr. Pope civilily ; and would often exprefs his concern that ...
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