The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Broome, Pope, Pitt, ThomsonAlexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
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... Satire , occasioned by the Death of Mr. Pope , in Three Parts : To Mr. John Moore , Author of the celebrated Worm - Powder ib . Part I. ib . 11 . III . Song , by a Person of Quality , written in the Year 1733 282 On a certain Lady at ...
... Satire , occasioned by the Death of Mr. Pope , in Three Parts : To Mr. John Moore , Author of the celebrated Worm - Powder ib . Part I. ib . 11 . III . Song , by a Person of Quality , written in the Year 1733 282 On a certain Lady at ...
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... satire on Addison . Mr. Addison used me very civilly ever after 3 " The verses on Addison , when they were sent to Atterbury , were considered by him as the most excellent of Pope's performances ; and the writer was advised , since he ...
... satire on Addison . Mr. Addison used me very civilly ever after 3 " The verses on Addison , when they were sent to Atterbury , were considered by him as the most excellent of Pope's performances ; and the writer was advised , since he ...
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... satire had the effect which he intended , by blasting the characters which it touched . Ralph , who , unnecessarily interposing in the quarrel , got a place in a subsequent edition , complained that for a time he was in danger of ...
... satire had the effect which he intended , by blasting the characters which it touched . Ralph , who , unnecessarily interposing in the quarrel , got a place in a subsequent edition , complained that for a time he was in danger of ...
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... satire would coun- tervail the love of power or of money ; he pleased himself with being important and formidable , and gratified sometimes his pride , and sometimes his resentment ; till at last he began to think he should be more safe ...
... satire would coun- tervail the love of power or of money ; he pleased himself with being important and formidable , and gratified sometimes his pride , and sometimes his resentment ; till at last he began to think he should be more safe ...
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... satire against the Misapplication of all these , exem- plified by Pictures , Characters , and Examples . " This work in its full extent , being now afflicted with an asthma , and finding the powers of life gradually declining , he had ...
... satire against the Misapplication of all these , exem- plified by Pictures , Characters , and Examples . " This work in its full extent , being now afflicted with an asthma , and finding the powers of life gradually declining , he had ...
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