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
... whole His time was now wholly spent in reading and life , ambitious of splendid acquaintance ; and he writing . As he read the classics , he amused him- seems to have wanted neither diligence nor success self with translating them ; and ...
... whole His time was now wholly spent in reading and life , ambitious of splendid acquaintance ; and he writing . As he read the classics , he amused him- seems to have wanted neither diligence nor success self with translating them ; and ...
Page xvi
... whole impression was taken and derstood by common readers . Many of the allu- dispersed by several noblemen and persons of the sions required illustration ; the names were often first distinction . expressed only by the initial and ...
... whole impression was taken and derstood by common readers . Many of the allu- dispersed by several noblemen and persons of the sions required illustration ; the names were often first distinction . expressed only by the initial and ...
Page xix
... whole course of things as a necessary concate- nation of indissoluble fatality ; and it is undeniable , that in many passages a religious eye may easily discover expressions not very favourable to morals , or to liberty . About this ...
... whole course of things as a necessary concate- nation of indissoluble fatality ; and it is undeniable , that in many passages a religious eye may easily discover expressions not very favourable to morals , or to liberty . About this ...
Page xxii
... whole process was probably in- with dignity , rather than arrogance , enforces his tended rather to intimidate Pope , than to punish own claims to kindness and respect . Whitehead . Into this poem are interwoven several para- Pope never ...
... whole process was probably in- with dignity , rather than arrogance , enforces his tended rather to intimidate Pope , than to punish own claims to kindness and respect . Whitehead . Into this poem are interwoven several para- Pope never ...
Page 43
... whole care and time of truth which generally their booksellers are the first any particular person should be sacrificed to its enter- that inform them of . This happens not till they have tainment ; therefore I cannot but believe that ...
... whole care and time of truth which generally their booksellers are the first any particular person should be sacrificed to its enter- that inform them of . This happens not till they have tainment ; therefore I cannot but believe that ...
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