The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeMacmillan, 1924 - 505 pages |
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... fall when she should lie dead . In a time of national abasement foreign intellectual fashions and the patronage of such fashions may prevail ; and such had been actually the case in the reigns of both the Charles's . In a time of ...
... fall when she should lie dead . In a time of national abasement foreign intellectual fashions and the patronage of such fashions may prevail ; and such had been actually the case in the reigns of both the Charles's . In a time of ...
Page xv
... falling into downright cynicism ; and passed an existence as unreal as their outward selves , made up as they were of powders and patches , and fenced in with hurdles of whalebone . The real epos of society under Queen Anne , though ...
... falling into downright cynicism ; and passed an existence as unreal as their outward selves , made up as they were of powders and patches , and fenced in with hurdles of whalebone . The real epos of society under Queen Anne , though ...
Page xxii
... falls the most varied and active period of Pope's personal life and literary career . It extends from the publication of the Pastorals to that of the first volume of his Iliad . As it was the latter work which established him as a ...
... falls the most varied and active period of Pope's personal life and literary career . It extends from the publication of the Pastorals to that of the first volume of his Iliad . As it was the latter work which established him as a ...
Page xliii
... falling off in power of expression ; but to Warburton's influence must be ascribed the direction which Pope's invective , unhappily for his reputation for moral justice , took in this his last important production . The adaptation ...
... falling off in power of expression ; but to Warburton's influence must be ascribed the direction which Pope's invective , unhappily for his reputation for moral justice , took in this his last important production . The adaptation ...
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... falls under very unlucky circumstances : for , from the moment he prints , he must expect to hear no more truth , than if he were a Prince , or a Beauty . If he has no very good sense ( and indeed there are twenty men of wit , for one ...
... falls under very unlucky circumstances : for , from the moment he prints , he must expect to hear no more truth , than if he were a Prince , or a Beauty . If he has no very good sense ( and indeed there are twenty men of wit , for one ...
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