The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeMacmillan, 1924 - 505 pages |
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Page xi
... ancient seats of learning were identified with the national church ; and it was in them that she must count at once her chief ornaments and her surest supports . But they had in truth suffered with her . In religious matters , the great ...
... ancient seats of learning were identified with the national church ; and it was in them that she must count at once her chief ornaments and her surest supports . But they had in truth suffered with her . In religious matters , the great ...
Page xii
... ancient models . And a critical knowledge , or even a faithful study of the national literature , had been scarcely ... ancients and moderns , from French and Italian and our own interesting literature , he will circumspectly choose the ...
... ancient models . And a critical knowledge , or even a faithful study of the national literature , had been scarcely ... ancients and moderns , from French and Italian and our own interesting literature , he will circumspectly choose the ...
Page xvi
... ancient faith . That Pope's father was a convert to the Church in which he lived and brought up his son , is a mere piece of hearsay built upon another piece of hearsay to the effect that the poet's grandfather was a clergyman of the ...
... ancient faith . That Pope's father was a convert to the Church in which he lived and brought up his son , is a mere piece of hearsay built upon another piece of hearsay to the effect that the poet's grandfather was a clergyman of the ...
Page xix
... Ancient and English poets nearly monopolised his attention ; translation and imitation helping him to familiarise himself by practice with the styles of his favourite authors . He translated that part of Statius which he subsequently ...
... Ancient and English poets nearly monopolised his attention ; translation and imitation helping him to familiarise himself by practice with the styles of his favourite authors . He translated that part of Statius which he subsequently ...
Page xxi
... ancients , ' a maxim sufficiently characteristic of his critical standpoints . Another friend with whom Pope at this time became intimate and to whom he addressed many letters ( published surreptitiously in 1727 by the mistress of his ...
... ancients , ' a maxim sufficiently characteristic of his critical standpoints . Another friend with whom Pope at this time became intimate and to whom he addressed many letters ( published surreptitiously in 1727 by the mistress of his ...
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