The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, 4. köideA. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, H. Lintot, and C. Bathurst, 1757 |
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... fome Perfons of Rank and Fortune [ the Authors of Verfes to the Imitator of Horace , and of an Epistle to a Doc- tor of Divinity from a Nobleman at Hampton - Court ] to attack , in a very extraordinary manner , not only my Writings ( of ...
... fome Perfons of Rank and Fortune [ the Authors of Verfes to the Imitator of Horace , and of an Epistle to a Doc- tor of Divinity from a Nobleman at Hampton - Court ] to attack , in a very extraordinary manner , not only my Writings ( of ...
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... fome of them know , it was owing to the request of the learned and candid Friend to whom it is infcribed , that I make not as free ufe of theirs as they have done of mine . However , I fhall have this advantage , and honour , on my fide ...
... fome of them know , it was owing to the request of the learned and candid Friend to whom it is infcribed , that I make not as free ufe of theirs as they have done of mine . However , I fhall have this advantage , and honour , on my fide ...
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... towards Poetry , as if it were in execution of fome fecret decree of Heaven , for crimes unknown . But though he offended in becoming an Author , he offended in no- thing elfe : For his early verfes were perfectly innocent 6 PROLOGUE.
... towards Poetry , as if it were in execution of fome fecret decree of Heaven , for crimes unknown . But though he offended in becoming an Author , he offended in no- thing elfe : For his early verfes were perfectly innocent 6 PROLOGUE.
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... fome , of his Bar- ber , but by Chaucer of his Queen . See Wife of Bath's Tale in Dryden's Fables . P. VER . 80. That fecret to each fool , that he's an Afs : ] i . e . that his ears ( his marks of folly ) are visible . VER . 88 ...
... fome , of his Bar- ber , but by Chaucer of his Queen . See Wife of Bath's Tale in Dryden's Fables . P. VER . 80. That fecret to each fool , that he's an Afs : ] i . e . that his ears ( his marks of folly ) are visible . VER . 88 ...
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... fome expect a bribe ; And others roar aloud , " Subscribe , subscribe . " Time , praise , or money , is the leaft they crave ; Yet each declares the other fool or knave . NOTES . 120 VER . 118. Sir , you have an Eye ] It is remarkable ...
... fome expect a bribe ; And others roar aloud , " Subscribe , subscribe . " Time , praise , or money , is the leaft they crave ; Yet each declares the other fool or knave . NOTES . 120 VER . 118. Sir , you have an Eye ] It is remarkable ...
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