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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... least thoughts of any myfelf . If I am your friend , it is for my own reputation , and from a principle of felf - love , and I do fometimes reproach you for not honouring me by letting the world know we are friends . - I fee very well ...
... least thoughts of any myfelf . If I am your friend , it is for my own reputation , and from a principle of felf - love , and I do fometimes reproach you for not honouring me by letting the world know we are friends . - I fee very well ...
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... least could , ride 500 miles on a trotting horfe . You mortally hate writing , only because it is the thing you chiefly ought to do ; as well to keep up the vogue you have in the world , as to make you eafy in your fortune : You are ...
... least could , ride 500 miles on a trotting horfe . You mortally hate writing , only because it is the thing you chiefly ought to do ; as well to keep up the vogue you have in the world , as to make you eafy in your fortune : You are ...
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... least the former ) fince I left you . My fcheme was to pass a month at Aimsbury , and then go to Twickenham , and live a Winter between that and Dawley , and fometimes at Rifkins , without going to London , where I now can have no ...
... least the former ) fince I left you . My fcheme was to pass a month at Aimsbury , and then go to Twickenham , and live a Winter between that and Dawley , and fometimes at Rifkins , without going to London , where I now can have no ...
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... least fufpend my refentments of your neglect all the time you were in London . I ftill keep in my heart , that Mr. Gay had no fooner turned his back , than you left the place in his letter void which he had commanded you to 38 LETTERS ...
... least fufpend my refentments of your neglect all the time you were in London . I ftill keep in my heart , that Mr. Gay had no fooner turned his back , than you left the place in his letter void which he had commanded you to 38 LETTERS ...
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... 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 generally known ...
... 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 generally known ...
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