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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... feveral occafions offered . I had no thoughts of publishing it , till it pleafed fome Perfons of Rank and Fortune [ the Authors of Verses to the Imitator of Horace , and of an Epistle to a Doctor of Divinity from a Nobleman at Hampton ...
... feveral occafions offered . I had no thoughts of publishing it , till it pleafed fome Perfons of Rank and Fortune [ the Authors of Verses to the Imitator of Horace , and of an Epistle to a Doctor of Divinity from a Nobleman at Hampton ...
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... feveral graces of Mafiniffa , Xenophon , and Plato , he might then be enabled to give the public fome faint and imperfect refemblance of his Perfon . Nor was Salmafius's judgment of his own parts lefs favourable to himself ; as Mr. Co ...
... feveral graces of Mafiniffa , Xenophon , and Plato , he might then be enabled to give the public fome faint and imperfect refemblance of his Perfon . Nor was Salmafius's judgment of his own parts lefs favourable to himself ; as Mr. Co ...
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... feveral hands . POPE . VER . 190. And own'd that nine fuch Poets ] Before this piece was published , Dr. Young had addreffed two Epiftles to our Author , in the year 1730 , concerning the Authors of the age ; in which are many paffages ...
... feveral hands . POPE . VER . 190. And own'd that nine fuch Poets ] Before this piece was published , Dr. Young had addreffed two Epiftles to our Author , in the year 1730 , concerning the Authors of the age ; in which are many paffages ...
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... feveral persons of Quality . РОРЕ . VER . 248 help'd to farve . ] Alluding to the fubfcription that was made for his funeral . Garth spoke an oratión over him . His neceffities obliged him to produce ( befides many other poetical pieces ) ...
... feveral persons of Quality . РОРЕ . VER . 248 help'd to farve . ] Alluding to the fubfcription that was made for his funeral . Garth spoke an oratión over him . His neceffities obliged him to produce ( befides many other poetical pieces ) ...
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... feveral natures . Let every man of letters , who wishes for patronage , read D'Alembert's Effay on living with the Great , before he enters the houfe of a patron : And let him always remember the fate of Racine , who having drawn up ...
... feveral natures . Let every man of letters , who wishes for patronage , read D'Alembert's Effay on living with the Great , before he enters the houfe of a patron : And let him always remember the fate of Racine , who having drawn up ...
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