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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... house and a gar- den . The want of this I much dread for you : For I have often known a She - coufin of a good family and fmall fortune , paffing months among all her relations , living in plenty , and taking her circles , till fhe grew ...
... house and a gar- den . The want of this I much dread for you : For I have often known a She - coufin of a good family and fmall fortune , paffing months among all her relations , living in plenty , and taking her circles , till fhe grew ...
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... houses in town and country . I will likewife , out of my special grace , certain knowledge , and mere motion , allow you to be in the right against all human kind , except myself , and to be never in the wrong but when you differ from ...
... houses in town and country . I will likewife , out of my special grace , certain knowledge , and mere motion , allow you to be in the right against all human kind , except myself , and to be never in the wrong but when you differ from ...
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... house is too little . Can the Parfon of the parish play at back- gammon , and hold his tongue ? is any one of your Women a good nurse , if I should fancy myfelf fick for four and twenty- hours ? how many days will you maintain me and my ...
... house is too little . Can the Parfon of the parish play at back- gammon , and hold his tongue ? is any one of your Women a good nurse , if I should fancy myfelf fick for four and twenty- hours ? how many days will you maintain me and my ...
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... house in Scotland . But I can 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 ...
... house in Scotland . But I can 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 ...
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... house , and I that case you muft fufpend your domineering - Claim till I recover . Your omitting the ufual appendix to Mr. Gay's letters hath done me infinite mischief here ; for while you continued them , you would wonder how civil the ...
... house , and I that case you muft fufpend your domineering - Claim till I recover . Your omitting the ufual appendix to Mr. Gay's letters hath done me infinite mischief here ; for while you continued them , you would wonder how civil the ...
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