Poetical Works: To which is Prefixed a Life of the AuthorPhillips, Sampson, 1857 |
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Page vii
... numbers , for the numbers came . " Though we have had frequent opportunity to ob serve that poets have given early displays of genius yet we cannot recollect that amongst the inspired tribe one LIFE OF POPE VII.
... numbers , for the numbers came . " Though we have had frequent opportunity to ob serve that poets have given early displays of genius yet we cannot recollect that amongst the inspired tribe one LIFE OF POPE VII.
Page x
... numbers , he intrusted his manuscripts to Mr. Pope , and submitted them to his corrections . The free- dom which our young bard was under a necessity to use , in order to polish and refine what was in the original rough , unharmonious ...
... numbers , he intrusted his manuscripts to Mr. Pope , and submitted them to his corrections . The free- dom which our young bard was under a necessity to use , in order to polish and refine what was in the original rough , unharmonious ...
Page xiv
... 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 κίν LIFE OF POPE .
... 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 κίν LIFE OF POPE .
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... write the Popiad , in which his transla tion is characterized as unjust to the original , without beauty of language , or variety of numbers . Instead of the justness of the original , they say there LIFE OF POPE xxii.
... write the Popiad , in which his transla tion is characterized as unjust to the original , without beauty of language , or variety of numbers . Instead of the justness of the original , they say there LIFE OF POPE xxii.
Page xxiv
... numbers in thi ranslation . But the most formidable critic against Mr. Pope in this great undertaking , was the celebrated Madame Dacier , whom Mr. Pope treated with less ceremony In his Notes on the Iliad than , in the opinion of some ...
... numbers in thi ranslation . But the most formidable critic against Mr. Pope in this great undertaking , was the celebrated Madame Dacier , whom Mr. Pope treated with less ceremony In his Notes on the Iliad than , in the opinion of some ...
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