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An essay on the genius and writings of Pope

Joseph Warton (Author), James Dodsley (Bookseller)
Print Book, English, 1772
The third edition, corrected View all formats and editions
Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, London, 1772
Criticism, interpretation, etc
2 volumes ; 22 cm (8vo)
358879
Volume 1. Section I. Of the Pastorals, and the Messiah in eclogue
Section II. Of Windsor-Forest, and lyric pieces
Section III. Of the Essay on criticism
Section IV. Of the Rape of the lock
Section V. Of the Elegy to the memory of an unfortunate lady, the prologue to Cato, and the epilogue of Jane Shore
Of the Epistle of Sappho to Phaon, and of Eloisa to Abelard
Volume 2. Section VII. Of the Temple of fame
Section VIII. Of January and May, The wife of Bath, and translations of Statius and Ovid
Section IX. Of the Essay on man
Section X. Of the Moral essays in five epistle to several persons
Section XI. Of the epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot
Section XII. Of the satires and epistles of Horace imitated, of the satires of Donne versified, and of the epilogue to the satires
Section XIII. Of the Dunciad
Section XIV and last. Of some imitations of Horace, the miscellanies, epitaphs, and prose works
Pagination: Volume 1. xiii, [3], 344 pages -- Volume 2. [2], ii, 495, [1] pages
Signatures: Volume 1. A-Y⁸ Z⁴ -- Volume 2. [A]² B-3R⁴
On page 344 of volume 1: "End of the first volume."
Work attributed to Joseph Warton. See Lippincott, (5th ed.), page 2430
Volume 2 lacks edition statement and was printed in 1782