The Life of Alexander Pope: Esq. Compiled from Original Manuscripts; with a Critical Essay on His Writings and Genius. By Owen Ruffhead, EsqC. Bathurst, H. Woodfall, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, W. Johnston, [and 8 others in London], 1769 - Electronic books - 578 pages |
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... faid to be a mechanic , a hatter , a farmer , nay a bankrupt ; but what is ftrange , a nobleman ( if fuch a reflection could be thought to come from a nobleman ) had dropt an allufion to that pitiful untruth , in a paper , called An ...
... faid to be a mechanic , a hatter , a farmer , nay a bankrupt ; but what is ftrange , a nobleman ( if fuch a reflection could be thought to come from a nobleman ) had dropt an allufion to that pitiful untruth , in a paper , called An ...
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... faid to have brought with him into the country , near 20,000 l . Being a papift , he could not veft his money on real fe- curity ; and as he adhered to the intereft of James , he deemed it a point of conscience not to lend it to the new ...
... faid to have brought with him into the country , near 20,000 l . Being a papift , he could not veft his money on real fe- curity ; and as he adhered to the intereft of James , he deemed it a point of conscience not to lend it to the new ...
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... faid , is preserved in Lord Oxford's library . In all this time , he has been heard to de- clare that he never read any treatise on the art of logic or rhetoric . Locke indeed fell into his * hands , but he confeffed that his effay was ...
... faid , is preserved in Lord Oxford's library . In all this time , he has been heard to de- clare that he never read any treatise on the art of logic or rhetoric . Locke indeed fell into his * hands , but he confeffed that his effay was ...
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... faid he , in a very different manner now than when I had my early fit of reading , from 14 to 20. Then it was merely from the amusement the story afforded me , now it fhould be with the view of learn- ing how to make myself and others ...
... faid he , in a very different manner now than when I had my early fit of reading , from 14 to 20. Then it was merely from the amusement the story afforded me , now it fhould be with the view of learn- ing how to make myself and others ...
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... this ftatesman , it is faid , that in the year 1687 , being appointed ambaffador to the Ottoman Porte , he performed the journey on foot . C 3 not not fail of being agreeable to one with whom nature ALEXANDER POPE , Esq . 21.
... this ftatesman , it is faid , that in the year 1687 , being appointed ambaffador to the Ottoman Porte , he performed the journey on foot . C 3 not not fail of being agreeable to one with whom nature ALEXANDER POPE , Esq . 21.
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