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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 (of 10), Poetry - Volume 2

Note 593 — THE ARGUMENT.

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Pomfret in his Vision:

For sure that flame is kindled from below Which breeds such sad variety of woe.—Wakefield.

Steevens quotes from Dryden's State of Innocence the expression "sad variety of hell," and the writer in the Gentleman's Magazine quotes from Yalden's Force of Jealousy the expression "a large variety of woe."

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