The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death, Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warburton, 7. köideA. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, C. Bathurst, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, J. Richardson, B. Law, S. Crowder, T. Longman, T. Field, and T. Caslon, 1760 |
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Page xiv
... the Preface to vol . I. of a Book called Mr. Pope's Literary Correspondence . + Postscript to the Preface to Vol . IV . Narrative and Anecdotes before Vol . II . Several Several have been printed in his name which he never xiv PREFAC E.
... the Preface to vol . I. of a Book called Mr. Pope's Literary Correspondence . + Postscript to the Preface to Vol . IV . Narrative and Anecdotes before Vol . II . Several Several have been printed in his name which he never xiv PREFAC E.
Page xv
... Several have been printed in his name which he never writ , and addreffed to perfons to whom they never were written * : counterfeited as from bishop Atterbury to him , which nei- ther that bishop nor he ever faw † ; and adver- tised ...
... Several have been printed in his name which he never writ , and addreffed to perfons to whom they never were written * : counterfeited as from bishop Atterbury to him , which nei- ther that bishop nor he ever faw † ; and adver- tised ...
Page xxv
... Several LADIES , p . 153 LETTER I. II . III . IV . V. VI . VII . To a lady from Bath . VIII . To the fame . IX . X. XI . To Mrs. on the Earl of Oxford's Behaviour , apprehenfions of commotions , army in Hyde - Park . XII . Praife of a ...
... Several LADIES , p . 153 LETTER I. II . III . IV . V. VI . VII . To a lady from Bath . VIII . To the fame . IX . X. XI . To Mrs. on the Earl of Oxford's Behaviour , apprehenfions of commotions , army in Hyde - Park . XII . Praife of a ...
Page xxvii
... Several Perfons . From 1711 to 1714. p . 225 LETTER I. To the Hon . J. C. Efq . Reflections on the Effay on Criticifm . II . To the fame , Elay . On a Paffage on the fame III . To the fame against party - fpirit . IV . To my Lord ...
... Several Perfons . From 1711 to 1714. p . 225 LETTER I. To the Hon . J. C. Efq . Reflections on the Effay on Criticifm . II . To the fame , Elay . On a Paffage on the fame III . To the fame against party - fpirit . IV . To my Lord ...
Page xxix
... be the temper of an author . XXVIII . To the fame , of the Farce called the What - d'ye - call - it . XXIX . To the fame . XXX . From Mr. Congreve . LETTERS LETTERS to SEVERAL PERSON S. From the Year 1714 to CONTENT S. xxix.
... be the temper of an author . XXVIII . To the fame , of the Farce called the What - d'ye - call - it . XXIX . To the fame . XXX . From Mr. Congreve . LETTERS LETTERS to SEVERAL PERSON S. From the Year 1714 to CONTENT S. xxix.
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Page 252 - ... not very common to young men, that the attractions of the world have not dazzled me very much ; and I...
Page 339 - Lucretius to publish against Tonson's ; agreeing to pay the author so many shillings at his producing so many lines. He made a great progress in a very short time, and I gave it to the corrector to compare with the Latin; but he went directly to Creech's translation, and found it the same word for word, all but the first page. Now, what d'ye think I did ? I arrested the translator for a cheat ; nay, and I stopped the corrector's pay too, upon this proof that he had made use of Creech instead of the...
Page 337 - As Mr. Lintot was talking, I observed he sat uneasy on his saddle, for which I expressed some solicitude : Nothing, says he, I can bear it well enough ; but since we have the day before us, methinks it would be very pleasant for you to rest awhile under the woods.
Page 294 - ... me to live agreeably in the town, or contentedly in the country, which is really all the difference I set between an easy fortune and a small one.
Page 95 - HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground ; Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in Summer yield him shade, In Winter fire.
Page 327 - The inhabitants of this delicious isle, as they are without riches and honours, so are they without the vices and follies that attend them ; and were they but as much strangers to revenge, as they are to avarice and ambition, they might in fact answer the poetical notions of ,the golden age.
Page 252 - ... an advantage not very common to young men, that the attractions of the world have not dazzled me very much...
Page 100 - Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends...
Page 255 - ... included of his belief in its immortality. The diminutive epithets of vagula, blandula...
Page 338 - I have known one of them take down a Greek book upon my counter, and cry, Ah, this is Hebrew, I must read it from the latter end.