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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... against the attacks of Bolingbroke and Chesterfield . WARTON . VER . 13. Mint ] A place to which infolvent debtors retired , to enjoy an illegal protection , which they were there fuffered to af- ford to one another , from the ...
... against the attacks of Bolingbroke and Chesterfield . WARTON . VER . 13. Mint ] A place to which infolvent debtors retired , to enjoy an illegal protection , which they were there fuffered to af- ford to one another , from the ...
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... against Cibber , is thus given in the letter before mentioned : " The play of the Rehearsal , which had laid fome few years dormant , being by his prefent Majefty ( George II . ) , then Prince of Wales commanded to be revived , the part ...
... against Cibber , is thus given in the letter before mentioned : " The play of the Rehearsal , which had laid fome few years dormant , being by his prefent Majefty ( George II . ) , then Prince of Wales commanded to be revived , the part ...
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... against him , entitled Dryden's Satire to his Mufe , has been printed in the name of the Lord Somers , of which he was wholly ignorant . These are the perfons to whofe account the Author charges the publication of his firft pieces ...
... against him , entitled Dryden's Satire to his Mufe , has been printed in the name of the Lord Somers , of which he was wholly ignorant . These are the perfons to whofe account the Author charges the publication of his firft pieces ...
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... against all the Learned in Europe . To which the great Salmafius fiercely replied , " Do you and M. Maussac join yourselves to all that are learned in the world , and you fhall find that I alone am a match for you all . " Voffius tells ...
... against all the Learned in Europe . To which the great Salmafius fiercely replied , " Do you and M. Maussac join yourselves to all that are learned in the world , and you fhall find that I alone am a match for you all . " Voffius tells ...
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... against a blind attachment to party ; and blamed Steele for his indiscreet zeal . The tranflation of the Iliad being now on foot , he recom- mended it to the public , and joined with the Tories in pushing the fubfcription ; but at the ...
... against a blind attachment to party ; and blamed Steele for his indiscreet zeal . The tranflation of the Iliad being now on foot , he recom- mended it to the public , and joined with the Tories in pushing the fubfcription ; but at the ...
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Addiſon againſt alfo alludes alſo Author becauſe beſt Biſhop Boileau Brutus cauſe character circumftance Court defire Dryden Dunciad Engliſh Epiftle Ev'n ev'ry expreffion faid fame fatire fays feems fenfe fentiments feveral fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fome fool fpeaking ftill ftyle fubject fublime fuch fuperior genius greateſt himſelf Homer honour Horace Houſe Iliad imitation juft juſt King laft laſt lefs lines Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Hervey manners maſter moft moſt muft muſt nature NOTES numbers obferved occafion paffage paffions perfon pleaſe pleaſure Poem Poet poetry Pope Pope's praiſe prefent profe publiſhed purpoſe quĉ quid quod raiſed reaſon Satire ſays ſeems Shakeſpear ſhe Sir Robert Sir Robert Walpole ſome ſpeak ſpirit ſtate ſtill ſtyle ſuch taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thouſand tranflation uſed verfe verſe Virgil Virtue Walpole WARBURTON WARTON whofe whoſe words write
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