“The” Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Ten Volumes Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements; ... Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warburton, 1. köideFredrick Nicolai, 1762 |
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Page iv
... he thought proper , for va rious reafons , to omit . Some from the Manu- fcript - copy of the Effay on Man , which tended to difcredit fate , and to recommend the moral government of God , had , by the Editor's advice IV ADVERTISEMENT .
... he thought proper , for va rious reafons , to omit . Some from the Manu- fcript - copy of the Effay on Man , which tended to difcredit fate , and to recommend the moral government of God , had , by the Editor's advice IV ADVERTISEMENT .
Page vii
... Fate or NATU RALISM and to add what was proper to con- vince the world that he was warmly on the fide of moral Government and a revealed Will . And it would be injuftice to his memory not to declare that he embraced these occafions with ...
... Fate or NATU RALISM and to add what was proper to con- vince the world that he was warmly on the fide of moral Government and a revealed Will . And it would be injuftice to his memory not to declare that he embraced these occafions with ...
Page x
... fate in Poetry , it is ten to one but he must give up all the reafo nable aims of life for it . There are indeed some , advantages accruing from a Genius to Poetry , and they are all I can think of : the agreeable power of felf ...
... fate in Poetry , it is ten to one but he must give up all the reafo nable aims of life for it . There are indeed some , advantages accruing from a Genius to Poetry , and they are all I can think of : the agreeable power of felf ...
Page x
... fate already , and it is too late to think of prepoffeffing the reader in their favour . I would plead it as fome merit in me , that the world has never been prepared for thefe Trifles by Prefaces , biaffed by recommen- dations ...
... fate already , and it is too late to think of prepoffeffing the reader in their favour . I would plead it as fome merit in me , that the world has never been prepared for thefe Trifles by Prefaces , biaffed by recommen- dations ...
Page xvii
... fate , Which would , if Virgil liv'd , on Virgil wait ; Whofe Mufe did once , like thine , in plains delight ; Thine fhall , like his , foon take a higher flight ; So Larks , which first from lowly fields arise , XVII.
... fate , Which would , if Virgil liv'd , on Virgil wait ; Whofe Mufe did once , like thine , in plains delight ; Thine fhall , like his , foon take a higher flight ; So Larks , which first from lowly fields arise , XVII.
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