The Works Of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Ten Volumes Complete, With His Last Corrections, Additions, And Improvements. Containing The First Of His Letters. 7Nicolai, 1764 - 301 pages |
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... to the prefs , I must not fay 7 on , altogether with my confent , nor wholly without II PREFACE TO THE From Mr Wycherley To the fame Letter From Sir William Trumbull Of his firft tranflation of Homer Letter Mr Pope to Mr Fervas.
... to the prefs , I must not fay 7 on , altogether with my confent , nor wholly without II PREFACE TO THE From Mr Wycherley To the fame Letter From Sir William Trumbull Of his firft tranflation of Homer Letter Mr Pope to Mr Fervas.
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... criticifm , in pieces which must have been writ in hafte , very few perhaps ever reviewed , and none intended for the eye of the public . 1 VIII A CATALOGUE of the Surreptitious and Incorrect Editions a 4 SURREPTITIOUS EDITION . VII.
... criticifm , in pieces which must have been writ in hafte , very few perhaps ever reviewed , and none intended for the eye of the public . 1 VIII A CATALOGUE of the Surreptitious and Incorrect Editions a 4 SURREPTITIOUS EDITION . VII.
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... must not therefore imagine , that when you told me my own performances were above thofe Cri " ticks , 1 was fo vain as to believe it ; and yet I may not be fo humble as to think myfelf quite below their notice . For critics , as they ...
... must not therefore imagine , that when you told me my own performances were above thofe Cri " ticks , 1 was fo vain as to believe it ; and yet I may not be fo humble as to think myfelf quite below their notice . For critics , as they ...
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... must confefs , I ought to be more humbled by your praise than exalted , which commends my little fense with so much more of yours , that I am dis- # I Good - nature and good sense , it seems , generally are companions , yet under the ...
... must confefs , I ought to be more humbled by your praise than exalted , which commends my little fense with so much more of yours , that I am dis- # I Good - nature and good sense , it seems , generally are companions , yet under the ...
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... must be fuch as a man naturally takes in obferving the firft shoots and buddings of a tree which he has raifed himself : and ' tis impoffible they fhould be efteemed any other- wife , than as we value fruits for being early , which ...
... must be fuch as a man naturally takes in obferving the firft shoots and buddings of a tree which he has raifed himself : and ' tis impoffible they fhould be efteemed any other- wife , than as we value fruits for being early , which ...
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