The Works of Alexander Pope: Esq. with Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others, to which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks, Volume 6J. Rivington, 1824 |
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... Whig- party on the one side of the theatre , were echoed back by the Tories on the other ; while the author sweated behind the scenes with concern to find their applause proceeding more from the hand than the head . This was the case ...
... Whig- party on the one side of the theatre , were echoed back by the Tories on the other ; while the author sweated behind the scenes with concern to find their applause proceeding more from the hand than the head . This was the case ...
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... Whigs are unwilling to be distanced this way , and therefore design a present to the same Cato very speedily ; in the mean time they are getting ready as good a sentence as the former on their side : so betwixt them , it is probable ...
... Whigs are unwilling to be distanced this way , and therefore design a present to the same Cato very speedily ; in the mean time they are getting ready as good a sentence as the former on their side : so betwixt them , it is probable ...
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... whig , that he strains even beyond his author , in passion for liberty , and aversion to tyranny ; and errs only in amplification . Lucan ix , in initio , describing the seat of the Semidei manes , says , Quodque patet terras inter ...
... whig , that he strains even beyond his author , in passion for liberty , and aversion to tyranny ; and errs only in amplification . Lucan ix , in initio , describing the seat of the Semidei manes , says , Quodque patet terras inter ...
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... Whig to some of the violent ; but ( as old Dryden said before me ) it is not the violent I design to please . * I generally employ the mornings in painting with Mr. Jervas , † and the evenings in the conver- sation of such as I think ...
... Whig to some of the violent ; but ( as old Dryden said before me ) it is not the violent I design to please . * I generally employ the mornings in painting with Mr. Jervas , † and the evenings in the conver- sation of such as I think ...
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... Whig , because I have been favoured with yours , Mr. Congreve's , and Mr. Craggs's friendship , and of late with my Lord Halifax's pa- tronage . How much more natural a conclusion might be formed , by any good - natured man , that a ...
... Whig , because I have been favoured with yours , Mr. Congreve's , and Mr. Craggs's friendship , and of late with my Lord Halifax's pa- tronage . How much more natural a conclusion might be formed , by any good - natured man , that a ...
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