The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. in Six Volumes Complete: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and proseC. Bathurst, 1787 |
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... hath favoured our diligence . For one day as I was paffing by the Seven Dials , I overheard a difpute concerning the place of Nativity of a great Aftrologer , which each man alleged to have been in his own street . The circumftances of ...
... hath favoured our diligence . For one day as I was paffing by the Seven Dials , I overheard a difpute concerning the place of Nativity of a great Aftrologer , which each man alleged to have been in his own street . The circumftances of ...
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... hath done away ! The curious Promi- " ( 6 sc nence at the belly of that figure , which some taking " for the Cufpis of a fword , denominated a Roman " Soldier ; others accounting the Infignia Virilia , pro- " nounced to be one of the ...
... hath done away ! The curious Promi- " ( 6 sc nence at the belly of that figure , which some taking " for the Cufpis of a fword , denominated a Roman " Soldier ; others accounting the Infignia Virilia , pro- " nounced to be one of the ...
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... hath Heaven blessed " me with the birth of a Son , and afflicted me with the fccuring of my Shield . Yet let us not repine at his Difpenfations , who gives , and who takes away ; but " rather join in prayer , that the Ruft of Antiquity ...
... hath Heaven blessed " me with the birth of a Son , and afflicted me with the fccuring of my Shield . Yet let us not repine at his Difpenfations , who gives , and who takes away ; but " rather join in prayer , that the Ruft of Antiquity ...
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... hath often confeffed he owed to them the knowledge of many Creatures which he never found fince in any Author , fuch as White Lions , Golden Dragons , etc. He once thought the fame of Green Men , but had fince found them mentioned by ...
... hath often confeffed he owed to them the knowledge of many Creatures which he never found fince in any Author , fuch as White Lions , Golden Dragons , etc. He once thought the fame of Green Men , but had fince found them mentioned by ...
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... hath it , ibid . ) is caufed by the bignefs of the " spleen . " This defign was no fooner hinted to Mrs. Scriblerus , but she burst into tears , wrung her hands , and instantly fent to her Brother Albertus , begging him for the love of ...
... hath it , ibid . ) is caufed by the bignefs of the " spleen . " This defign was no fooner hinted to Mrs. Scriblerus , but she burst into tears , wrung her hands , and instantly fent to her Brother Albertus , begging him for the love of ...
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