Letters of Mr. Pope, and Several Eminent Persons, from the Year 1705, to 1711. Vol. 1booksellers of London and Westminster, 1735 |
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... must not therefore imagine , that when you told me of my own perfor- mances that they were above thofe Cri- tics , I was fo vain as to believe it ; and yet I may not be fo humble as to think my felf quite below their notice . For ...
... must not therefore imagine , that when you told me of my own perfor- mances that they were above thofe Cri- tics , I was fo vain as to believe it ; and yet I may not be fo humble as to think my felf quite below their notice . For ...
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... must confefs I ought to be more humbled by your Praise than exalted ; which commends my little Senfe with fo much more of yours , that I am difparag'd and dishearten'd by your com mendations ; who give me an Example of your Wit in the ...
... must confefs I ought to be more humbled by your Praise than exalted ; which commends my little Senfe with fo much more of yours , that I am difparag'd and dishearten'd by your com mendations ; who give me an Example of your Wit in the ...
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... must be fuch as a Man naturally takes in obferving the firft Shoots and Buddings of a Tree which he ( a ) His Paftorals , written at 16 Years of Age . has has rais'd himself : and ' tis impoffible they fhould 6 LETTERS of.
... must be fuch as a Man naturally takes in obferving the firft Shoots and Buddings of a Tree which he ( a ) His Paftorals , written at 16 Years of Age . has has rais'd himself : and ' tis impoffible they fhould 6 LETTERS of.
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... must allow there is no Smoak but there is fome Fire ; and as the Sacrifice of Incense offer'd to the Gods wou'd not have been half fo fweet to others , if it had not been for its Smoak ; fo Friendship like Love , cannot be without fome ...
... must allow there is no Smoak but there is fome Fire ; and as the Sacrifice of Incense offer'd to the Gods wou'd not have been half fo fweet to others , if it had not been for its Smoak ; fo Friendship like Love , cannot be without fome ...
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... must confefs , whilft I displease you by commend- ing you , I please my self ; juft as Incense is fweeter to the Offerer than the Deity to whom ' tis offered , by his being so much above it : For indeed , every Man partakes of the ...
... must confefs , whilft I displease you by commend- ing you , I please my self ; juft as Incense is fweeter to the Offerer than the Deity to whom ' tis offered , by his being so much above it : For indeed , every Man partakes of the ...
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