Letters of Mr. Pope, and Several Eminent Persons, from the Year 1705, to 1711booksellers of London and Westminster, 1735 |
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... play his game upon us , for these two years ; a new inci- dent from me might enable him to play it on for two more : the expreffes for all you write , and her paffion for having ' em , I believe , was what prevail'd upon me to let her ...
... play his game upon us , for these two years ; a new inci- dent from me might enable him to play it on for two more : the expreffes for all you write , and her paffion for having ' em , I believe , was what prevail'd upon me to let her ...
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... in his Dedication to the Duke of New- caftle , prefix'd to Tonion's Duodecimo Edition of Dryden's Plays . 1717 . thinking the Attack of fuch people either an honour or think- 2 LETTERS of Congreve and Sir William Trumbul, that his ...
... in his Dedication to the Duke of New- caftle , prefix'd to Tonion's Duodecimo Edition of Dryden's Plays . 1717 . thinking the Attack of fuch people either an honour or think- 2 LETTERS of Congreve and Sir William Trumbul, that his ...
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... Play - houses of the Nation , those of the Lords and Commons , in Difpute with one another ; but the two other Play - houses in high Conteft , because the Members of one House are remov'd " up up to t'other , ( as it is often done 20 ...
... Play - houses of the Nation , those of the Lords and Commons , in Difpute with one another ; but the two other Play - houses in high Conteft , because the Members of one House are remov'd " up up to t'other , ( as it is often done 20 ...
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... Play - houses , are going to act Tragedies on one another without Doors , and the Sovereign is put to it ( as it often happens in the other two Houses ) to filence one or both , to keep Peace between them : Now I have told you all the ...
... Play - houses , are going to act Tragedies on one another without Doors , and the Sovereign is put to it ( as it often happens in the other two Houses ) to filence one or both , to keep Peace between them : Now I have told you all the ...
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... Plays in Italian : And in look- ing over my old Italian Books , I find a great many Paftorals and Pifcatory Plays , which I fuppofe Menage reckons together . I find alfo by Menage , that Tafo is not the first that writ in that kind , he ...
... Plays in Italian : And in look- ing over my old Italian Books , I find a great many Paftorals and Pifcatory Plays , which I fuppofe Menage reckons together . I find alfo by Menage , that Tafo is not the first that writ in that kind , he ...
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