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 x
... true , " That he has a contempt for their writ- ' ings . " And there is another , which would pro- bably be sooner allowed by himself than by any good judge befide , " That his own have found " too much fuccefs with the public . " But ...
... true , " That he has a contempt for their writ- ' ings . " And there is another , which would pro- bably be sooner allowed by himself than by any good judge befide , " That his own have found " too much fuccefs with the public . " But ...
Page xvii
... true , it may deprive them , a little the fooner , of a short profit and a tranfitory reputation ; but then it may have a good effect , and oblige them ( before it be too late ) to decline that for which they are so very unfit , and to ...
... true , it may deprive them , a little the fooner , of a short profit and a tranfitory reputation ; but then it may have a good effect , and oblige them ( before it be too late ) to decline that for which they are so very unfit , and to ...
Page xx
... true critics and commen- tators are wont to infift upon fuch , and how material they seem to themselves , if to none other . Forgive me , gentle reader , if ( following learned example ) I ever and anon become tedious : allow me to take ...
... true critics and commen- tators are wont to infift upon fuch , and how material they seem to themselves , if to none other . Forgive me , gentle reader , if ( following learned example ) I ever and anon become tedious : allow me to take ...
Page xxx
... true it is , that Mr. Moore had fuch a defign , and was himself the man who preft Dr. Arbuthnot and Mr. Pope to affist him therein ; and that he borrowed those Me- moirs of our author , when that hiftory came forth , with intent to turn ...
... true it is , that Mr. Moore had fuch a defign , and was himself the man who preft Dr. Arbuthnot and Mr. Pope to affist him therein ; and that he borrowed those Me- moirs of our author , when that hiftory came forth , with intent to turn ...
Page xxxvii
... true , if finest notes alone could fhow << ( Tun'd justly high , or regularly low ) " That we fhould fame to thefe mere vocals give ; " Pope more than we can offer should receive : " For when fome gliding river is his theme , " His ...
... true , if finest notes alone could fhow << ( Tun'd justly high , or regularly low ) " That we fhould fame to thefe mere vocals give ; " Pope more than we can offer should receive : " For when fome gliding river is his theme , " His ...
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