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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... thought a justice due to him , to shew the world his better judg- ment ; and that it was his last resolution to have suppressed those poems . As some of the letters which had passed between him and our author cleared that point , they ...
... thought a justice due to him , to shew the world his better judg- ment ; and that it was his last resolution to have suppressed those poems . As some of the letters which had passed between him and our author cleared that point , they ...
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... thought that ever the world should be witness to them . Had he sate down with a design to draw his own picture , he could not have done it so truly ; for whoever sits for it ( whether to himself or another ) will inevit- ably find the ...
... thought that ever the world should be witness to them . Had he sate down with a design to draw his own picture , he could not have done it so truly ; for whoever sits for it ( whether to himself or another ) will inevit- ably find the ...
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... thought it a respect shewn to their memory , to suppress in particular such as were most in his favour . As it is not to vanity but to friendship that he intends this monument , he would save his enemies the mortification of shewing any ...
... thought it a respect shewn to their memory , to suppress in particular such as were most in his favour . As it is not to vanity but to friendship that he intends this monument , he would save his enemies the mortification of shewing any ...
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... thought of pro- curing them merely by fraud , and the printing them merely for lucre ? We cannot but conclude every honest man will wish , that , if the laws have as yet provided no adequate remedy , one at least may be found , to ...
... thought of pro- curing them merely by fraud , and the printing them merely for lucre ? We cannot but conclude every honest man will wish , that , if the laws have as yet provided no adequate remedy , one at least may be found , to ...
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... thought , and my idea of your comprehen- sive genius , but likewise in that pleasure I take as an Englishman to see the French , even Boileau himself in his Lutrin , out - done in your poem ; for you descend , leviore plectro , to all ...
... thought , and my idea of your comprehen- sive genius , but likewise in that pleasure I take as an Englishman to see the French , even Boileau himself in his Lutrin , out - done in your poem ; for you descend , leviore plectro , to all ...
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