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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1, Poetry - Volume 1

Note 1 — ADVERTISEMENT OF WARBURTON TO HIS EDITION OF POPE'S WORKS, 1751.

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"I own the late encroachments upon my constitution made me willing to see the end of all further care about me or my works. I would rest for the one in a full resignation of my being to be disposed of by the Father of all mercy; and for the other (though indeed a trifle, yet a trifle may be some example) I would commit them to the candour of a sensible and reflecting judge, rather than to the malice of every short-sighted and malevolent critic, or inadvertent and censorious reader. And no hand can set them in so good a light," &c.—Let. cxx. to Mr. W.—Warburton.

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