Letters of Mr. Pope, and Several Eminent Persons, from the Year 1705, to 1711. Vol. 1booksellers of London and Westminster, 1735 |
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... shall give at length , both as it is fomething Curious , and as it may ferve for an Apology for ourselves . To HENRY CROMWELL , Efq ; A June 27 , 1727 . 8 FTER fo long a filence , as the ma- ny and great oppreffions I have figh'd under ...
... shall give at length , both as it is fomething Curious , and as it may ferve for an Apology for ourselves . To HENRY CROMWELL , Efq ; A June 27 , 1727 . 8 FTER fo long a filence , as the ma- ny and great oppreffions I have figh'd under ...
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... shall ever be , Sir , Your faithful Friend , and moft humble Servant , HENRY CROMWELL . TH To Mr. POPE . August 1 , 1727 . HO ' I writ my long Narrative from Epfom till I was tir'd , yet was I not fatisfied ; left any doubt fhou'd rest ...
... shall ever be , Sir , Your faithful Friend , and moft humble Servant , HENRY CROMWELL . TH To Mr. POPE . August 1 , 1727 . HO ' I writ my long Narrative from Epfom till I was tir'd , yet was I not fatisfied ; left any doubt fhou'd rest ...
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... Shall at least have Her Comfort of being Thank'd by the reft of the world . Nor has Mr. P. himself any great caufe to think it much Offence to bis Modefty , or Reflexion on bis Judgment ; when we take care to inform the publick , that ...
... Shall at least have Her Comfort of being Thank'd by the reft of the world . Nor has Mr. P. himself any great caufe to think it much Offence to bis Modefty , or Reflexion on bis Judgment ; when we take care to inform the publick , that ...
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... shall ever know any such thing from me ; and I give you this warning befides , that tho ' your felf should say I had ( a ) The Original of it in Blots , and with Figures of the References from Copy to Copy , in Mr. Pope's Hand , is in ...
... shall ever know any such thing from me ; and I give you this warning befides , that tho ' your felf should say I had ( a ) The Original of it in Blots , and with Figures of the References from Copy to Copy , in Mr. Pope's Hand , is in ...
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... shall not ferve your I will always own , ' tis my infallible Pope has , or would redeem me from a poetical Damning the fecond time ; and fave my Rhimes from being condemn'd to the Critics Flames to all Eternity : But ( by the Faith you ...
... shall not ferve your I will always own , ' tis my infallible Pope has , or would redeem me from a poetical Damning the fecond time ; and fave my Rhimes from being condemn'd to the Critics Flames to all Eternity : But ( by the Faith you ...
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