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 iii
... kind of play from Ogilby's Iliad , ' with some verses of his own inter- mixed , which he persuaded his schoolfellows to act , with the addition of his master's gardener , who personatedAjax . At the two last schools he used to represent ...
... kind of play from Ogilby's Iliad , ' with some verses of his own inter- mixed , which he persuaded his schoolfellows to act , with the addition of his master's gardener , who personatedAjax . At the two last schools he used to represent ...
Page vi
... kind arose , as Mr. Savage told me , from his perusal of Prior's Nut - brown Maid . How much he has surpassed Prior's work it is not necessary to mention , when perhaps it may be said with justice , that he excelled every composition of ...
... kind arose , as Mr. Savage told me , from his perusal of Prior's Nut - brown Maid . How much he has surpassed Prior's work it is not necessary to mention , when perhaps it may be said with justice , that he excelled every composition of ...
Page ix
... kind , I beg your pardon , Mr. Pope ; but there is something in that passage that does not quite please me . Be so good as to mark the place , and consider it a little at your leisure . I am sure * Spence , b you can give it a little ...
... kind , I beg your pardon , Mr. Pope ; but there is something in that passage that does not quite please me . Be so good as to mark the place , and consider it a little at your leisure . I am sure * Spence , b you can give it a little ...
Page x
... kind observations on those passages , and then read them to him as altered . I have known him much longer than you have , and will be an- swerable for the event . I followed his advice ; waited on Lord Halifax some time after ; said , I ...
... kind observations on those passages , and then read them to him as altered . I have known him much longer than you have , and will be an- swerable for the event . I followed his advice ; waited on Lord Halifax some time after ; said , I ...
Page xvi
... kind of middle composition , between translation and original design , which pleases when the thoughts are unexpectedly applicable , and the parallels lucky . seems to have been Pope's favourite amusement ; for he has carried it farther ...
... kind of middle composition , between translation and original design , which pleases when the thoughts are unexpectedly applicable , and the parallels lucky . seems to have been Pope's favourite amusement ; for he has carried it farther ...
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