The Works of Alexander Pope, 1. köideHenry Lintot, 1736 |
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... the fear of being ridiculous . If he is made to hope he may please the world , he falls under very un- lucky circumstances : for from the moment he A 4 prints , prints , he must expect to hear no more truth PREFACE . 7.
... the fear of being ridiculous . If he is made to hope he may please the world , he falls under very un- lucky circumstances : for from the moment he A 4 prints , prints , he must expect to hear no more truth PREFACE . 7.
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Alexander Pope. prints , he must expect to hear no more truth , than if he were a Prince , or a Beauty . If he has not very good fenfe , his living thus in a courfe of flat- tery may put him in no small danger of becoming a Coxcomb : If ...
Alexander Pope. prints , he must expect to hear no more truth , than if he were a Prince , or a Beauty . If he has not very good fenfe , his living thus in a courfe of flat- tery may put him in no small danger of becoming a Coxcomb : If ...
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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 obliga- tion ...
... 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 obliga- tion ...
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... much Art , Such various Learning mix'd in ev'ry part , Poets are bound a loud applause to pay ; Apollo bids it , and they must obey . VOL . I. a 5 10 15 And And yet fo wonderful , fublime a thing , As On Mr. POPE and his Poems, ...
... much Art , Such various Learning mix'd in ev'ry part , Poets are bound a loud applause to pay ; Apollo bids it , and they must obey . VOL . I. a 5 10 15 And And yet fo wonderful , fublime a thing , As On Mr. POPE and his Poems, ...
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