“The” Poetical Works Of Alexander Pope, Esq. In Three Volumes, Volume 1Foulis, 1785 |
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Page xxi
... less honour than any of his other perform- ances ; being the first that attempted , on a rational plan , to restore Shakespear , it will not be surprising that , in wading through an unbeaten path of mutilated editions , many things ...
... less honour than any of his other perform- ances ; being the first that attempted , on a rational plan , to restore Shakespear , it will not be surprising that , in wading through an unbeaten path of mutilated editions , many things ...
Page v
... less concerned about fame than I durft declare till this occafion , when , me- thinks , I fhould find more credit than I could hereto- fore , fince my writings have had their fate already , B and it is too late to think of prepoffeffing ...
... less concerned about fame than I durft declare till this occafion , when , me- thinks , I fhould find more credit than I could hereto- fore , fince my writings have had their fate already , B and it is too late to think of prepoffeffing ...
Page xv
... less . Encomiums fuit not this cenforious time , Itself a fubject for fatiric rhyme ; Ignorance honour'd , wit and worth defam'd , Folly triumphant , and ev'n Homer blam'd ! But to this genius , join'd with fo much art , Such various ...
... less . Encomiums fuit not this cenforious time , Itself a fubject for fatiric rhyme ; Ignorance honour'd , wit and worth defam'd , Folly triumphant , and ev'n Homer blam'd ! But to this genius , join'd with fo much art , Such various ...
Page xxv
... less regret my claim I now decline , " The world will think his English Iliad mine . " E. FENTON . TO MR . POP E .. TO praise , and still with just respect to praise A bard triumphant in immortal bays , The learn'd to show , the ...
... less regret my claim I now decline , " The world will think his English Iliad mine . " E. FENTON . TO MR . POP E .. TO praise , and still with just respect to praise A bard triumphant in immortal bays , The learn'd to show , the ...
Page xxvi
... Less fhone the treffes Egypt's princess wore , Which sweet Callimachus fo fung before . Here courtly trifles fet the world at odds ; Belles war with beaux , and whims defcend for gods . The new machines , in names of ridicule , Mock the ...
... Less fhone the treffes Egypt's princess wore , Which sweet Callimachus fo fung before . Here courtly trifles fet the world at odds ; Belles war with beaux , and whims defcend for gods . The new machines , in names of ridicule , Mock the ...
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