The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorCrissy & Markley, 1853 - 484 pages |
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Page xxxii
... sound should seem an echo to the sense ; " a precept which Pope is allowed to have observed beyond any other English poet . This notion of representative metre , and the desire of discovering frequent adaptations of the sound to the ...
... sound should seem an echo to the sense ; " a precept which Pope is allowed to have observed beyond any other English poet . This notion of representative metre , and the desire of discovering frequent adaptations of the sound to the ...
Page xxxiii
... sound and time , and produced this memorable triplet ; Waller was smooth ; but Dryden taught to join The varying verse , the full resounding line , The long majestic march , and energy divine . Here are the swiftness of the rapid race ...
... sound and time , and produced this memorable triplet ; Waller was smooth ; but Dryden taught to join The varying verse , the full resounding line , The long majestic march , and energy divine . Here are the swiftness of the rapid race ...
Page xxxvi
... sound as well as ties contains more striking paragraphs than could meaning : " Music , " says Dryden , “ is inarticulate probably have been brought together into an occa- poetry ; " among the excellences of Pope , there- sional work ...
... sound as well as ties contains more striking paragraphs than could meaning : " Music , " says Dryden , “ is inarticulate probably have been brought together into an occa- poetry ; " among the excellences of Pope , there- sional work ...
Page xli
... sound , and mean in its conception ; the opposition is obvious , and the word lash used absolutely , and without any modification , is gross and improper . To be above temptation in poverty , and free from corruption among the Great ...
... sound , and mean in its conception ; the opposition is obvious , and the word lash used absolutely , and without any modification , is gross and improper . To be above temptation in poverty , and free from corruption among the Great ...
Page 51
... sound shall clear , And bid new music charm the unfolding ear : The dumb1 shall sing , the lame his crutch forego , And leap exulting , like the bounding roe . No sigh , no murmur , the wide world shall hear ; From every face he wipes ...
... sound shall clear , And bid new music charm the unfolding ear : The dumb1 shall sing , the lame his crutch forego , And leap exulting , like the bounding roe . No sigh , no murmur , the wide world shall hear ; From every face he wipes ...
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