The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorJ.J. Woodward, 1841 - 484 pages |
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Page iv
... bold in his criticisms , and liberal in his alterations , Europe ; and , as he confesses , " thought himself the the old scribbler was angry to see his pages de- greatest genius that ever was . " Self - confidence is faced , and felt ...
... bold in his criticisms , and liberal in his alterations , Europe ; and , as he confesses , " thought himself the the old scribbler was angry to see his pages de- greatest genius that ever was . " Self - confidence is faced , and felt ...
Page xxxii
... bold fellow , but thou art an impudent one . " If Pope's ode be particularly inspected , it will be found that the first stanza consists of sounds well chosen indeed , but only sounds . The second consists of hyperbolical common- places ...
... bold fellow , but thou art an impudent one . " If Pope's ode be particularly inspected , it will be found that the first stanza consists of sounds well chosen indeed , but only sounds . The second consists of hyperbolical common- places ...
Page 55
... bold notes In broken air trembling , the wild music floats , Till , by degrees , remote and small , The strains decay , And melt away , In a dying , dying fall . By music , minds an equal temper know , Nor swell too high , nor sink too ...
... bold notes In broken air trembling , the wild music floats , Till , by degrees , remote and small , The strains decay , And melt away , In a dying , dying fall . By music , minds an equal temper know , Nor swell too high , nor sink too ...
Page 58
... bold design , And rules as strict his labour'd work confine , As if the Stagyrite o'erlooked each line . Learn hence for ancient rules a just esteem , To copy nature , is to copy them . 140 Some beauties yet no precepts can declare ...
... bold design , And rules as strict his labour'd work confine , As if the Stagyrite o'erlooked each line . Learn hence for ancient rules a just esteem , To copy nature , is to copy them . 140 Some beauties yet no precepts can declare ...
Page 61
... bold Socinus drain ; Then unbelieving priests reform'd the nation , And taught more pleasant methods of salvation ; Where Heaven's free subjects might their rights dis- pute , Lest God himself should seem too absolute ; Pulpits their ...
... bold Socinus drain ; Then unbelieving priests reform'd the nation , And taught more pleasant methods of salvation ; Where Heaven's free subjects might their rights dis- pute , Lest God himself should seem too absolute ; Pulpits their ...
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