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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... received , as the lady's feems to have been by the gentlemen concerned ; we shall at least have - Her Comfort , of being thanked by the rest of the world . Nor has Mr. P. himself any great caufe to think it much offence to his modefty ...
... received , as the lady's feems to have been by the gentlemen concerned ; we shall at least have - Her Comfort , of being thanked by the rest of the world . Nor has Mr. P. himself any great caufe to think it much offence to his modefty ...
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... received , which was more welcome to me than any thing could be out of the country , tho ' it 1. His Paftorals , written at fixteen years of age . were one's rent due that day ; and I can LETTERS TO AND tranflated the Effay on Criticifm ...
... received , which was more welcome to me than any thing could be out of the country , tho ' it 1. His Paftorals , written at fixteen years of age . were one's rent due that day ; and I can LETTERS TO AND tranflated the Effay on Criticifm ...
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... received yours of the fifth , wherein your mo defty refuses the juft praises I give you , by which you lay claim to more , as a bishop gains his bishopric . by faying he will not episcopate ; but I must confess , whilft I displease you ...
... received yours of the fifth , wherein your mo defty refuses the juft praises I give you , by which you lay claim to more , as a bishop gains his bishopric . by faying he will not episcopate ; but I must confess , whilft I displease you ...
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... received any letters from you . ' Tis certain , the greatest magnifying glaffes in the world are a man's own eyes when they look upon his own , perfon ; yet even in those , I cannot fancy myself fo extremely like Alexander the great ...
... received any letters from you . ' Tis certain , the greatest magnifying glaffes in the world are a man's own eyes when they look upon his own , perfon ; yet even in those , I cannot fancy myself fo extremely like Alexander the great ...
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... received , as Yours I have always done yours , with no little fatis- faction , and am proud to discover by it , that you find fault with the fhortnefs of mine , which I think the beft excufe for it : And tho ' they ( as you fay ) who ...
... received , as Yours I have always done yours , with no little fatis- faction , and am proud to discover by it , that you find fault with the fhortnefs of mine , which I think the beft excufe for it : And tho ' they ( as you fay ) who ...
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