The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeMacmillan, 1917 - 505 pages |
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... honoured because he so circumspectly abstained from being of vital service to any , Sir William Temple , alone had a ... honour was hardly taken into account as a secondary consideration , and the national wishes so little consulted that ...
... honoured because he so circumspectly abstained from being of vital service to any , Sir William Temple , alone had a ... honour was hardly taken into account as a secondary consideration , and the national wishes so little consulted that ...
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... honour of their minor divinities with the measured oscillations of drilled acolytes ; and even a Wharton had his poet - in - ordinary . The amatory verse of the age is perhaps the most unnatural that has ever been written ; instead of ...
... honour of their minor divinities with the measured oscillations of drilled acolytes ; and even a Wharton had his poet - in - ordinary . The amatory verse of the age is perhaps the most unnatural that has ever been written ; instead of ...
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... honour himself by offering a pension to Pope which the latter , equally to his honour , declined ; -to Lord Somers , a venerated chief of the same party , the Whigs ; -and among the acknowledged leaders of literature to the popular ...
... honour himself by offering a pension to Pope which the latter , equally to his honour , declined ; -to Lord Somers , a venerated chief of the same party , the Whigs ; -and among the acknowledged leaders of literature to the popular ...
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... honour of Swift , for whose name Martin had been sub- stituted as a humorous synonym by Lord Oxford , whence the appellation of Martinus Scribblerus . The burlesque writings with which this club amused itself were subordinated to a very ...
... honour of Swift , for whose name Martin had been sub- stituted as a humorous synonym by Lord Oxford , whence the appellation of Martinus Scribblerus . The burlesque writings with which this club amused itself were subordinated to a very ...
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... honour who adorned the court of the Princess of Wales ( where he was a frequent visitor at the time of his residence at Chiswick ) were delighted by the flatteries of his versatile wit . And rather later , from 1722 to ' 3 , a passing ...
... honour who adorned the court of the Princess of Wales ( where he was a frequent visitor at the time of his residence at Chiswick ) were delighted by the flatteries of his versatile wit . And rather later , from 1722 to ' 3 , a passing ...
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