The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeMacmillan, 1917 - 505 pages |
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Page ix
... King . Of King William's Batavian comrades , none had sought to grace their newly - acquired dignities and incomes by fostering the efforts of genius in the country which they had consented to adopt . Among the chief English - born ...
... King . Of King William's Batavian comrades , none had sought to grace their newly - acquired dignities and incomes by fostering the efforts of genius in the country which they had consented to adopt . Among the chief English - born ...
Page xxxiii
... King George II . Thus , amidst studies and diversions Pope's life continued until the death of his father , which took place at Chiswick in October 1717. The blow was keenly felt by the son whom he left to mourn his loss . To his father ...
... King George II . Thus , amidst studies and diversions Pope's life continued until the death of his father , which took place at Chiswick in October 1717. The blow was keenly felt by the son whom he left to mourn his loss . To his father ...
Page xxxviii
... himself was only spared after he had rendered a personal service to the poet . As his shafts flew higher and higher , they ventured to touch the sacred I personages of royalty itself . With the court of King Xxxviii INTRODUCTORY MEMOIR .
... himself was only spared after he had rendered a personal service to the poet . As his shafts flew higher and higher , they ventured to touch the sacred I personages of royalty itself . With the court of King Xxxviii INTRODUCTORY MEMOIR .
Page xxxix
... King George II . or Queen Caroline , Pope ( though no hopes of his own had ever been disappointed by them ) had long ceased to be on friendly terms ; and now he dared to deride the one as a mock Augustus , and pursue the other with his ...
... King George II . or Queen Caroline , Pope ( though no hopes of his own had ever been disappointed by them ) had long ceased to be on friendly terms ; and now he dared to deride the one as a mock Augustus , and pursue the other with his ...
Page xliv
... King , and on the State of Parties , with alterations in the arrangement and omissions never sanctioned by their author . Pope seems in this instance to have been guilty of an inexcusable offence against his See the Epitaph , No. xv ...
... King , and on the State of Parties , with alterations in the arrangement and omissions never sanctioned by their author . Pope seems in this instance to have been guilty of an inexcusable offence against his See the Epitaph , No. xv ...
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