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
... verses far- ther back than he could well remember ; and at eight years of age , when he was put under one Taverner , a priest , who taught him the rudiments of the Latin and Greek tongues at the same time , he met with Ogilby's Homer ...
... verses far- ther back than he could well remember ; and at eight years of age , when he was put under one Taverner , a priest , who taught him the rudiments of the Latin and Greek tongues at the same time , he met with Ogilby's Homer ...
Page vii
... verses of his own ; and the several parts were per formed by the upper boys of the school , except that of Ajax by ... verses on Silence , in imitation of the Earl of Rochester's Poem on Nothing . Thus we find him no sooner capable of ...
... verses of his own ; and the several parts were per formed by the upper boys of the school , except that of Ajax by ... verses on Silence , in imitation of the Earl of Rochester's Poem on Nothing . Thus we find him no sooner capable of ...
Page ix
... verses are very tender and easy . The Au- thor seems to have a particular genius for that kind of poetry , and a judgment that much exceeds the years you told me he was of . It is no flattery at all to say that Virgil had written ...
... verses are very tender and easy . The Au- thor seems to have a particular genius for that kind of poetry , and a judgment that much exceeds the years you told me he was of . It is no flattery at all to say that Virgil had written ...
Page xiv
... the numbers , and concludes with saying , " That we have three poems in our tongue of the same nature , and each a master - piece in its kind ; the Essay on Trans- .ated Verse , the Essay on the Art of Poetry είν LIFE OF POPE .
... the numbers , and concludes with saying , " That we have three poems in our tongue of the same nature , and each a master - piece in its kind ; the Essay on Trans- .ated Verse , the Essay on the Art of Poetry είν LIFE OF POPE .
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To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author Alexander Pope .ated Verse , the Essay on the Art of Poetry , and the ... verses denominated a libel , but which were , it is said , a friendly rebuke , sent privately , in our author's own hand ...
To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author Alexander Pope .ated Verse , the Essay on the Art of Poetry , and the ... verses denominated a libel , but which were , it is said , a friendly rebuke , sent privately , in our author's own hand ...
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