The works of Alexander Pope, with remarks and illustrations. By G. Wakefield1794 |
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... fame or pleasure as each affords the other . Every one acknowledges , it would be a wild notion to expect perfection in any work of man : and yet one would think the contrary was taken for granted , by the judgment commonly paffed upon ...
... fame or pleasure as each affords the other . Every one acknowledges , it would be a wild notion to expect perfection in any work of man : and yet one would think the contrary was taken for granted , by the judgment commonly paffed upon ...
Page iii
... fame defire of information , but it is imagined he is a vain young creature given up to the ambition of fame ; when perhaps the poor man is all the while trembling with the fear of being ridiculous . If he is made to hope he may please ...
... fame defire of information , but it is imagined he is a vain young creature given up to the ambition of fame ; when perhaps the poor man is all the while trembling with the fear of being ridiculous . If he is made to hope he may please ...
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... fame than I durft declare till this occafion , when methinks I fhould He forgot two reafons , which he alledges in his prologue to the fatires . The mufe but ferv'd to cafe fome friend , not wife ; To help me through this long difeafe ...
... fame than I durft declare till this occafion , when methinks I fhould He forgot two reafons , which he alledges in his prologue to the fatires . The mufe but ferv'd to cafe fome friend , not wife ; To help me through this long difeafe ...
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... fame industry , let us expect the fame immortality : though if we took the fame care , we fhould ftill lie un- der a farther misfortune : they writ in languages that became univerfal and everlafting , while ours are ex- tremely limited ...
... fame industry , let us expect the fame immortality : though if we took the fame care , we fhould ftill lie un- der a farther misfortune : they writ in languages that became univerfal and everlafting , while ours are ex- tremely limited ...
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... fame , I fhall be glad of any I can get , and not repine at any I miss ; and as for vanity , I have enough to keep me from hanging myself , or even from wishing those hanged who would take it away . It was this that made me write . The ...
... fame , I fhall be glad of any I can get , and not repine at any I miss ; and as for vanity , I have enough to keep me from hanging myself , or even from wishing those hanged who would take it away . It was this that made me write . The ...
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