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REPLY1850

Pope and Bishop Burgess

By C. B.

The allusion is to the passage in *Troilus and Cressida*: "The dreadful sagitary appals our numbers." which Theobald explained from Caxton, but Pope did not understand. [Not the only passage in Shakspeare which Theobald explained and Pope did not understand; but more of this hereafter.]

Topics: Shakespearean Literature, Literary Criticism