The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeMacmillan, 1917 - 505 pages |
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Page xvi
... died in the year 1645 , there is nothing beyond a mere conjecture to justify the application of an intrinsically un- interesting discovery . The poet no doubt claimed kindred with the family bearing his name formerly ennobled as earls ...
... died in the year 1645 , there is nothing beyond a mere conjecture to justify the application of an intrinsically un- interesting discovery . The poet no doubt claimed kindred with the family bearing his name formerly ennobled as earls ...
Page xxi
... died in 1708 , a year before the Pastorals were actually published ; but he lived to point out to his young friend the path from which the latter never swerved during his literary career ; he bade him be a ' correct poet , ' or in other ...
... died in 1708 , a year before the Pastorals were actually published ; but he lived to point out to his young friend the path from which the latter never swerved during his literary career ; he bade him be a ' correct poet , ' or in other ...
Page xxv
... died shortly afterwards in 1734 , secure of a certain kind of immortality . Pope's first acquaintance with Swift , destined to ripen into an intimacy of paramount influence upon the younger of the pair , connects itself with the pub ...
... died shortly afterwards in 1734 , secure of a certain kind of immortality . Pope's first acquaintance with Swift , destined to ripen into an intimacy of paramount influence upon the younger of the pair , connects itself with the pub ...
Page xxxvii
... died in 1721 and Parnell in 1718 . 2 He was enabled to hold his estates , but not freed from the consequences of the Act of Attainder which prevented his taking public office or his seat in the House of Lords . His father , an old roué ...
... died in 1721 and Parnell in 1718 . 2 He was enabled to hold his estates , but not freed from the consequences of the Act of Attainder which prevented his taking public office or his seat in the House of Lords . His father , an old roué ...
Page xliv
... died after an open and free acknowledgment of the faith from the profession of which he had never swerved , and in a calm tranquillity offering a consoling contrast to the turbulence of his intellectual life . The date of his death was ...
... died after an open and free acknowledgment of the faith from the profession of which he had never swerved , and in a calm tranquillity offering a consoling contrast to the turbulence of his intellectual life . The date of his death was ...
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