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... answer the question that has once been asked , Whether Pope was a poet ? otherwise than by asking in return , if Pope be not a poet , where is poetry to be found ? To circum- scribe poetry by a definition , will only show the nar ...
... answer the question that has once been asked , Whether Pope was a poet ? otherwise than by asking in return , if Pope be not a poet , where is poetry to be found ? To circum- scribe poetry by a definition , will only show the nar ...
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... answer which Pope made was , " The young lion is harmless , and even playful ; but when his claws are full grown , he becomes cruel , dreadful , and mischievous . " But although we have no collection of Pope's say- ings , it is not ...
... answer which Pope made was , " The young lion is harmless , and even playful ; but when his claws are full grown , he becomes cruel , dreadful , and mischievous . " But although we have no collection of Pope's say- ings , it is not ...
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... answered , " How can your lordship ask so simple a question ? " But im- mediately recovering himself , whether from ... answer the paragraph , and contradict it , I'd have a reply , and would say , that he who contradicted it was no ...
... answered , " How can your lordship ask so simple a question ? " But im- mediately recovering himself , whether from ... answer the paragraph , and contradict it , I'd have a reply , and would say , that he who contradicted it was no ...
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... answer , Where is all the wonder ? Burke is , to be sure , a man of 6 tinguished amongst his acquaintance for acuteness of wit ; and to whom , I think , the French expression , " Il pétille d'esprit , " is particularly suited . He has ...
... answer , Where is all the wonder ? Burke is , to be sure , a man of 6 tinguished amongst his acquaintance for acuteness of wit ; and to whom , I think , the French expression , " Il pétille d'esprit , " is particularly suited . He has ...
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... answered , " We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats , but the potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice . " ( 1 ) LETTER 397. TO MRS . THRALE " DEAREST Madam , - " London , April 5. 1781 . Of your ...
... answered , " We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats , but the potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice . " ( 1 ) LETTER 397. TO MRS . THRALE " DEAREST Madam , - " London , April 5. 1781 . Of your ...
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