The Works of Alexander Pope: Esq. with Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others, to which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks, Volume 6J. Rivington, 1824 |
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... obliging letter , which deserves my particular acknowledgment : for , next to the pleasure of enjoying the company of so good a friend , the welcomest thing to me is to hear from him . I expected to find , what I have met Pope ...
... obliging letter , which deserves my particular acknowledgment : for , next to the pleasure of enjoying the company of so good a friend , the welcomest thing to me is to hear from him . I expected to find , what I have met Pope ...
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... oblige the public , and very particularly , dear Sir , Your , & c . * Hence it appears that Sir W. Trumbull was the very first person that urged him to undertake a translation of the Iliad of Homer . Warton . LETTER IV . FROM SIR ...
... oblige the public , and very particularly , dear Sir , Your , & c . * Hence it appears that Sir W. Trumbull was the very first person that urged him to undertake a translation of the Iliad of Homer . Warton . LETTER IV . FROM SIR ...
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... obliging letter you sent me deserved this imputa- tion , only it put me in mind of it ; and I fancy one may apply to one's friend what Cæsar said of his wife : " It was not sufficient that he knew her to be chaste himself , but she ...
... obliging letter you sent me deserved this imputa- tion , only it put me in mind of it ; and I fancy one may apply to one's friend what Cæsar said of his wife : " It was not sufficient that he knew her to be chaste himself , but she ...
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... day employed in following your advice , and amusing myself in painting ; in which I am most particularly obliged to FROM SIR W. TRUMBULL . 11 Sending Mr Wycherley's poem on Dulness, and explaining the corrections and altera- tions.
... day employed in following your advice , and amusing myself in painting ; in which I am most particularly obliged to FROM SIR W. TRUMBULL . 11 Sending Mr Wycherley's poem on Dulness, and explaining the corrections and altera- tions.
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... obliged to Mr. Jervas , who gives me daily instructions and examples . As to poetical affairs , I am content at present to be a bare looker - on , and from a practi- tioner turn an admirer , which is ( as the world goes ) not very usual ...
... obliged to Mr. Jervas , who gives me daily instructions and examples . As to poetical affairs , I am content at present to be a bare looker - on , and from a practi- tioner turn an admirer , which is ( as the world goes ) not very usual ...
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