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The Guardian - Page 186
by Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1734 - 358 pages
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The Works of Alexander Pope: Letters

Alexander Pope - 1757 - 366 pages
...common to yonng men, that the attraftioiis of tire' vvoridiiave not dazzled me very much ; and I begin, where moft people end, with a full conviftion of the emptinefs of all forts of ambition, and the unfatibfaftory nature of all human pleafures. When a fmart fit of ficknefs tells me this fcurvy tenement...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete, with ..., Volume 7

Alexander Pope - 1760 - 424 pages
...in fecret. My youth has dealt more fairly and openly with me, it has afforded feveral profpects of my danger, and given me an advantage not very common...of the world have not dazzled me very much ; and I begin, where moft people end, with a full conviction of the emptinefs of all forts of ambition, and...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 5

Alexander Pope - 1764 - 440 pages
...in fecret. My youth has dealt more fairly and openly with me, it has afforded feveral profpefts of my danger, and given me an advantage not very common to young men, that the attraftions of the world have not dazzled me very much } ,' and I begin, where moft people end, with...
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The Dunciad, in four books

Alexander Pope - 1770 - 402 pages
...in fecret. My" youth has dealt more fairly and openly with me, it hai, afforded feveral profpefts of my danger, and given me an advantage not very common to young men, that the attraftions of the world have not dazzled me very much ; and I begin, where moft people end, with a...
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The Complete Letter-writer: Containing Familiar Letters on the Most Common ...

1778 - 264 pages
...in fecret. My youth has dealt more fairly and openly with me; it has afforded feveral profpects of my danger, and given me an advantage not very common...of the world have not dazzled me very much ; and I begin where moft people end, with a full conviction of the emptinefs of all fbrts of ambition, and...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Four Volumes Complete. With His Last ...

Alexander Pope - 1778 - 464 pages
...in fecret. My youth has dealt more fairly and openly with me, it has afforded feveral profpefts of my danger, and given me an advantage not very common...of the world have not dazzled me very much; and I begin, where moft people end, with a full conviftion of the emptinefs of allfortsof ambition, and the...
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The Beauties of Pope: Consisting of Selections from His Poetical and Prose Works

Alexander Pope - 1783 - 322 pages
...root in fecret. My youth has dealt more fairly and openly with me, it has afforded feveral profpe&s of my danger, and given me an advantage not very common to young men, that the attraftions of the world have not dazzled me verymuch ; and I begin, where moA people end, with a full...
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Letters to and from his friends and patrons

Sir Richard Steele - 1787 - 560 pages
...in fecret. My youth has dealt more fairly and openly with me : it has afforded feveral profpects of my danger, and given me an advantage not very common...of the world have not dazzled me very much ; and I begin, where moft people end, with a full conviction of the emptinefs of all forts of ambition, and...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. in Six Volumes Complete: Letters

Alexander Pope - 1788 - 396 pages
...in fecret. My youth has dealt more fairly and openly with me, it has afforded feveral profpedls of my danger, and given me an advantage not very common...of the world have not dazzled me very much ; and I begin, where moft people end, with a full convidtion of the emptinefs of all forts of ambition, and...
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The Epistolary Correspondence of Sir Richard Steele ..

Sir Richard Steele - 1787 - 264 pages
...in fecret. My youth has dealt more fairly and openly with me : it has afforded feveral profpects of my danger, and given me an advantage not very common...attractions of the world have not dazzled me very much ; and 1 begin, where moft people end, with a full conviction of the emptinefs of all forts of ambition, and...
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