The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author, Volumes 1-2Phillips, Sampson, 1852 - 616 pages |
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Page vi
... learned very early to read , took great delight in it , and taught himself to write by copying after printed books , the characters of which he would imitate to great perfection . He began to compose verses far- ther back than he could ...
... learned very early to read , took great delight in it , and taught himself to write by copying after printed books , the characters of which he would imitate to great perfection . He began to compose verses far- ther back than he could ...
Page vii
... learned languages , to which he soon after added the French and Italian . Upon his retreat to the forest , he became first ac- quainted with the writings of Waller , Spenser , and Dryden ; in the last of which he immediately found what ...
... learned languages , to which he soon after added the French and Italian . Upon his retreat to the forest , he became first ac- quainted with the writings of Waller , Spenser , and Dryden ; in the last of which he immediately found what ...
Page xxiv
... learned lady was not without a sense of the injury , and took an oppor- tunity of discovering her resentment . " Upon finishing ( says she ) the second edition of my translation of Homer , a particular friend sent me a translation of ...
... learned lady was not without a sense of the injury , and took an oppor- tunity of discovering her resentment . " Upon finishing ( says she ) the second edition of my translation of Homer , a particular friend sent me a translation of ...
Page 61
... learned store , Consults the dead , and lives past ages o'er : Or wandering thoughtful in the silent wood , Attends the duties of the wise and good , T'observe a mean , be to himself a friend , To follow Nature , and regard his end ; Or ...
... learned store , Consults the dead , and lives past ages o'er : Or wandering thoughtful in the silent wood , Attends the duties of the wise and good , T'observe a mean , be to himself a friend , To follow Nature , and regard his end ; Or ...
Page 83
... learned smile . Unlucky , as Fungosa in the play , These sparks with awkward vanity display What the fine gentleman wore yesterday ; And but so mimic ancient wits at best , As apes our grandsires in their doublets dress'd . In words ...
... learned smile . Unlucky , as Fungosa in the play , These sparks with awkward vanity display What the fine gentleman wore yesterday ; And but so mimic ancient wits at best , As apes our grandsires in their doublets dress'd . In words ...
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