Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Alexander Pope, Esq, Том 1The author, 1745 |
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... , Efq ; LONDON : Printed by his MAJESTY'S AUTHORITY , For the , AUTHOR , and Sold by the Book- fellers of London and Westminster . M DCC XLV . Bohle 5-5-27 15471 2.v. 011-8-27-11019 LORD BOLINGBROKE Parr Scalp TO MEMOIRS.
... , Efq ; LONDON : Printed by his MAJESTY'S AUTHORITY , For the , AUTHOR , and Sold by the Book- fellers of London and Westminster . M DCC XLV . Bohle 5-5-27 15471 2.v. 011-8-27-11019 LORD BOLINGBROKE Parr Scalp TO MEMOIRS.
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... Book of the Thebaid of Statius , of which the following is an Extract . Oedipus , King of Thebes , having by Mistake flain his Father Lajus , and married Focafta his Mo- ther , put out his own Eyes , and refign'd the King- dom to his ...
... Book of the Thebaid of Statius , of which the following is an Extract . Oedipus , King of Thebes , having by Mistake flain his Father Lajus , and married Focafta his Mo- ther , put out his own Eyes , and refign'd the King- dom to his ...
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... defcribed it ) yet it requires great Reading , both of the Antients and Moderns , to be a Master of it . Philips hath given us manifest Proofs of of his Knowledge of Books : It must be confeffed of ALEXANDER POPE , Esq ; 9.
... defcribed it ) yet it requires great Reading , both of the Antients and Moderns , to be a Master of it . Philips hath given us manifest Proofs of of his Knowledge of Books : It must be confeffed of ALEXANDER POPE , Esq ; 9.
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William Ayre, Edmund Curll. of his Knowledge of Books : It must be confeffed his Competitor hath imitated some single Thoughts of the Antients well enough , if we confider he had not the Happiness of an University Education , but he hath ...
William Ayre, Edmund Curll. of his Knowledge of Books : It must be confeffed his Competitor hath imitated some single Thoughts of the Antients well enough , if we confider he had not the Happiness of an University Education , but he hath ...
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... Books , I find a great many Pastorals , and Pifcatory Plays , which I suppose Menage reckons together . I find alfo by Menage , that Taffo is not the first that writ in that Kind , he mentioning another before him , which he himself had ...
... Books , I find a great many Pastorals , and Pifcatory Plays , which I suppose Menage reckons together . I find alfo by Menage , that Taffo is not the first that writ in that Kind , he mentioning another before him , which he himself had ...
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