The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1Pope, Alexander
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1
Pope, Alexander
English poetry -- 18th century
[215] 'Spirit of Arnall:' look for him in his place, Dunciad, b.
ii., ver. 315.
[216] 'Polwarth:' the Hon. Hugh Hume, son of Alexander Earl of
Marchmont, grandson of Patrick Earl of Marchmont, and distinguished,
like them, in the cause of liberty.--P.
[217] 'The bard:' a verse taken out of a poem to Sir R.W.--P.
[218] 'Japhet, Chartres:' see the epistle to Lord Bathurst.
[219] 'Black ambition:' the case of Cromwell in the civil war of
England; and of Louis XIV. in his conquest of the Low Countries.--P.
[220] 'Boileau:' see his 'Ode on Namur.'
[221] 'Opes the temple:' from Milton--'Opes the palace of
Eternity.'
[222] 'Anstis:' the chief herald-at-arms. It is the custom, at
the funeral of great peers, to cast into the grave the broken staves and
ensigns of honour.--P.
[223] 'Ver. 238:' some fill up the blanks with George II., and
Frederick, Prince of Wales--others, with Kent and Grafton.
[224] 'Stair:' John Dalrymple, Earl of Stair, Knight of the
Thistle.--P.
[225] 'Hough and Digby:' Dr John Hough, Bishop of Worcester, and
the Lord Digby.
END OF VOL. I.
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