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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... turn , that they do not confider to what they expofe him , when they urge him to write on ; namely , to the fufpicions and the difpleasure of a Court ; who are made to believe , he is always writing ; or at leaft to the foolifh ...
... turn , that they do not confider to what they expofe him , when they urge him to write on ; namely , to the fufpicions and the difpleasure of a Court ; who are made to believe , he is always writing ; or at leaft to the foolifh ...
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... turn them free , With all their brandish'd reams they run to me : Is there a Prentice , having feen two plays , Who would do something in his Semptrefs ' praise NOTES . VER . 12. Ev'n Sunday fhines no Sabbath - day to me . ] The beauty ...
... turn them free , With all their brandish'd reams they run to me : Is there a Prentice , having feen two plays , Who would do something in his Semptrefs ' praise NOTES . VER . 12. Ev'n Sunday fhines no Sabbath - day to me . ] The beauty ...
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... turn Divine . ” VARIATIONS . VER . 53. in the MS . If you refuse , he goes , as fates incline , To plague Sir Robert , or to turn Divine . NOTES . VER . 43. Rhymes ere he wakes , ] A pleasant allufion to thofe words of Milton , Dictates ...
... turn Divine . ” VARIATIONS . VER . 53. in the MS . If you refuse , he goes , as fates incline , To plague Sir Robert , or to turn Divine . NOTES . VER . 43. Rhymes ere he wakes , ] A pleasant allufion to thofe words of Milton , Dictates ...
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... turn them . When they were to his mind , he took great pleasure in them , and would fay , Thefe are good rhymes . VER . 139. Talbot , & c . ] All these were Patrons or Admirers of Mr. Dryden ; though a scandalous libel against him ...
... turn them . When they were to his mind , he took great pleasure in them , and would fay , Thefe are good rhymes . VER . 139. Talbot , & c . ] All these were Patrons or Admirers of Mr. Dryden ; though a scandalous libel against him ...
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... turns a Perfian tale for half a Crown , 180 Juft writes to make his barrenness appear , And strains from hard - bound brains , eight lines a year ; He , who still wanting , tho ' he lives on theft , Steals much , spends little , yet has ...
... turns a Perfian tale for half a Crown , 180 Juft writes to make his barrenness appear , And strains from hard - bound brains , eight lines a year ; He , who still wanting , tho ' he lives on theft , Steals much , spends little , yet has ...
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