The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: The DunciadJ. and P. Knapton, 1752 |
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... last year , where were the fame verfes to a " tittle . 66 " Thefe gentlemen are undoubtedly the first plagia- " ries , that pretend to make a reputation by ftealing " from a man's works in his own life - time , and out of 26 a public ...
... last year , where were the fame verfes to a " tittle . 66 " Thefe gentlemen are undoubtedly the first plagia- " ries , that pretend to make a reputation by ftealing " from a man's works in his own life - time , and out of 26 a public ...
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... last came to wifh from his heart , " That Mr. Pope " would be prevailed upon to give us Ovid's Epiftles " by his hand , for it is certain we fee the original of Sappho to Phaon with much more life and likeness in " his verfion , than in ...
... last came to wifh from his heart , " That Mr. Pope " would be prevailed upon to give us Ovid's Epiftles " by his hand , for it is certain we fee the original of Sappho to Phaon with much more life and likeness in " his verfion , than in ...
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... last hundred years , I fhould fhift " the fcene , and fhew all that penury changed at once to " riot and profufenefs ; and more fquandered away up- on one object , than would have fatisficd the greater 66 C a In a Letter under his hand ...
... last hundred years , I fhould fhift " the fcene , and fhew all that penury changed at once to " riot and profufenefs ; and more fquandered away up- on one object , than would have fatisficd the greater 66 C a In a Letter under his hand ...
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... last worthily holdeth the place or station of the fatiric piece ? Proceed we therefore in our fubject . It hath been long , and , alas for pity ! ftill remaineth a queftion , whether the Hero of the greater Epic fhould be an honest Man ...
... last worthily holdeth the place or station of the fatiric piece ? Proceed we therefore in our fubject . It hath been long , and , alas for pity ! ftill remaineth a queftion , whether the Hero of the greater Epic fhould be an honest Man ...
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... last quite ftupified to Stone . If I may expect thanks of the learned world for this difcovery , I would by no means deprive that excellent Critic of his fhare , who difcovered before ine , that in the cha- racter of Proteus was ...
... last quite ftupified to Stone . If I may expect thanks of the learned world for this difcovery , I would by no means deprive that excellent Critic of his fhare , who difcovered before ine , that in the cha- racter of Proteus was ...
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