The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the Author |
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Page xii
... praise was valued ; he would be " troublesome tender to taste , than really possessed of it . When out of gratitude , not expectation . " Halifax thought I had finished the two or three first books of my himself entitled to confidence ...
... praise was valued ; he would be " troublesome tender to taste , than really possessed of it . When out of gratitude , not expectation . " Halifax thought I had finished the two or three first books of my himself entitled to confidence ...
Page xiv
... praise , because that it was in vain for me to endeavour to be well the reader knows not what they have blotted . with Mr. Addison ; that his jealous temper would Pope's voracity of fame taught him the art of ob- never admit of a ...
... praise , because that it was in vain for me to endeavour to be well the reader knows not what they have blotted . with Mr. Addison ; that his jealous temper would Pope's voracity of fame taught him the art of ob- never admit of a ...
Page xviii
... praise , ever detected : and when , some years afterwards , or public censure . I mentioned it to Lintot , the son ... praises of his candour , tender- ed a style rarely writes afterwards with complete ness , and benevolence , the ...
... praise , ever detected : and when , some years afterwards , or public censure . I mentioned it to Lintot , the son ... praises of his candour , tender- ed a style rarely writes afterwards with complete ness , and benevolence , the ...
Page xix
... praise at random , which , while These principles it is not my business to clear it is unappropriated , excites no ... praises which they could not afterwards cence is unsuspicious , many read it for a manual of decently retract ...
... praise at random , which , while These principles it is not my business to clear it is unappropriated , excites no ... praises which they could not afterwards cence is unsuspicious , many read it for a manual of decently retract ...
Page xxi
... praise of Kyrl , the Man to that coalition of interests which makes the hap- of Ross , deserves particular examination , who , af- piness of a country , is possible only to those whom ter a long and pompous enumeration of his public ...
... praise of Kyrl , the Man to that coalition of interests which makes the hap- of Ross , deserves particular examination , who , af- piness of a country , is possible only to those whom ter a long and pompous enumeration of his public ...
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