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VER. 303. For Forms of Government, &c.] In 1540, Mr. Pope wrote the following words on the margin of a book, where he found thefe two lines mifapplied; The author of these lines was far from meaning, that no one form of Government is, in itfelf, better than another (as, that mixed or limited Monarchy for example, is not preferable to abfolute) but that no form of Government, however excellent or preferable, in itself, can be fufficient to make a people happy, unlefs it be adminiftred with integrity. On the contrary, the beft. fort of Government, when the Form of it is preferved, and the Administration corrupt, is, moft dangerous."-See letter iv. to Dr. Atterbury, vol. iv.

VER. 307. In Faith and Hope, &c.]" And now abideth. "faith, hope, and charity, thefe three; but the greatest of thefe is Charity." Cor. xiii, 13.

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VER. 110. Lent Heava parent, &c. The Author's Mother, a perfon of extenfive Charity, departed this life the year this poem was finished, 733.

VER. 123 Shall burning Etna, &c.] This alludes to the fate of Empedocles and Pliny, who perifhed by too near an approach to Etna and Vefuvius, while they were examining the caufe of their eruptions

VER. 177. Go, like the Indian, &c.] Alluding to the example of the Indian, in Epift. i. ver. 99.

VER. 283 Or ravish'd, with the whistling of a Name,] Sacheverell, has the following obfervation, in his Voyage to Icolumbkill; In one corner is a peculiar Inclofure, in which are the many differ-. Monuments of the kings of "ent nations, as Scotland, Ireland, Norway, and the Ifle of Man. This (faid the perfon who fhewed me the place, pointing to a plain ftone) was the monument of "the Great Teague, king of Ireland. I had never heard "of him, and could not but reflect, of how little valute is Greatnefs, that has barely left a Name fcandalous to ❝ a nation, and a grave, which the meanet of Mankind would never-envy."

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