The Works Of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Ten Volumes Complete, With His Last Corrections, Additions, And Improvements. Being The Second Of His Letters. 8Nicolai, 1764 - 225 pages |
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... should do with my letters just as you pleafed , and answer them at your leisure ; and that is as foon as I fhall think you ought . I have so true a taste of the substantial part of your friendship , that I wave all ceremonials ; and am ...
... should do with my letters just as you pleafed , and answer them at your leisure ; and that is as foon as I fhall think you ought . I have so true a taste of the substantial part of your friendship , that I wave all ceremonials ; and am ...
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... should be the last we receive ; for , if you observe , Matrimo- ny is placed after Extreme unction in our Catechifm , as a kind of hint of the order of time in which they are to be taken . The old man then lay down , facis- fy'd in the ...
... should be the last we receive ; for , if you observe , Matrimo- ny is placed after Extreme unction in our Catechifm , as a kind of hint of the order of time in which they are to be taken . The old man then lay down , facis- fy'd in the ...
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... should he bar her from doubling her Jointure on the fame eafy terms ? W So trivial as thefe circumstances are , I fhould not be difpleas'd myself to know fuch trifles , when they concern or characterife any eminent perfon . The wi- feft ...
... should he bar her from doubling her Jointure on the fame eafy terms ? W So trivial as thefe circumstances are , I fhould not be difpleas'd myself to know fuch trifles , when they concern or characterife any eminent perfon . The wi- feft ...
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... should no more . This was an opinion taken up by the old Philofophers , as the jaft fupport of Paganism against Christianity : And the Miffionaries , to both the Indies , tell us , it is the first answer modern barbarians make good ...
... should no more . This was an opinion taken up by the old Philofophers , as the jaft fupport of Paganism against Christianity : And the Miffionaries , to both the Indies , tell us , it is the first answer modern barbarians make good ...
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... should know , that the noble power of fuffering bravely is as far above that of enterprizing greatly , as an unblemish'd confcience and inflexible resolution are above an accidental flow of spirits , or a fudden tide of blood . If the ...
... should know , that the noble power of fuffering bravely is as far above that of enterprizing greatly , as an unblemish'd confcience and inflexible resolution are above an accidental flow of spirits , or a fudden tide of blood . If the ...
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