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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and prose - Page 299
by Alexander Pope - 1751
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The Iliad, tr. by mr. Pope. [With notes partly by W. Broome. Preceded by] An ...

Homerus - 1720 - 382 pages
...the feeds and firft productions of every kind, out of which thole who follow'd him have but felecied fome particular plants, each according to his fancy,...beautify. If fome things are too luxuriant, it is owning to the richnefs of the foil; and if others are not arriv'd to perfection or maturity, it is...
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The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volume 6

Alexander Pope - English literature - 1751 - 368 pages
...feeds and firft productions of every kind, out of which thofe who followed him have but felecled fame particular plants, each according to his fancy, to...becaufe they are over- run and oppreft by thofe of a flronger nature. It is to the ftrength of this amazing invention we are to attribute that unequall'd...
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Miscellaneous pieces in verse and prose

Alexander Pope - 1751 - 444 pages
...the feeds and firft productions of every kind, out of which thofe who followed him have but felecled fome particular plants, each according to his fancy,...perfection or maturity, it is only becaufe they are over-run and oppreft by thofe of a ftronger nature. It is to the ftrength of this amazing invention...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and prose

Alexander Pope - 1752 - 438 pages
...feeds and firft productions of every kind, out of which thole who followed him have but fcledtcd fomc particular plants, each according to his fancy, to cultivate and beautify. If fume tilings are too luxuriant, it is owing to Ac richncfs of the foil ; and if others are not arrived...
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The works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions ..., Volume 7

Alexander Pope - 1754 - 346 pages
...the feeds and firft productions of every kind, out of which thofe whb followed him have but fele&ed fome particular plants, each according to his fancy,...owing to the richnefs of the foil ; and if others are hot arrived to perfection or maturity, it is only becaufe they are over-run and oppreft by thofe of...
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The Works of Alexander Pope: Letters

Alexander Pope - English literature - 1757 - 344 pages
...the feeds and firil produflions of every kind, out of which thofewho followed him have but felefted fome particular plants, each according to his fancy,...richnefs of the foil ; and if others are not arrived to perfeflion or maturity, it is only becaufe they are overtun and oppreft by thofe of a ftrongsr nature....
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete, with ..., Volume 6

Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1760 - 436 pages
...the feeds and firft productions of every kind, out of which thofe who followed him have but fele&ed fome particular plants, each according to his fancy, to cultivate and beautify. If fbme things are too luxuriant, it is owing to the richnefs of the foil; and if others are not arrived...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Four Volumes Complete. With His Last ...

Alexander Pope - 1778 - 448 pages
...who followed him have but ieleSed Ibme particular plants, each according to his fancy, tocultivate and beautify. If fome things are too luxuriant, it...richnefs of the foil ; and if others are not arrived to perfeftkm or rnaturi-ty, it is only becaufe they are overrun and opprefled by thofe of a ftronger Nature....
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The Works of the English Poets: Pope's Homer. The Iliad -v.37-38 Pope's ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 408 pages
...the feeds and firft produftions of every kind, out of which thofe who followed him have but felefted fome particular plants, each according to his fancy,...richnefs of the foil ; and if others are not arrived to perfeftion or maturity, it is only becaufe they are over-run and oppreft by thofe of a ftronger nature....
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Volume 35

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 462 pages
...the feeds and firft produftions of every kind, out of which thofe who followed him have but felefted fome particular plants, each according to his fancy,...and beautify. If fome things are too luxuriant, it Js owing to the richneis of the foil ; and if others are not arrived to perfeftion or maturity, it...
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