The works of Alexander Pope. Containing the principal notes of drs. Warburton and Warton [&c.]. To which are added, some original letters, with additional observations, and memoirs, by W.L. Bowles, Volume 41806 |
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... paffage , Cibber , in his curious letter , printed in 1742 , addreffed to Pope , has the following obfervation : " I am glad to find in your fmaller Edition , that your con fcience has fince given this line fome correction ; for there ...
... paffage , Cibber , in his curious letter , printed in 1742 , addreffed to Pope , has the following obfervation : " I am glad to find in your fmaller Edition , that your con fcience has fince given this line fome correction ; for there ...
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... paffage ; for there is no connection with the foregoing paragraph . Boileau fays , Sat. ix . v . 221. I have nothing to do with Chapelain's honour , or candour , or civility , or complaifance ; but , if you hold him up as a model of ...
... paffage ; for there is no connection with the foregoing paragraph . Boileau fays , Sat. ix . v . 221. I have nothing to do with Chapelain's honour , or candour , or civility , or complaifance ; but , if you hold him up as a model of ...
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... paffages that bear a great resemblance to many of Pope's ; though Pope has heightened , improved , and condenfed the hints , images , and fentiments of Young . Shall we not cenfure all the motley train , Whether with ale irriguous or ...
... paffages that bear a great resemblance to many of Pope's ; though Pope has heightened , improved , and condenfed the hints , images , and fentiments of Young . Shall we not cenfure all the motley train , Whether with ale irriguous or ...
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... paffages excepted , are infufferably unnatural . It is remarkable that he did not fcruple to confefs , that he could not relish the pathos and fimplicity of Euripides . When he published his Fables , Tonfon agreed to give him two ...
... paffages excepted , are infufferably unnatural . It is remarkable that he did not fcruple to confefs , that he could not relish the pathos and fimplicity of Euripides . When he published his Fables , Tonfon agreed to give him two ...
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... paffage refpe & ting " his great condefcenfion in calling a minifter his friend , " without thinking of his own Memoirs of P. P. " or the Importance of a Man to himself . ” VOL . IV . E Can fleep without a Poem in my head , Nor TO THE ...
... paffage refpe & ting " his great condefcenfion in calling a minifter his friend , " without thinking of his own Memoirs of P. P. " or the Importance of a Man to himself . ” VOL . IV . E Can fleep without a Poem in my head , Nor TO THE ...
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| Title | The works of Alexander Pope. Containing the principal notes of drs. Warburton and Warton [&c.]. To which are added, some original letters, with additional observations, and memoirs, by W.L. Bowles, Volume 4 The works of Alexander Pope. Containing the principal notes of drs. Warburton and Warton [&c.]. To which are added, some original letters, with additional observations, and memoirs, by W.L. Bowles, William Lisle Bowles |
| Author | Alexander Pope |
| Editor | William Lisle Bowles |
| Published | 1806 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | Jul 28, 2006 |
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