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 viii
... to encourage them in the way they follow , but to get them out of it ; for men are not bung- lers because they are poor , but they are poor be- cause they are bunglers . Is it not pleasant enough , to hear our authors viii LETTER A.
... to encourage them in the way they follow , but to get them out of it ; for men are not bung- lers because they are poor , but they are poor be- cause they are bunglers . Is it not pleasant enough , to hear our authors viii LETTER A.
Page x
... itself is , or ought to be , a pleasure ; but because it is just to undeceive and vindicate the honeft and un- pretending part of mankind from impofition , be- cause particular intereft ought to yield to general , and 3 X LETTER A.
... itself is , or ought to be , a pleasure ; but because it is just to undeceive and vindicate the honeft and un- pretending part of mankind from impofition , be- cause particular intereft ought to yield to general , and 3 X LETTER A.
Page xi
... cause particular intereft ought to yield to general , and a great number who are not naturally Fools , ought never to be made fo , in complaifance to a few who are . Accordingly we find that in all ages , all vain pretenders , were they ...
... cause particular intereft ought to yield to general , and a great number who are not naturally Fools , ought never to be made fo , in complaifance to a few who are . Accordingly we find that in all ages , all vain pretenders , were they ...
Page xxxiii
... cause , " From thy own life tranfcribe th ' unerring laws . ” And , to clofe all , hear the reverend Dean of St. Pa trick's : " A Soul with ev'ry virtue fraught , 86 By Patriots , Priests , and Poets taught . " Whose filial Piety ...
... cause , " From thy own life tranfcribe th ' unerring laws . ” And , to clofe all , hear the reverend Dean of St. Pa trick's : " A Soul with ev'ry virtue fraught , 86 By Patriots , Priests , and Poets taught . " Whose filial Piety ...
Page xliv
... cause which moved our poet to this particular work . He lived in those days , when ( after Providence had per- mitted the invention of Printing as a fcourge for the fins of the learned ) Paper alfo became fo cheap , and Printers fo ...
... cause which moved our poet to this particular work . He lived in those days , when ( after Providence had per- mitted the invention of Printing as a fcourge for the fins of the learned ) Paper alfo became fo cheap , and Printers fo ...
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