The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death, Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warburton, Volume 9A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, C. Bathurst, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, J. Richardson, B. Law, S. Crowder, T. Longman, T. Field, and T. Caslon, 1760 |
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Pagina 38
... Lord Harcourt , and Lord Harley may look upon me as one entailed upon them
by you : Lord Bolingbroke is now returned ( as I hope ) to take Me with all his
other Hereditary Rights : and , indeed , he seems grown so much a Philosopher ,
as ...
... Lord Harcourt , and Lord Harley may look upon me as one entailed upon them
by you : Lord Bolingbroke is now returned ( as I hope ) to take Me with all his
other Hereditary Rights : and , indeed , he seems grown so much a Philosopher ,
as ...
Pagina 156
Your continual deplorings of Ireland , make me wish you were here long enough
to forget those scenes that so amict you : I am only in fear if you were , you would
grow such a patriot here too , as not to be quite at ease , for your love of old ...
Your continual deplorings of Ireland , make me wish you were here long enough
to forget those scenes that so amict you : I am only in fear if you were , you would
grow such a patriot here too , as not to be quite at ease , for your love of old ...
Pagina 176
... time he and you grow weary of each other , you will be able to pass the rest of
your wineless life , in ease and plenty , with the additional triumphal comfort of
never having receiv ' d a penny from those tasteless ungrateful people from
whom ...
... time he and you grow weary of each other , you will be able to pass the rest of
your wineless life , in ease and plenty , with the additional triumphal comfort of
never having receiv ' d a penny from those tasteless ungrateful people from
whom ...
Pagina 207
I would fain have you get enough against you grow old , to have two or three
servants about you and a convenient house . It is hard to want those subsidia
fene & tuti , when a man grows hard to please , and few people care whether he
be ...
I would fain have you get enough against you grow old , to have two or three
servants about you and a convenient house . It is hard to want those subsidia
fene & tuti , when a man grows hard to please , and few people care whether he
be ...
Pagina 286
... plain how - d ' ye ' s to those few I am forced to correspond with , either out of
necessity , or love : And I grow Laconic even beyond Laconicisme ; for
sometimes I return only Yes , or No , to questionary or petionary Epistles of half a
yard long .
... plain how - d ' ye ' s to those few I am forced to correspond with , either out of
necessity , or love : And I grow Laconic even beyond Laconicisme ; for
sometimes I return only Yes , or No , to questionary or petionary Epistles of half a
yard long .
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