The Works Of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Ten Volumes Complete, With His Last Corrections, Additions, And Improvements. Being The Third Of His Letters. 9, 10. köideNicolai, 1764 - 136 pages |
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... Ministers to each other . This might have been done , if others , who had more concern and more influence , would have acted their parts ; and , if this had fucceeded , the public interest both of Church and State would not have been ...
... Ministers to each other . This might have been done , if others , who had more concern and more influence , would have acted their parts ; and , if this had fucceeded , the public interest both of Church and State would not have been ...
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... Ministers , I look upon them as a race of people whofe acquaintance no man would court , otherwise than upon the fcore of Vani- ty or Ambition . The first quickly wears off ( and is the Vice of low minds , for a man of spirit is too ...
... Ministers , I look upon them as a race of people whofe acquaintance no man would court , otherwise than upon the fcore of Vani- ty or Ambition . The first quickly wears off ( and is the Vice of low minds , for a man of spirit is too ...
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... Minister thinks fit to dislike , are not only oppofite to that Maxim , which declareth it better that ten guilty men should escape , than one innocent fuffer ; but likewife leave a gate wide open to the whole Tribe of Informers , the ...
... Minister thinks fit to dislike , are not only oppofite to that Maxim , which declareth it better that ten guilty men should escape , than one innocent fuffer ; but likewife leave a gate wide open to the whole Tribe of Informers , the ...
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... Ministers were not at leifure to hear his petition , until they had fecuted and hanged the number they proposed . pro- All I can reasonably hope for by this letter , is to convince my friends , and others who are pleased to wifh me well ...
... Ministers were not at leifure to hear his petition , until they had fecuted and hanged the number they proposed . pro- All I can reasonably hope for by this letter , is to convince my friends , and others who are pleased to wifh me well ...
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... Ministers to keep me on that fide , if it were but by a court expedient of keeping me in prison for a Plot- ter ; but at the same time I must tell you , that fuch journeys very much fhorten my life , for a month here is longer than fix ...
... Ministers to keep me on that fide , if it were but by a court expedient of keeping me in prison for a Plot- ter ; but at the same time I must tell you , that fuch journeys very much fhorten my life , for a month here is longer than fix ...
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