The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: ...A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, 1789 |
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Page 25
... same Journalist of June 8 . " The bookfeller proposed the book by subscription ; " and raised some thousands of pounds for the fame . " I believe the gentleman did not share in the profits " of this extravagant fubfcription . " After ...
... same Journalist of June 8 . " The bookfeller proposed the book by subscription ; " and raised some thousands of pounds for the fame . " I believe the gentleman did not share in the profits " of this extravagant fubfcription . " After ...
Page 34
... same paper hath these words ; " The author is allowed to be a perfect ma- " ster of an easy and elegant verfification . In all his " works we find the most happy turns and natural " fimiles , wonderfully short and thick fown . " The ...
... same paper hath these words ; " The author is allowed to be a perfect ma- " ster of an easy and elegant verfification . In all his " works we find the most happy turns and natural " fimiles , wonderfully short and thick fown . " The ...
Page 57
... same may be deemed in some fort a reflection on Majesty , or at least an infult on that legal authority which has be- stowed on another person the Crown of Poesy : We have ordered the faid pretender , pseudo - poet , or phan . tom ...
... same may be deemed in some fort a reflection on Majesty , or at least an infult on that legal authority which has be- stowed on another person the Crown of Poesy : We have ordered the faid pretender , pseudo - poet , or phan . tom ...
Page 62
... same affection for the name of this poem as any critic for that of his author ; yet cannot it induce me to agree with those who would add yet another e to it , and call it the Dun- ciade ; which being a French and foreign termination ...
... same affection for the name of this poem as any critic for that of his author ; yet cannot it induce me to agree with those who would add yet another e to it , and call it the Dun- ciade ; which being a French and foreign termination ...
Page 72
... same day , o- ver the Perfians and Barbarians . Ver . 88. Glad chains , ] The ignorance of these moderns ! This was altered in one edition to Gold chains , shewing more re- gard to the metal of which the chains of aldermen are made ...
... same day , o- ver the Perfians and Barbarians . Ver . 88. Glad chains , ] The ignorance of these moderns ! This was altered in one edition to Gold chains , shewing more re- gard to the metal of which the chains of aldermen are made ...
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