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 viii
... dead . Pope's ambition of this new art produced of supplying at his own expense , all the copies some encomiastic verses to Jervas , which certainly show his power as a poet ; but I have been told that they betray his ignorance of ...
... dead . Pope's ambition of this new art produced of supplying at his own expense , all the copies some encomiastic verses to Jervas , which certainly show his power as a poet ; but I have been told that they betray his ignorance of ...
Page x
... dead the Phrygian plain , Heroes And peopled the dark hell with heroes slain ; fill'd the shady hell with chiefs untimely The encouragement given to this translation , [ though report seems to have overrated it , was such as the world ...
... dead the Phrygian plain , Heroes And peopled the dark hell with heroes slain ; fill'd the shady hell with chiefs untimely The encouragement given to this translation , [ though report seems to have overrated it , was such as the world ...
Page xviii
... dead . did nothing ; and Curll did what was expected . Pope is seen in this collection as connected with That to make them public was the only purpose the other contemporary wits , and certainly suffers may be reasonably supposed ...
... dead . did nothing ; and Curll did what was expected . Pope is seen in this collection as connected with That to make them public was the only purpose the other contemporary wits , and certainly suffers may be reasonably supposed ...
Page xxix
... dead ; he read his compositions to his friends , that he ever lost his belief of Revelation . The and was never content with mediocrity , when ex- positions which he transmitted from Bolingbroke cellence could be attained . He ...
... dead ; he read his compositions to his friends , that he ever lost his belief of Revelation . The and was never content with mediocrity , when ex- positions which he transmitted from Bolingbroke cellence could be attained . He ...
Page xxxviii
... dead , but none that were likely to exempt him from the lot of man , or incline us much to wonder that he should die . What is meant by " judge of nature , " is not easy to say . Nature is not the ob- ject of human judgment ; for it is ...
... dead , but none that were likely to exempt him from the lot of man , or incline us much to wonder that he should die . What is meant by " judge of nature , " is not easy to say . Nature is not the ob- ject of human judgment ; for it is ...
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