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Page 78
... continued ; and , to raise his character again , has a mind to invest him with military splendour : ' He is much mistaken , ' he says , ' if there was not about this time a design of making him an adjutant - general in Sir William ...
... continued ; and , to raise his character again , has a mind to invest him with military splendour : ' He is much mistaken , ' he says , ' if there was not about this time a design of making him an adjutant - general in Sir William ...
Page 267
... continued his labour , finding the credit of his author was gone . Now , if he thinks it is recovered by his Answer , he will perhaps go on with his translation ; and this may be , for aught I know , as good an entertainment for him as ...
... continued his labour , finding the credit of his author was gone . Now , if he thinks it is recovered by his Answer , he will perhaps go on with his translation ; and this may be , for aught I know , as good an entertainment for him as ...
Page 413
... continued to be praised . Pope had now an opportunity of courting the friend- ship of Addison , by vilifying his old enemy , and could give resentment its full play without appearing to revenge himself . He therefore published A ...
... continued to be praised . Pope had now an opportunity of courting the friend- ship of Addison , by vilifying his old enemy , and could give resentment its full play without appearing to revenge himself . He therefore published A ...
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