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
... whole matter : It is not cha- rity 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 ...
... whole matter : It is not cha- rity 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 ...
Page xxviii
... whole . " Behold ! thefe Underlings are become good writers ! If any fay , that before the faid Proposals were print- ed , the fubfcription was begun without declaration of fuch affiftance ; verily thofe who fet it on foot , or ( as ...
... whole . " Behold ! thefe Underlings are become good writers ! If any fay , that before the faid Proposals were print- ed , the fubfcription was begun without declaration of fuch affiftance ; verily thofe who fet it on foot , or ( as ...
Page xxix
... whole story of the libel is a lye ; witness thofe perfons of integrity , who several years before Mr. Addison's decease , did fee and approve of the faid verses , in no wife a libel , but a friendly rebuke sent pri- vately in our ...
... whole story of the libel is a lye ; witness thofe perfons of integrity , who several years before Mr. Addison's decease , did fee and approve of the faid verses , in no wife a libel , but a friendly rebuke sent pri- vately in our ...
Page xxxiv
... whole body of " our nobility . " However contradictory this may appear , Mr. Den- nis and Gildon , in the character laft cited , make it all plain , by affuring us , " That he is a creature that re- conciles all contradictions ; he is a ...
... whole body of " our nobility . " However contradictory this may appear , Mr. Den- nis and Gildon , in the character laft cited , make it all plain , by affuring us , " That he is a creature that re- conciles all contradictions ; he is a ...
Page xl
... whole courfe of his life , to any court , was a fubfcription , for his Homer , of 200 l . from King George I , and 100 l . from the prince and princefs . e However , left we imagine our Author's Success was conftant and univerfal , they ...
... whole courfe of his life , to any court , was a fubfcription , for his Homer , of 200 l . from King George I , and 100 l . from the prince and princefs . e However , left we imagine our Author's Success was conftant and univerfal , they ...
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