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... fome Perfons of Rank and Fortune [ the Authors of Verfes to the Imitator of Horace , and of an Epistle to a Doctor of Divinity from a Nobleman at Hampton - Court ] to attack , in a very extraordinary manner , not only my Writings ( of ...
... fome Perfons of Rank and Fortune [ the Authors of Verfes to the Imitator of Horace , and of an Epistle to a Doctor of Divinity from a Nobleman at Hampton - Court ] to attack , in a very extraordinary manner , not only my Writings ( of ...
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... fome exped a bribe ; And others roar aloud , " Subfcribe , subscribe . " Time , praife , for money , is the laft they crave ; Yet each declares the other fool or knave . NOTES . VER . 115. There are , who to my perfon ] The smalleft ...
... fome exped a bribe ; And others roar aloud , " Subfcribe , subscribe . " Time , praife , for money , is the laft they crave ; Yet each declares the other fool or knave . NOTES . VER . 115. There are , who to my perfon ] The smalleft ...
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... fend the boy back to new - turn them . When they were to his mind , he took great pleasure in them , and would say , Thefe are good rhymes . From Mr. Spence . W. The The Mufe but ferv'd to eafe fome friend , not 16 PROLOGUE.
... fend the boy back to new - turn them . When they were to his mind , he took great pleasure in them , and would say , Thefe are good rhymes . From Mr. Spence . W. The The Mufe but ferv'd to eafe fome friend , not 16 PROLOGUE.
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Alexander Pope. The Mufe but ferv'd to eafe fome friend , not Wife , To help me through this lorg difeafe , my Life , To fecond , ARBUTHNOT ! thy Art and Care , And teach , the Being you preferv'd , to bear . 134 A. But why then publish ...
Alexander Pope. The Mufe but ferv'd to eafe fome friend , not Wife , To help me through this lorg difeafe , my Life , To fecond , ARBUTHNOT ! thy Art and Care , And teach , the Being you preferv'd , to bear . 134 A. But why then publish ...
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... fome more fober Critic come abroad ; If wrong , I fmil'd ; if right , I kifs'd the Rod . Pains , reading , ftudy , are their juft pretence , And all they want is fpirit , tafte , and fenfe . Commas and points they fet exactly right ...
... fome more fober Critic come abroad ; If wrong , I fmil'd ; if right , I kifs'd the Rod . Pains , reading , ftudy , are their juft pretence , And all they want is fpirit , tafte , and fenfe . Commas and points they fet exactly right ...
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