“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 vii
... true models which we , or perhaps . any of our neighbours have , of familiar Epiftles . 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 ...
... true models which we , or perhaps . any of our neighbours have , of familiar Epiftles . 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 ...
Page x
... true , that , in every age , the highest character for fenfe and learning has been obtain'd by thofe who have been moft indebted to them . For , to fay truth , whatever is very good fenfe , muft have been common sense in all times ; and ...
... true , that , in every age , the highest character for fenfe and learning has been obtain'd by thofe who have been moft indebted to them . For , to fay truth , whatever is very good fenfe , muft have been common sense in all times ; and ...
Page x
... true reafon thefe pieces are not more correct , is owing to the confideration how 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 ...
... true reafon thefe pieces are not more correct , is owing to the confideration how 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 ...
Page xiv
... true reafon they are not yet more correct is owing to the confideration how 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 ...
... true reafon they are not yet more correct is owing to the confideration how 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 ...
Page xvii
... true meafure of the shepherd's wit Should , like his garb , be for the Country fit : Yer muft his pure and unaffected thought More nicely than the common fwain's be wrought . So , with becoming art , the Players dress In filks the ...
... true meafure of the shepherd's wit Should , like his garb , be for the Country fit : Yer muft his pure and unaffected thought More nicely than the common fwain's be wrought . So , with becoming art , the Players dress In filks the ...
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