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... And fit attentive to his own applaufe ; While Wits and Templars ev'ry fentence raise , And wonder with a foolish face of praise- Who but muft laugh , if fuch a man there be ? Who would not weep , if ATTICUS were he ! VARIATIONS .
... And fit attentive to his own applaufe ; While Wits and Templars ev'ry fentence raise , And wonder with a foolish face of praise- Who but muft laugh , if fuch a man there be ? Who would not weep , if ATTICUS were he ! VARIATIONS .
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| Title | The Works of Alexander Pope: Satires, &c Volume 4 of The Works of Alexander Pope: Esq., with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements; as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death; Together with the Commentaries and Notes of Mr. Warburton, William Warburton (Bp. of Gloucester) |
| Author | Alexander Pope |
| Publisher | A. Millar [and others], 1757 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Nov 14, 2006 |
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