The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the AuthorCrosby, Nichols, Lee, 1860 - 578 pages |
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Page xi
... less peevish in his sickness than he used to be in his health , neither much afraid of dying , nor ( which in him had been more likely ) much ashamed of marrying . The evening before he expired he called his young wife to the bed - side ...
... less peevish in his sickness than he used to be in his health , neither much afraid of dying , nor ( which in him had been more likely ) much ashamed of marrying . The evening before he expired he called his young wife to the bed - side ...
Page xix
... less exalted sense of his own merit . Mr. Pope could not well bear such repeated ro- proaches , but boldly told Mr. Addison , that he ap pealed from his judgment to the public , and that he had long known him too well to expect any ...
... less exalted sense of his own merit . Mr. Pope could not well bear such repeated ro- proaches , but boldly told Mr. Addison , that he ap pealed from his judgment to the public , and that he had long known him too well to expect any ...
Page xxii
... less inclination than ability . Contemplative life is not only my scene , but is my habit too . I began my life where most people end theirs , with a disgust of all that the world calls ambition . I don't know why it is called so : for ...
... less inclination than ability . Contemplative life is not only my scene , but is my habit too . I began my life where most people end theirs , with a disgust of all that the world calls ambition . I don't know why it is called so : for ...
Page xxiv
... less ceremony in his Notes on the Iliad than , in the opinion of some people , was due to her sex . This learned lady was not without a sense of the injury , and took an oppor . tunity of discovering her resentment . 66 Upon finishing ...
... less ceremony in his Notes on the Iliad than , in the opinion of some people , was due to her sex . This learned lady was not without a sense of the injury , and took an oppor . tunity of discovering her resentment . 66 Upon finishing ...
Page xxviii
... less were capable to correct or revise him . The friends of Mr. Pope , therefore , strongly im . portuned him to undertake the whole of Shakspeare's plays , and , if possible , by comparing all the different copies now to be procured ...
... less were capable to correct or revise him . The friends of Mr. Pope , therefore , strongly im . portuned him to undertake the whole of Shakspeare's plays , and , if possible , by comparing all the different copies now to be procured ...
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