The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume 3J. Balfour, 1764 |
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Page viii
... because they are poor , but they are poor because they are bunglers . Is it not pleasant enough , to hear our authors cry- ing out on the one hand , as if their perfons and cha- racters were too facred for fatire ; and the public ...
... because they are poor , but they are poor because they are bunglers . Is it not pleasant enough , to hear our authors cry- ing out on the one hand , as if their perfons and cha- racters were too facred for fatire ; and the public ...
Page ix
... because Ridicule in itself is , or ought to be , a pleasure ; but because it is just to undeceive and vindicate the ho- VOL . III . C neft and unpretending part of mankind from impofition , because TO THE PUBLISHER . ix.
... because Ridicule in itself is , or ought to be , a pleasure ; but because it is just to undeceive and vindicate the ho- VOL . III . C neft and unpretending part of mankind from impofition , because TO THE PUBLISHER . ix.
Page x
Alexander Pope. neft and unpretending part of mankind from impofition , because particular intereft ought to yield to general , and a great number who are not naturally Fools , ought never to be made fo , in complaisance to a few who are ...
Alexander Pope. neft and unpretending part of mankind from impofition , because particular intereft ought to yield to general , and a great number who are not naturally Fools , ought never to be made fo , in complaisance to a few who are ...
Page xxvi
... because " Prior's Henry and Emma charm'd the finest tastes , · 66 our author writ his Eloife in opposition to it ; but " forgot innocence and virtue : If you take away her " tender thoughts , and her fierce defires , all the rest " is ...
... because " Prior's Henry and Emma charm'd the finest tastes , · 66 our author writ his Eloife in opposition to it ; but " forgot innocence and virtue : If you take away her " tender thoughts , and her fierce defires , all the rest " is ...
Page xli
... because in " the English tongue we have fcarce any thing truly " and naturally written upon Love s . " He also , in taxing Sir Richard Blackmore for his heterodox opi- nions of Homer , challengeth him to answer what Mr Pope hath faid in ...
... because in " the English tongue we have fcarce any thing truly " and naturally written upon Love s . " He also , in taxing Sir Richard Blackmore for his heterodox opi- nions of Homer , challengeth him to answer what Mr Pope hath faid in ...
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