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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... those who know me not , a truer information may be requifite . Being divided between the neceffity to fay fomething of my- felf , and my own laziness to undertake fo awkward a task , I thought it the fhortest way to put the laft hand to ...
... those who know me not , a truer information may be requifite . Being divided between the neceffity to fay fomething of my- felf , and my own laziness to undertake fo awkward a task , I thought it the fhortest way to put the laft hand to ...
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... those who courted his favour , as thofe who envied his reputation . So that now he had refolved to quit his hands of both together , by the publication of a DUNCIAD . This defign he commu- nicated to his excellent Friend Dr. ARBUTHNOT ...
... those who courted his favour , as thofe who envied his reputation . So that now he had refolved to quit his hands of both together , by the publication of a DUNCIAD . This defign he commu- nicated to his excellent Friend Dr. ARBUTHNOT ...
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... those let affes prick , " Tis nothing --- P . Nothing ? if they bite and kick ? 80 Out with it , DUNCIAD ! let the fecret pass , That fecret to each fool , that he's an Afs : The truth once told ( and wherefore should we lie ? ) The ...
... those let affes prick , " Tis nothing --- P . Nothing ? if they bite and kick ? 80 Out with it , DUNCIAD ! let the fecret pass , That fecret to each fool , that he's an Afs : The truth once told ( and wherefore should we lie ? ) The ...
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... those early days , a Comedy and Tragedy , the latter taken from a story in the Legend of St. Genevieve . They both defervedly underwent the fame fate . As he began his Paftorals foon after , he used to fay pleafantly , that he had ...
... those early days , a Comedy and Tragedy , the latter taken from a story in the Legend of St. Genevieve . They both defervedly underwent the fame fate . As he began his Paftorals foon after , he used to fay pleafantly , that he had ...
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... those earlier Ribalds raised an appe- tite for the Greek language in the Weft : infomuch , that Her- molaus Barbarus , a paffionate admirer of it , and a noted Critic , used to boast , that he had invoked and raised the Devil , and puz ...
... those earlier Ribalds raised an appe- tite for the Greek language in the Weft : infomuch , that Her- molaus Barbarus , a paffionate admirer of it , and a noted Critic , used to boast , that he had invoked and raised the Devil , and puz ...
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