“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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... thought beft , to begin my Tafk with the Edition of Mr. PO- PE'S Works , this Author being fo univerfally efteemed by all thofe that have any taste of Poetry or Learning . All care poffible has been taken to have this Edition correct as ...
... thought beft , to begin my Tafk with the Edition of Mr. PO- PE'S Works , this Author being fo univerfally efteemed by all thofe that have any taste of Poetry or Learning . All care poffible has been taken to have this Edition correct as ...
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... 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 .
... 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 .
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... thoughts are not our own , because they refemble the Ancients , may as well fay our faces are not our own , because they are like our Fathers : And indeed it is very unreafonable ... thought tolerable . Authors , who forgive VIII PREFACE .
... thoughts are not our own , because they refemble the Ancients , may as well fay our faces are not our own , because they are like our Fathers : And indeed it is very unreafonable ... thought tolerable . Authors , who forgive VIII PREFACE .
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... thought tolerable . Authors , who forgive themfelves fome particular lines for the fake of a whole Poem , and vice verfa a whole Poem for the fake of fome par- ticular lines . I believe no one qualification is fo likely to make a good ...
... thought tolerable . Authors , who forgive themfelves fome particular lines for the fake of a whole Poem , and vice verfa a whole Poem for the fake of fome par- ticular lines . I believe no one qualification is fo likely to make a good ...
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... thoughts of my own Poetry , refolving with the fame freedom to expofe myfelf , as it is in the power of any other to expofe them . In the first place , I thank God and nature , that I was born with a love to poetry ; for nothing more ...
... thoughts of my own Poetry , refolving with the fame freedom to expofe myfelf , as it is in the power of any other to expofe them . In the first place , I thank God and nature , that I was born with a love to poetry ; for nothing more ...
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