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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Page 12
... fhould have done like the Parfons , and changed your Text , I mean the Title , and the names of the perfons . After all , it was an effect of idleness , for you are in the prime of life , when invention and judgment go together . I wish ...
... fhould have done like the Parfons , and changed your Text , I mean the Title , and the names of the perfons . After all , it was an effect of idleness , for you are in the prime of life , when invention and judgment go together . I wish ...
Page 13
... fhould excel her mother , who was long my principal Goddess . I defire you will tell her Grace , that the ill manage- ment of forks is not to be help'd when they are only bidential , which happens in all poor houses , espe- cially thofe ...
... fhould excel her mother , who was long my principal Goddess . I defire you will tell her Grace , that the ill manage- ment of forks is not to be help'd when they are only bidential , which happens in all poor houses , espe- cially thofe ...
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... ink - provided 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.
... ink - provided 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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... fhould lofe them all . One of them , who had an inklin of the matter ( your Grace will hardly believe it ) refused to beg my pardon upon her knees , for once neglecting to make my rice- milk . Pray , confider this , and do your duty ...
... fhould lofe them all . One of them , who had an inklin of the matter ( your Grace will hardly believe it ) refused to beg my pardon upon her knees , for once neglecting to make my rice- milk . Pray , confider this , and do your duty ...
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... fhould receive fuch condefcending invitations , from two fuch perfons , to whom he is an utter ftranger , and who know no more of him than what they have heard by the partial representations of a friend . But in the mean time , I muft ...
... fhould receive fuch condefcending invitations , from two fuch perfons , to whom he is an utter ftranger , and who know no more of him than what they have heard by the partial representations of a friend . But in the mean time , I muft ...
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