Letters of Mr. Pope, and Several Eminent Persons, from the Year 1705, to 1711booksellers of London and Westminster, 1735 |
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... cause to think it much Offence to bis Modefty , or Reflexion on bis Judgment ; when we take care to inform the publick , that there are few Letters of his in this Collection which were not written un- der Twenty years of age : On the ...
... cause to think it much Offence to bis Modefty , or Reflexion on bis Judgment ; when we take care to inform the publick , that there are few Letters of his in this Collection which were not written un- der Twenty years of age : On the ...
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... caused by our finding the fame Difpofitions in them , which we feel in our felves . This is but Self - love at the Bottom : Whereas the Affection betwixt People of different Ages cannot well be fuch , the Inclinations of fuch 1 being ...
... caused by our finding the fame Difpofitions in them , which we feel in our felves . This is but Self - love at the Bottom : Whereas the Affection betwixt People of different Ages cannot well be fuch , the Inclinations of fuch 1 being ...
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... cause of any Vanity in me , except what they gave me when they firft occafion'd my acquaintance with you . But I have feveral times fince been in danger of this Vice , as often I mean as I receiv'd any Letters from you . " Tis certain ...
... cause of any Vanity in me , except what they gave me when they firft occafion'd my acquaintance with you . But I have feveral times fince been in danger of this Vice , as often I mean as I receiv'd any Letters from you . " Tis certain ...
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... cause of Wit , and the end of it . The fecond Part contains the advantages of Dulnefs : 1ft , In Bufi- nefs ; and 2dly at Court ; where the Si- militudes of the Byafs of a Bowl , and the Weights of a Clock , are directly tend- ing to ...
... cause of Wit , and the end of it . The fecond Part contains the advantages of Dulnefs : 1ft , In Bufi- nefs ; and 2dly at Court ; where the Si- militudes of the Byafs of a Bowl , and the Weights of a Clock , are directly tend- ing to ...
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... Verbs plural is abfolutely fuch ; and it is not improbable but future Refiners may explode did and does in the fame manner , which are almost always 2 used ufed for the fake of Rhime . The fame Cause Mr. WALSH and Mr. POPE . 75.
... Verbs plural is abfolutely fuch ; and it is not improbable but future Refiners may explode did and does in the fame manner , which are almost always 2 used ufed for the fake of Rhime . The fame Cause Mr. WALSH and Mr. POPE . 75.
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Страница 73 - Niceties, which, tho' not much obferved even by eon-eft verfifiers, I cannot but think, deferve to be better regarded. i . It is not enough that nothing offends the ear, but a good Poet will adapt the very Sounds, as well as Words, to the thing he treats of.
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