The Works of Alexander Pope, 1. köideHenry Lintot, 1736 |
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... trembling with the fear of being ridiculous . If he is made to hope he may please the world , he falls under very unlucky circumstances : for from the moment he A 4 prints , prints , he must expect to hear no more truth PREFACE . 7.
... trembling with the fear of being ridiculous . If he is made to hope he may please the world , he falls under very unlucky circumstances : for from the moment he A 4 prints , prints , he must expect to hear no more truth PREFACE . 7.
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... must give up all the reasonable aims of life for it . There are indeed fome advantages accruing from a Genius to Poetry , and they are all I can think of : the agreeable power of felf - amufement when a man 13 Ot e : d e t t S 0 8 PREFACE .
... must give up all the reasonable aims of life for it . There are indeed fome advantages accruing from a Genius to Poetry , and they are all I can think of : the agreeable power of felf - amufement when a man 13 Ot e : d e t t S 0 8 PREFACE .
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... must have the conftancy of a martyr , and a refolution to fuffer for its fake . I could with people would believe what I am pretty certain they will not , that I have been lefs concern'd about Fame than I durft declare till this ...
... must have the conftancy of a martyr , and a refolution to fuffer for its fake . I could with people would believe what I am pretty certain they will not , that I have been lefs concern'd about Fame than I durft declare till this ...
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... must be this ( if any thing ) that can give me a chance to be one . For what I have publish'd , I can only hope to be pardon'd ; but for what I have burn'd , I deserve to be prais'd . On this account the world is under fome obligation 1 ...
... must be this ( if any thing ) that can give me a chance to be one . For what I have publish'd , I can only hope to be pardon'd ; but for what I have burn'd , I deserve to be prais'd . On this account the world is under fome obligation 1 ...
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... must farther acquit , my felf of the presumption of having lent my name to recommend any Miscellanies , or Works of other men ; a thing I never thought becoming a person who has hardly credit enough to answer for his own . In this ...
... must farther acquit , my felf of the presumption of having lent my name to recommend any Miscellanies , or Works of other men ; a thing I never thought becoming a person who has hardly credit enough to answer for his own . In this ...
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