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Pope, Alexander, 1688-17448
Crousaz, Jean Pierre De, 1663-17501
Dudgeon, William (1765-)1
Gay, John, 1685-17321
Hervey, John Hervey1
Hervey, John Hervey Baron (1696-1743)1
Hervey, John Hervey, Baron, 1696-17431
Mason, William (1725-1797)1
Miller, James (1706-1744)1
Milton, John1

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Tit for tat : To which is annex'd, An epistle from a nobleman to a doctor of divinity. In answer to a Latin letter in verse. Also The Review; or, The case fairly stated on both sides. : Wherein is shewn the true cause of the foregoing poems

Hervey, John Hervey Baron (1696-1743); Sherwin, William (1669-1735)

1734

In verse. The first is a satire in reply to Lord Hervey's attack on Alexander Pope, An epistle from a nobleman to a doctor of divinity. Cf. J.V. Guerinot. The third piece is also an attack on Lord...

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An essay on the writings and genius of Pope

Warton, Joseph (1722-1800)

1756

On last page: "End of first volume". A second volume was published in 1782. Published anonymously. By Joseph Warton. Cf. Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.).

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Musaeus: a monody to the memory of Mr. Pope, in imitation of Milton's Lycidas

Mason, William (1725-1797); Milton, John (1608-1674)

1747

Anon., by William Mason (ESTC). With a half-title and a final leaf of advertisements of books "constantly to be sold by R Dodsley".

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The works of Alexander Pope, Esq

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)

1741

Signature b3-4 singed A3-4. Nos. 16-27 repeated in paging. Includes letters between Swift and Gay.

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A Dialogue on One thousand seven hundred and thirty-eight : together with a prophetic postscript as to one thousand seven hundred and thirty-nine

1738

First edition. In verse. "On the state of satire, with an attack on Pope's One thousand seven hundred and thirty eight"--Foxon. Final page blank. Ornamental device on t.p.; head-piece; initial...

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Are these things so? : the previous question from an Englishman in his grotto to a great man at court

Miller, James (1706-1744)

1740

Satirical verse, written as from Pope to Walpole. First edition, issue with a vase on title-page. In the Dublin edition (also 1740) "By Alexander Pope" appears erroneously on the title-page (Griff...

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A view of the necessitarian or best scheme: freed from the objections of M. Crousaz, in his examination of Mr. Pope's Essay on man

Dudgeon, William (fl. 1765)

1739

Signatures: [A]⁴(-[A]4=E1), B-D⁴, E¹. Included in his Philosophical works ([Edinburgh?] 1765). Page numbers given in the text refer to "Examination of Mr. Pope's Essay on man", 1739, translat...

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