The Works Of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Ten Volumes Complete, With His Last Corrections, Additions, And Improvements. Being The Fourth Of His Letters. 10Nicolai, 1764 - 166 pages |
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... you live in the country Have you no fcheme either in verfe or profe ? The Duchefs fhould keep you at hard meat , and by that means force you to write ; and so I have done with you . 1 Madam , Since I began to grow old , I.
... you live in the country Have you no fcheme either in verfe or profe ? The Duchefs fhould keep you at hard meat , and by that means force you to write ; and so I have done with you . 1 Madam , Since I began to grow old , I.
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... Since I began to grow old , I have found all ladies become inconftant , without any reproach from their confcience . If I wait on you , I declare that one of your women ( which ever it is that has designs upon a Chaplain ) must be my ...
... Since I began to grow old , I have found all ladies become inconftant , without any reproach from their confcience . If I wait on you , I declare that one of your women ( which ever it is that has designs upon a Chaplain ) must be my ...
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... the mean time , I muft defire your Grace not to flatter yourself , that I waited for Your Confent to accept the invitation . I must be ignorant indeed not to know , that the Duchess , ever since you 28 LETTERS TO AND.
... the mean time , I muft defire your Grace not to flatter yourself , that I waited for Your Confent to accept the invitation . I must be ignorant indeed not to know , that the Duchess , ever since you 28 LETTERS TO AND.
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... since you met , kath been most politickly employ'd in encreasing those for- ces , and sharpning those arms with which fhe fubdued you at first , and to which , the braver and the wifer you grow , you will more and more fub- mit . Thus I ...
... since you met , kath been most politickly employ'd in encreasing those for- ces , and sharpning those arms with which fhe fubdued you at first , and to which , the braver and the wifer you grow , you will more and more fub- mit . Thus I ...
Page 121
... Since I wrote laft , I have found , on further in- quiry , that there is another fine picture on the fub- ject of Scipio and the Captive , by Pietro da Cortona , which Sir Paul Methuen has a fketch of ; and , I be- lieve , is more ...
... Since I wrote laft , I have found , on further in- quiry , that there is another fine picture on the fub- ject of Scipio and the Captive , by Pietro da Cortona , which Sir Paul Methuen has a fketch of ; and , I be- lieve , is more ...
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