The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeMacmillan, 1924 - 505 pages |
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Page xvi
... less closely connected . There is just as much and as little reason to assume that the poet was descended from a Scotch branch of the Popes ; the foundation of the claim resting chiefly on the two facts that there have been Catholic ...
... less closely connected . There is just as much and as little reason to assume that the poet was descended from a Scotch branch of the Popes ; the foundation of the claim resting chiefly on the two facts that there have been Catholic ...
Page xix
... less than nothing as to Pope's knowledge either of that language or its literature ; inasmuch as the work of Vida to which special allusions are made in the Essay was written in Latin . After a few months in London we find him once more ...
... less than nothing as to Pope's knowledge either of that language or its literature ; inasmuch as the work of Vida to which special allusions are made in the Essay was written in Latin . After a few months in London we find him once more ...
Page xx
... less powerful , efforts of his lyric moments . To Pope , however , he could at first hardly fail to be a literary hero , until at a rather later period familiarity with the old man's poems ( submitted by him for the correction of the ...
... less powerful , efforts of his lyric moments . To Pope , however , he could at first hardly fail to be a literary hero , until at a rather later period familiarity with the old man's poems ( submitted by him for the correction of the ...
Page xxii
... less immediate expectation of a quid pro quo than that of their opponents . At all events , Pope's early patrons had been chiefly connected with the former party ; and , averse by nature from busying himself with political questions ...
... less immediate expectation of a quid pro quo than that of their opponents . At all events , Pope's early patrons had been chiefly connected with the former party ; and , averse by nature from busying himself with political questions ...
Page xxxv
... less than a personal feeling of vengefulness against many of their number . In 1726 Swift spent four months with Pope at Twickenham , and repeated his visit in 1727. Swift's genius was at this time at its height . His mind was already ...
... less than a personal feeling of vengefulness against many of their number . In 1726 Swift spent four months with Pope at Twickenham , and repeated his visit in 1727. Swift's genius was at this time at its height . His mind was already ...
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