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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... foon recollect the time , by afking fome Ladies here the month , the day , and the hour when I began to endure their company ' ? which however I think was a fign of my ill judgment , for I do not perceive they mend in any thing but ...
... foon recollect the time , by afking fome Ladies here the month , the day , and the hour when I began to endure their company ' ? which however I think was a fign of my ill judgment , for I do not perceive they mend in any thing but ...
Page 27
... foon , for I add two lines every week , and - - 4 ) This has been published , and is amongst the best of his poems . 1 blot out four , and alter eight . I FROM DR . SWIFT . 27 Defires his friend to correct the Effay Homer,
... foon , for I add two lines every week , and - - 4 ) This has been published , and is amongst the best of his poems . 1 blot out four , and alter eight . I FROM DR . SWIFT . 27 Defires his friend to correct the Effay Homer,
Page 28
... foon as they are left to think freely , all joining in opinion . If this be difaffection , pray God fend me always among the difaffected ! and I hear- tily wish you joy of your scurvy treatment at Court , which hath given you leisure to ...
... foon as they are left to think freely , all joining in opinion . If this be difaffection , pray God fend me always among the difaffected ! and I hear- tily wish you joy of your scurvy treatment at Court , which hath given you leisure to ...
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... foon fly as do either . It is your pride or laziness , more than chair - hire , that makes the town expenfive . No honour is loft by walking in the dark ; and in the day , you may beckon a black - guard - boy under a gate , near your ...
... foon fly as do either . It is your pride or laziness , more than chair - hire , that makes the town expenfive . No honour is loft by walking in the dark ; and in the day , you may beckon a black - guard - boy under a gate , near your ...
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... foon petition the Duchefs , as an object of charity , to lend me three or four thousand pounds to keep up my dignity . My one hundred pound will buy me fix hogfheads of wine , which will fupport me a year ; provifa frugis in annum Copia ...
... foon petition the Duchefs , as an object of charity , to lend me three or four thousand pounds to keep up my dignity . My one hundred pound will buy me fix hogfheads of wine , which will fupport me a year ; provifa frugis in annum Copia ...
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