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Page 238
... shall be the guard of Shock . The celebrated raillery of Addison on the hoop - petticoat , has nothing equal to the fol- lowing circumstance ; which marks the dif- ficulty of guarding a part of dress of such high confequence . To fifty ...
... shall be the guard of Shock . The celebrated raillery of Addison on the hoop - petticoat , has nothing equal to the fol- lowing circumstance ; which marks the dif- ficulty of guarding a part of dress of such high confequence . To fifty ...
Page 263
... shall find that they are fuch , as however adorned and a little diversified , are yet grounded on true hiftory , and ... SHALL S 4 I SHALL only add to these , a tale lite AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 263.
... shall find that they are fuch , as however adorned and a little diversified , are yet grounded on true hiftory , and ... SHALL S 4 I SHALL only add to these , a tale lite AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 263.
Page 345
... shall steal a thought from heav'n , One human tear shall drop - and be forgiven ! WITH this laft line , at firft it appears , that the poem fhould have ended ; for the eight additional verfes * , concerning some poet , that haply might ...
... shall steal a thought from heav'n , One human tear shall drop - and be forgiven ! WITH this laft line , at firft it appears , that the poem fhould have ended ; for the eight additional verfes * , concerning some poet , that haply might ...
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