“The” Poetical Works Of Alexander Pope, Esq. In Three Volumes, Volume 1Foulis, 1785 |
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Page xvii
... last volume was finished . By the profits of this work , computed to have been upwards of five thousand pounds , he was en- abled to live with more elegance than before , though he avoided extravagance . His mind was ever above depen ...
... last volume was finished . By the profits of this work , computed to have been upwards of five thousand pounds , he was en- abled to live with more elegance than before , though he avoided extravagance . His mind was ever above depen ...
Page xix
... last couplet has been twice altered . It was at first , Then , Who would not fmile if fuch a man there be ? Who would not laugh if Addison were he ? Who would not grieve if fuch a man there be ? Who would not laugh if Addison were he ...
... last couplet has been twice altered . It was at first , Then , Who would not fmile if fuch a man there be ? Who would not laugh if Addison were he ? Who would not grieve if fuch a man there be ? Who would not laugh if Addison were he ...
Page xxi
... last , to such a height that they parted without any ceremony . In 1721 , he published his edition of Shakespear . This work did him less honour than any of his other perform- ances ; being the first that attempted , on a rational plan ...
... last , to such a height that they parted without any ceremony . In 1721 , he published his edition of Shakespear . This work did him less honour than any of his other perform- ances ; being the first that attempted , on a rational plan ...
Page xxviii
... last , the work being well received , he published the fourth , and acknowledg- ed himself the author . The doctrine illuftrated in his ESSAY ON MAN was re- ceived from Lord Bolingbroke , who concealed from Mr. b Pope his real opinions ...
... last , the work being well received , he published the fourth , and acknowledg- ed himself the author . The doctrine illuftrated in his ESSAY ON MAN was re- ceived from Lord Bolingbroke , who concealed from Mr. b Pope his real opinions ...
Page xxxi
... last work ought to be , that is " to fay , more finished than any of the rest . The subject " is large , and will divide into four epistles , which natu- rally follow the Essay on Man , viz . 1. Of the extent " and limits of human ...
... last work ought to be , that is " to fay , more finished than any of the rest . The subject " is large , and will divide into four epistles , which natu- rally follow the Essay on Man , viz . 1. Of the extent " and limits of human ...
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