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
... for there is hardly twice that fum left in this kingdom . You want no fettlement ( I call the family where you live , and the foot you are upon , a fettlement ) till you increase your fortune to what will support you FROM DR . SWIFT . 13.
... for there is hardly twice that fum left in this kingdom . You want no fettlement ( I call the family where you live , and the foot you are upon , a fettlement ) till you increase your fortune to what will support you FROM DR . SWIFT . 13.
Page 25
... kingdoms ; and truly his cha- racter was gotten and preferved by his never ap- pearing in England , which was the only wife thing he ever did , except purchafing fixteen thousand pounds a year Why , you need not ftare : it is eafily ...
... kingdoms ; and truly his cha- racter was gotten and preferved by his never ap- pearing in England , which was the only wife thing he ever did , except purchafing fixteen thousand pounds a year Why , you need not ftare : it is eafily ...
Page 39
... , for I shall want it here , my affairs being in a bad condition by the miferies of the kingdom , and my own private fortune being wholly embroiled , T and worse than ever ; fo that I fhall C 4 FROM DR . SWIFT . ' 39.
... , for I shall want it here , my affairs being in a bad condition by the miferies of the kingdom , and my own private fortune being wholly embroiled , T and worse than ever ; fo that I fhall C 4 FROM DR . SWIFT . ' 39.
Page 42
... Kingdoms quarrel for no other caufe ; from hence , and from hence only arife all the quarrels between Whig and Tory ; between those who are in the Miniftry , and those who are out ; between all pretenders to employment in the Church ...
... Kingdoms quarrel for no other caufe ; from hence , and from hence only arife all the quarrels between Whig and Tory ; between those who are in the Miniftry , and those who are out ; between all pretenders to employment in the Church ...
Page 44
... kingdoms , they were never profeffedly thrown afide , contemned , and punished , till within your own memory ; nor Dulness and Ignorance ever fo openly encouraged and promoted . In anfwer to what you fay of my living among you , if I ...
... kingdoms , they were never profeffedly thrown afide , contemned , and punished , till within your own memory ; nor Dulness and Ignorance ever fo openly encouraged and promoted . In anfwer to what you fay of my living among you , if I ...
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