The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volume 4A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, H. Lintot, and C. Bathurst, 1757 |
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... faid , that if he could bear this evil of authorship no better , he fhould not have written at all . To this he anfwers , by lamenting the natural bent of his ' difpofition ; which , from his very birth , had drawn him for ftrongly ...
... faid , that if he could bear this evil of authorship no better , he fhould not have written at all . To this he anfwers , by lamenting the natural bent of his ' difpofition ; which , from his very birth , had drawn him for ftrongly ...
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... faid , Tye up the knocker , fay I'm fick , I'm dead . The Dog - star rages ! nay ' tis paft a doubt , All Bedlam , or Parnaffus , is let out : Fire in each eye , and papers in each hand , They rave , recite , and madden round the land ...
... faid , Tye up the knocker , fay I'm fick , I'm dead . The Dog - star rages ! nay ' tis paft a doubt , All Bedlam , or Parnaffus , is let out : Fire in each eye , and papers in each hand , They rave , recite , and madden round the land ...
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... faid no lefs in commendation of his literary , than of his moral character . And his fuperior excellence in poetry is owing to it . He foon discovered in what his force lay ; and he made the best of that advantage , by a fedulous ...
... faid no lefs in commendation of his literary , than of his moral character . And his fuperior excellence in poetry is owing to it . He foon discovered in what his force lay ; and he made the best of that advantage , by a fedulous ...
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... faid to be a Mechanic , a Hatter , a Farmer , nay a Bankrupt . But , what is ftranger 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 ftranger 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 of Chartres much too rough . The lines are weak , another's pleas'd to say , Lord Fanny spins a thousand fuch a day . Tim'rous by nature , of the Rich in awe , I come to Council learned in the Law : You'll give me . like a friend ...
... faid of Chartres much too rough . The lines are weak , another's pleas'd to say , Lord Fanny spins a thousand fuch a day . Tim'rous by nature , of the Rich in awe , I come to Council learned in the Law : You'll give me . like a friend ...
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