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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... myself ( for they contain nothing of present Times or Perfons , upon which I fhall never lofe a thought while there is a Cat or a Spaniel in the house ) but to preserve them from being loft among Meffengers and Clerks . I have written ...
... myself ( for they contain nothing of present Times or Perfons , upon which I fhall never lofe a thought while there is a Cat or a Spaniel in the house ) but to preserve them from being loft among Meffengers and Clerks . I have written ...
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... myself , to fee how ill a tafte for wit and fenfe prevails in the world , which Politics , and South - fea , and Party . and Opera's , and Masquerades have in- 7 ) This is a very ftrange affertion . To fuppofe that a confummate ...
... myself , to fee how ill a tafte for wit and fenfe prevails in the world , which Politics , and South - fea , and Party . and Opera's , and Masquerades have in- 7 ) This is a very ftrange affertion . To fuppofe that a confummate ...
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... myself fo far out - done by the Earl of Oxford in my own trade as a Scholar , and too good a Courtier not to discover his contempt of those who would be men of impor tance out of their sphere . Befides , to say the truth , although I ...
... myself fo far out - done by the Earl of Oxford in my own trade as a Scholar , and too good a Courtier not to discover his contempt of those who would be men of impor tance out of their sphere . Befides , to say the truth , although I ...
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... myself against a Popifl Succeffor to the Crown , whatever Title he might have by the proximity of blood : Neither did I ever regard the right line , except upon two accounts a firft , as it was established by law ; and fecondly , as it ...
... myself against a Popifl Succeffor to the Crown , whatever Title he might have by the proximity of blood : Neither did I ever regard the right line , except upon two accounts a firft , as it was established by law ; and fecondly , as it ...
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... . These are some of the fentiments I had , relating to public affairs , while I was in the world : what they are at prefent , is of little importance either to that or myself ; neither can I truly fay I FROM DR . SWIFT . 29.
... . These are some of the fentiments I had , relating to public affairs , while I was in the world : what they are at prefent , is of little importance either to that or myself ; neither can I truly fay I FROM DR . SWIFT . 29.
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