The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Vol. 5: With His Last Corrections, Additions and Improvements (Classic Reprint)

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I would have some of them know it was owing to the request of the learned and candid friend to whom it is inscribed, that I make not as free use Of theirs as they have done Of mine. However, I shall have this advantage and honour on my side, that whereas, by their proceeding, any abuse may be directed at any man, no injury can possibly be done by mine, since a nameless character can never be found out but by its truth and likeness. P.

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