The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorJones and Company, 1827 - 424 pages |
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Page vi
... gave great pain to Addison , both as a poet and a politician . Reports like this are often spread with boldness very disproportionate to their evi- Acnce . Why should Addison receive any particular disturbance from the last lines of ...
... gave great pain to Addison , both as a poet and a politician . Reports like this are often spread with boldness very disproportionate to their evi- Acnce . Why should Addison receive any particular disturbance from the last lines of ...
Page ix
... gave the fol lowing account . * " The famous Lord Halifax was rather a pretender to taste , than really possessed of it . When I had finished the two or three first books of my translation of the Iliad , ' that Lord desired to have the ...
... gave the fol lowing account . * " The famous Lord Halifax was rather a pretender to taste , than really possessed of it . When I had finished the two or three first books of my translation of the Iliad , ' that Lord desired to have the ...
Page xii
... gave , in a short time , according to Pope's account , occasion to the Dunciad . ' In the following year ( 1728 ) he began to put Atter- bury's advice in practice ; and shewed his satirical pow- ers by publishing the Dunciad , ' one of ...
... gave , in a short time , according to Pope's account , occasion to the Dunciad . ' In the following year ( 1728 ) he began to put Atter- bury's advice in practice ; and shewed his satirical pow- ers by publishing the Dunciad , ' one of ...
Page xiii
... gave the price demanded , and thought himself authorised to use his purchase to his own advantage . That Curl gave a true account of the transaction it is reasonable to believe , because no falsehood was ever detected : and when , some ...
... gave the price demanded , and thought himself authorised to use his purchase to his own advantage . That Curl gave a true account of the transaction it is reasonable to believe , because no falsehood was ever detected : and when , some ...
Page xv
... gave him his niece and his estate , and by consequence a bishopric . When he died , he left him the property of his works ; a legacy which may be rea- sonably estimated at four thousand pounds . Pope's fondness for the Essay on Man ...
... gave him his niece and his estate , and by consequence a bishopric . When he died , he left him the property of his works ; a legacy which may be rea- sonably estimated at four thousand pounds . Pope's fondness for the Essay on Man ...
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