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, 4. köideJ. and P. Knapton, H. Lintot, J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, and C. Bathurst, 1752 |
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... amongst the Wits ; but ftill kept in his ufual privacy ; leaving the whole Caftalian ftate , as he calls it , to a Mock - Mecenas , whom he next describes [ 125 to 261. ] And , ftruck with the fenfe of that dignity and felicity in ...
... amongst the Wits ; but ftill kept in his ufual privacy ; leaving the whole Caftalian ftate , as he calls it , to a Mock - Mecenas , whom he next describes [ 125 to 261. ] And , ftruck with the fenfe of that dignity and felicity in ...
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... amongst these compliments on his infirmities and deformities , he mentions his eye , which was fine , fharp , and piercing . It was done to intimate , that flattery was as odious to him when there was fome ground for commendation , as ...
... amongst these compliments on his infirmities and deformities , he mentions his eye , which was fine , fharp , and piercing . It was done to intimate , that flattery was as odious to him when there was fome ground for commendation , as ...
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... amongst those who call themselves his friends , a pretty general indignation . But every day's expe- rience fhews us the very contrary . Some take a malignant fatisfaction in the attack ; others a foolish pleasure in a literary conflict ...
... amongst those who call themselves his friends , a pretty general indignation . But every day's expe- rience fhews us the very contrary . Some take a malignant fatisfaction in the attack ; others a foolish pleasure in a literary conflict ...
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... amongst thofe of the leaft confequence , and most " compliance : I read the moft trifling Books I can find : and " whenever I write , it is upon the most trifling subjects . " And again , " I love La Bagatelle better than ever . I am ...
... amongst thofe of the leaft confequence , and most " compliance : I read the moft trifling Books I can find : and " whenever I write , it is upon the most trifling subjects . " And again , " I love La Bagatelle better than ever . I am ...
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... amongst us , who have distinguished themselves in the learned world , to ascribe the ill treatment they have met with , from those they endeavoured to oblige , to fo bad a cause as envy . But furely without reafon ; for we find our ...
... amongst us , who have distinguished themselves in the learned world , to ascribe the ill treatment they have met with , from those they endeavoured to oblige , to fo bad a cause as envy . But furely without reafon ; for we find our ...
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