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 13
... hear an ill thing , that he is matre pulchra filia pulchrior : I never faw her fince she was a girl , and would be angry fhe fhould excel her mother , who was long my principal Goddess . I defire you will tell her Grace , that the ill ...
... hear an ill thing , that he is matre pulchra filia pulchrior : I never faw her fince she was a girl , and would be angry fhe fhould excel her mother , who was long my principal Goddess . I defire you will tell her Grace , that the ill ...
Page 28
... hear- tily wish you joy of your scurvy treatment at Court , which hath given you leisure to cultivate both public and private Virtue , neither of them likely to be foon met with within the walls of St. James's or West- minster . But I ...
... hear- tily wish you joy of your scurvy treatment at Court , which hath given you leisure to cultivate both public and private Virtue , neither of them likely to be foon met with within the walls of St. James's or West- minster . But I ...
Page 33
... hear they are not increas'd , tho ' not diminish'd . I thank God , I do not very much want people to attend me , tho ' my Mother now cannot . When I am fick , I lie down when I am better , I rife up : I am used to the head - ach , & c ...
... hear they are not increas'd , tho ' not diminish'd . I thank God , I do not very much want people to attend me , tho ' my Mother now cannot . When I am fick , I lie down when I am better , I rife up : I am used to the head - ach , & c ...
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... Hear a piece of Irish news , I buried the famous General Meredyth's father last night in my Cathedral , he was ninety - fix years old : fo that Mrs. Pope may live seven years longer . You saw Mr. Pope in health , pray is he generally ...
... Hear a piece of Irish news , I buried the famous General Meredyth's father last night in my Cathedral , he was ninety - fix years old : fo that Mrs. Pope may live seven years longer . You saw Mr. Pope in health , pray is he generally ...
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... hear Dr. Dy has got a wife with 1600 1. a year ; ' I , who am his gover- nor , cannot take one under two thousand ; I wish you would enquire of such a one in your neighbour- hood . See what it is to write godly books ! I pro- fess I ...
... hear Dr. Dy has got a wife with 1600 1. a year ; ' I , who am his gover- nor , cannot take one under two thousand ; I wish you would enquire of such a one in your neighbour- hood . See what it is to write godly books ! I pro- fess I ...
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