The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq, 5. köideJ. Balfour, 1764 |
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Page iv
... thing , but I believed it might be fo as fhe writ in her letter . I am extremely concerned that my former indiscretion in putting them into the hands of this Pretieufe , fhould have given you fo much disturbance ; for the last thing I ...
... thing , but I believed it might be fo as fhe writ in her letter . I am extremely concerned that my former indiscretion in putting them into the hands of this Pretieufe , fhould have given you fo much disturbance ; for the last thing I ...
Page xviii
... thing elfe fhall be joined with it ( more efpecially fcan- dal ) which the collector can think for his intereft , all recommended under your Name : you have not only Theft to fear , but Forgery . Any Bookfeller , though confcious in ...
... thing elfe fhall be joined with it ( more efpecially fcan- dal ) which the collector can think for his intereft , all recommended under your Name : you have not only Theft to fear , but Forgery . Any Bookfeller , though confcious in ...
Page 8
... thing could be out of the country , tho ' it were one's rent due that day ; and I can find no fault with it , but that it charges me with want of fin- cerity , or juftice , for giving you your due ; who fhould not let your modefty be fo ...
... thing could be out of the country , tho ' it were one's rent due that day ; and I can find no fault with it , but that it charges me with want of fin- cerity , or juftice , for giving you your due ; who fhould not let your modefty be fo ...
Page 15
... thing not worth the catching ; never in the way , nor I can't but prefer folitude to the company of all thefe ; for tho ' a man's felf may poffibly be the worst fellow to converfe with in the world , yet one would think the company of a ...
... thing not worth the catching ; never in the way , nor I can't but prefer folitude to the company of all thefe ; for tho ' a man's felf may poffibly be the worst fellow to converfe with in the world , yet one would think the company of a ...
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... thing of this na- ture , it would be no wonder reports fhould be rais'd , and there are those ( I fear ) who would be ready to improve them to my disadvantage . I am forry you told the great man , whom you met in the court of re- * The ...
... thing of this na- ture , it would be no wonder reports fhould be rais'd , and there are those ( I fear ) who would be ready to improve them to my disadvantage . I am forry you told the great man , whom you met in the court of re- * The ...
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