The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume 5J. Balfour, 1764 |
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Page vi
... received , as the lady's feems to have been by the gentle- men concerned , we shall at least have Her Comfort of being thanked by the rest of the world . Nor has Mr P. himself any great cause to think it much offence to his mo- defty ...
... received , as the lady's feems to have been by the gentle- men concerned , we shall at least have Her Comfort of being thanked by the rest of the world . Nor has Mr P. himself any great cause to think it much offence to his mo- defty ...
Page xvii
... received , we cannot but lament the Caufe , and the Neceffity of fuch a publication , and heartily wish no honest man may be reduced to the fame . To ftate the cafe fairly in the prefent fituation . A Bookfeller advertises his inten ...
... received , we cannot but lament the Caufe , and the Neceffity of fuch a publication , and heartily wish no honest man may be reduced to the fame . To ftate the cafe fairly in the prefent fituation . A Bookfeller advertises his inten ...
Page 8
... received , which was more welcome to me than any thing could be out of the country , tho ' it were one's rent due that day ; and I can find no fault with it , but that it charges me with want of fin- cerity , or juftice , for giving you ...
... received , which was more welcome to me than any thing could be out of the country , tho ' it were one's rent due that day ; and I can find no fault with it , but that it charges me with want of fin- cerity , or juftice , for giving you ...
Page 9
... received yours of the 5th , wherein your mo- defty refuses the just praises I give you , by which you lay claim to more , as a Bishop gains his bishopric by faying he will not epifcopate ; but I must confefs , whilft I displease you by ...
... received yours of the 5th , wherein your mo- defty refuses the just praises I give you , by which you lay claim to more , as a Bishop gains his bishopric by faying he will not epifcopate ; but I must confefs , whilft I displease you by ...
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... received any letters from you . ' Tis certain , the greatest magnifying glaffes in the world are a man's own eyes , when they look upon his own perfon ; yet , even in thofe , I cannot fancy myself fo extremely like Alexander the great ...
... received any letters from you . ' Tis certain , the greatest magnifying glaffes in the world are a man's own eyes , when they look upon his own perfon ; yet , even in thofe , I cannot fancy myself fo extremely like Alexander the great ...
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