The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death, Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warburton, Том 1A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, C. Bathurst, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, J. Richardson, B. Law, S. Crowder, T. Longman, T. Field, and T. Caslon, 1760 |
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... critic , or inadvertent and cenforious reader . And no hand can fet " them in fo good a light . " . Let . exx . to Mr. W. b " I alfo give and bequeath to the faid Mr. Warburton , the property of all fuch of my Works already printed as ...
... critic , or inadvertent and cenforious reader . And no hand can fet " them in fo good a light . " . Let . exx . to Mr. W. b " I alfo give and bequeath to the faid Mr. Warburton , the property of all fuch of my Works already printed as ...
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... Critic fuppofes he has done his part , if he proves a writer to have failed in an expreffion , or erred in any particular point : and can it then be wondered at , if the Poets in gene- ral feem refolved not to own themselves in any ...
... Critic fuppofes he has done his part , if he proves a writer to have failed in an expreffion , or erred in any particular point : and can it then be wondered at , if the Poets in gene- ral feem refolved not to own themselves in any ...
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... Critic : for a Wri- ter's endeavour , for the most part , is to please his Readers , and he fails merely through the misfortune of an ill judgment ; but such a Cri- tic's is to put them out of humour ; a defign he could never go upon ...
... Critic : for a Wri- ter's endeavour , for the most part , is to please his Readers , and he fails merely through the misfortune of an ill judgment ; but such a Cri- tic's is to put them out of humour ; a defign he could never go upon ...
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... Critic can be fo unreasonable , as not to leave a man time enough for any more ferious employ- ment , or more agreeable amusement ? The only plea I fhall ufe for the favour of the public , is , that I have as great a refpect for it , as ...
... Critic can be fo unreasonable , as not to leave a man time enough for any more ferious employ- ment , or more agreeable amusement ? The only plea I fhall ufe for the favour of the public , is , that I have as great a refpect for it , as ...
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... Critics , not to take too much pains for the future to destroy fuch things as will die of themselves ; and a Memento mori to some of my vain contemporaries the Poets , to teach them that , when real merit is wanting , it avails nothing ...
... Critics , not to take too much pains for the future to destroy fuch things as will die of themselves ; and a Memento mori to some of my vain contemporaries the Poets , to teach them that , when real merit is wanting , it avails nothing ...
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