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 24
... gave a City - living , fuch as an English Chaplain would leap at . I retired hither for the public good , having two great works in hand : One to reduce the whole politenefs , wit , humour , and style of England into a short system ...
... gave a City - living , fuch as an English Chaplain would leap at . I retired hither for the public good , having two great works in hand : One to reduce the whole politenefs , wit , humour , and style of England into a short system ...
Page 43
... gave the least provocation to the prefent Mini- stry , and much lefs to the Court ; and yet I am ten times more out of favour than you . For my own part , I do not fee the politic of opening common let- ters , directed to perfons ...
... gave the least provocation to the prefent Mini- stry , and much lefs to the Court ; and yet I am ten times more out of favour than you . For my own part , I do not fee the politic of opening common let- ters , directed to perfons ...
Page 54
... gave to the playhouse the week be- fore his death ) to the utmost advantage for his rela- tions ; and proposes to do the fame with fome Fables he left finished . There is nothing of late which I think of more than Mortality , and what ...
... gave to the playhouse the week be- fore his death ) to the utmost advantage for his rela- tions ; and proposes to do the fame with fome Fables he left finished . There is nothing of late which I think of more than Mortality , and what ...
Page 59
... gave a copy , for it will certainly by that means come into print , and I would correct it more , unlefs you will do it for me ( and that I fhall like as well :) Upon the whole , I earnestly wifh your coming over hither , for this ...
... gave a copy , for it will certainly by that means come into print , and I would correct it more , unlefs you will do it for me ( and that I fhall like as well :) Upon the whole , I earnestly wifh your coming over hither , for this ...
Page 61
... gave a Copy of mine , nor lent it out of my fight . And although I fhew'd it to all common acquaintance indifferently , and fome of them ( especially one or two females ) had got many lines by heart , here and there , and repeated them ...
... gave a Copy of mine , nor lent it out of my fight . And although I fhew'd it to all common acquaintance indifferently , and fome of them ( especially one or two females ) had got many lines by heart , here and there , and repeated them ...
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