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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... pleased himself with having seen him . Dryden died May 1 , 1701 , some days before Pope was twelve ; so early must he therefore have felt the power of harmony , and the zeal of genius . Who does not wish that Dryden could have known the ...
... pleased himself with having seen him . Dryden died May 1 , 1701 , some days before Pope was twelve ; so early must he therefore have felt the power of harmony , and the zeal of genius . Who does not wish that Dryden could have known the ...
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... pleased with them , and cried out , Ay , now they are perfectly right , nothing can be better . ' It is seldom that the great or the wise suspect that they are despised or cheated . Halifax , thinking this a lucky opportunity of ...
... pleased with them , and cried out , Ay , now they are perfectly right , nothing can be better . ' It is seldom that the great or the wise suspect that they are despised or cheated . Halifax , thinking this a lucky opportunity of ...
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... pleased himself with the notice of inferior wits , and corresponded with the enemies of Pope . A Letter was produced , when he had perhaps himself forgotten it , in which he tells Concanen , " Dryden I observe borrows for want of ...
... pleased himself with the notice of inferior wits , and corresponded with the enemies of Pope . A Letter was produced , when he had perhaps himself forgotten it , in which he tells Concanen , " Dryden I observe borrows for want of ...
Page xxi
... pleased with the natural emotions of common men . His scorn of the great is repeated too often to be real ; no man thinks much of that which he despises ; and as falsehood is always in danger of inconsistency , he makes it his boast at ...
... pleased with the natural emotions of common men . His scorn of the great is repeated too often to be real ; no man thinks much of that which he despises ; and as falsehood is always in danger of inconsistency , he makes it his boast at ...
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... had too much fondness for my productions to judge of them at first , and too much judgment to be pleased with them at last ; but I have reason to think they can B have no reputation which will continue long , or which. THE ...
... had too much fondness for my productions to judge of them at first , and too much judgment to be pleased with them at last ; but I have reason to think they can B have no reputation which will continue long , or which. THE ...
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