The Works of Alexander Pope Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete. With His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements; ... Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warbuton, 5. köideJ. and P. Knapton, H. Lintot, J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, and C. Bathurst, 1752 |
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Page xxvi
... Variation ! We are told in 66 MIST'S JOURNAL , June 8 . " That this tranflation of the Iliad was not in all re- " fpects conformable to the fine tafte of his friend Mr. " Addifon ; infomuch that he employed a younger muse , " in an ...
... Variation ! We are told in 66 MIST'S JOURNAL , June 8 . " That this tranflation of the Iliad was not in all re- " fpects conformable to the fine tafte of his friend Mr. " Addifon ; infomuch that he employed a younger muse , " in an ...
Page 65
... VARIATIONS . VER . 1. The Mighty Mother , & c . in the first Edd . it was thus , Books and the Man I fing , the first who brings The Smithfield Mufes to the Ear of Kings . Say , great Patricians ! fince yourselves infpire Thefe wond ...
... VARIATIONS . VER . 1. The Mighty Mother , & c . in the first Edd . it was thus , Books and the Man I fing , the first who brings The Smithfield Mufes to the Ear of Kings . Say , great Patricians ! fince yourselves infpire Thefe wond ...
Page 71
... VARIATIONS . After VER . 22. in the MS . Or in the graver Gown inftruct mankind , Or filent let thy morals tell thy mind . 20 But this was to be understood , as the Poet fays , ironicè , like the 23d Verfe . REMARK S. the uncontrolled ...
... VARIATIONS . After VER . 22. in the MS . Or in the graver Gown inftruct mankind , Or filent let thy morals tell thy mind . 20 But this was to be understood , as the Poet fays , ironicè , like the 23d Verfe . REMARK S. the uncontrolled ...
Page 72
... VARIATION S. VER . 29. Close to those walls & c . ] In the former Edd . thus , Where wave the tatter'd enfigns of Rag - fair , A yawning ruin hangs and nods in air ; Keen hollow winds howl thro ' the bleak recess , Emblem of Mufic caus ...
... VARIATION S. VER . 29. Close to those walls & c . ] In the former Edd . thus , Where wave the tatter'd enfigns of Rag - fair , A yawning ruin hangs and nods in air ; Keen hollow winds howl thro ' the bleak recess , Emblem of Mufic caus ...
Page 73
... VARIATIONS . Intus aquæ dulces , vivoque fedilia faxo ; Nympharum domus . 2 May we not fay in like manner , " The Nymphs must be the waters and the ftones , or the waters and the stones must be " the houses of the Nymphs ? " Infulfe ...
... VARIATIONS . Intus aquæ dulces , vivoque fedilia faxo ; Nympharum domus . 2 May we not fay in like manner , " The Nymphs must be the waters and the ftones , or the waters and the stones must be " the houses of the Nymphs ? " Infulfe ...
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