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 iv
... thought himself the the old scribbler was angry to see his pages de- greatest genius that ever was . " Self - confidence is faced , and felt more pain from the detection , than the first requisite to great undertakings . He , in ...
... thought himself the the old scribbler was angry to see his pages de- greatest genius that ever was . " Self - confidence is faced , and felt more pain from the detection , than the first requisite to great undertakings . He , in ...
Page vi
... thought the monks treated with too much contempt , and Erasmus too studiously praised ; but to these objections he had not much regard . impatient , that she bribed a woman servant to pro- cure her a sword , which she directed to her ...
... thought the monks treated with too much contempt , and Erasmus too studiously praised ; but to these objections he had not much regard . impatient , that she bribed a woman servant to pro- cure her a sword , which she directed to her ...
Page xiv
... thought himself the lord of thousands . But this Here he planted the vines and the quincunx dream of happiness did not last long ; and he seems which his verses mention ; and being under the ne- to have waked soon enough to get clear ...
... thought himself the lord of thousands . But this Here he planted the vines and the quincunx dream of happiness did not last long ; and he seems which his verses mention ; and being under the ne- to have waked soon enough to get clear ...
Page xv
... thought , he thought rightly : and his remarks were being either weary with toiling upon another's recommended by his coolness and candour . In him thoughts , or having heard , as Ruffhead relates , that Fenton and Broome had already ...
... thought , he thought rightly : and his remarks were being either weary with toiling upon another's recommended by his coolness and candour . In him thoughts , or having heard , as Ruffhead relates , that Fenton and Broome had already ...
Page xvi
... thought , that he had In the following year ( 1728 ) he began to put now some opportunity of doing good , by detecting Atterbury's advice in practice ; and showed his and dragging into light these common enemies of satirical powers by ...
... thought , that he had In the following year ( 1728 ) he began to put now some opportunity of doing good , by detecting Atterbury's advice in practice ; and showed his and dragging into light these common enemies of satirical powers by ...
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