“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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... fhort - fighted " and malevolent critic , or inadvertent and cenfo- " rious Reader . And no hand can fet them in fo good a light , & c . " Let . cxx . to Mr. W. 46 66 . B1 " " I alfo give and bequeath to the faid Mr. Warburton , the ...
... fhort - fighted " and malevolent critic , or inadvertent and cenfo- " rious Reader . And no hand can fet them in fo good a light , & c . " Let . cxx . to Mr. W. 46 66 . B1 " " I alfo give and bequeath to the faid Mr. Warburton , the ...
Page vii
... This collection is now made . more complete by the addition of feveral new pieces . Yet , excepting a fhort explanatory letter to Col. M. and the Letters to Mr. A. and Mr. W. ( the latter of which are given 8 4 ADVERTISEMENT . VII.
... This collection is now made . more complete by the addition of feveral new pieces . Yet , excepting a fhort explanatory letter to Col. M. and the Letters to Mr. A. and Mr. W. ( the latter of which are given 8 4 ADVERTISEMENT . VII.
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... have no reputation which will continue long , or which deferves to do fo : for they have always fallen fhort not only of what I read of others , but even of my own Ideas of Poetry . If any one fhould imagine I am not in ear- VI PREFACE .
... have no reputation which will continue long , or which deferves to do fo : for they have always fallen fhort not only of what I read of others , but even of my own Ideas of Poetry . If any one fhould imagine I am not in ear- VI PREFACE .
Page x
... fhort a time they , and I , have to live : One may be afhamed to confume half one's days in bringing fenfe and rhyme together ; and what Critic can be fo unreasonable , as not to leave a man time enough for any more ferious employment ...
... fhort a time they , and I , have to live : One may be afhamed to confume half one's days in bringing fenfe and rhyme together ; and what Critic can be fo unreasonable , as not to leave a man time enough for any more ferious employment ...
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... fhort a time they , and I have to live . A man that can expect but fixty years may be afhamed to employ thirty in meafuring fyllables and brin- ging fenfe and rhyme together . We spend our youth in pursuit of riches or fame , in hopes ...
... fhort a time they , and I have to live . A man that can expect but fixty years may be afhamed to employ thirty in meafuring fyllables and brin- ging fenfe and rhyme together . We spend our youth in pursuit of riches or fame , in hopes ...
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