The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeMacmillan, 1917 - 505 pages |
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Page viii
... Twickenham 487 XII . Intended for Sir Isaac Newton 460 Verses to Mr. C. 487 XIII . On Dr Francis Atterbury 461 XIV . On Edmund D. of Buckingham 461 To Mr Gay , who had congratulated Mr 488 Westminster Abbey XV . For one who would not be ...
... Twickenham 487 XII . Intended for Sir Isaac Newton 460 Verses to Mr. C. 487 XIII . On Dr Francis Atterbury 461 XIV . On Edmund D. of Buckingham 461 To Mr Gay , who had congratulated Mr 488 Westminster Abbey XV . For one who would not be ...
Page xvii
... Twickenham villa . Among the many precocious children of whom we read in literary and artistic biography ( and precocity is as frequent here as it is rare in the case of future great statesmen ; for talents unfold themselves amidst ...
... Twickenham villa . Among the many precocious children of whom we read in literary and artistic biography ( and precocity is as frequent here as it is rare in the case of future great statesmen ; for talents unfold themselves amidst ...
Page xxxi
... Twickenham , his vanity seems to have beeen ultimately wounded by some instance of the equanimity to which she had from the first done her best to accustom him . For there is no reason to believe that a fancied jealousy had By ...
... Twickenham , his vanity seems to have beeen ultimately wounded by some instance of the equanimity to which she had from the first done her best to accustom him . For there is no reason to believe that a fancied jealousy had By ...
Page xxxiv
... Twickenham early in 1718 , after purchasing the lease of a house and five acres of land on the banks of the Thames ... Twickenham grotto and gardens became one of the delights of Pope's life ; here he received the visits of his friends ...
... Twickenham early in 1718 , after purchasing the lease of a house and five acres of land on the banks of the Thames ... Twickenham grotto and gardens became one of the delights of Pope's life ; here he received the visits of his friends ...
Page xxxv
... Twickenham the Iliad was completed ; and henceforth Pope's name was eagerly sought by the book - sellers . Before he had commenced the translation of the Odyssey , he was induced to undertake an edition of Shakspere which was pub ...
... Twickenham the Iliad was completed ; and henceforth Pope's name was eagerly sought by the book - sellers . Before he had commenced the translation of the Odyssey , he was induced to undertake an edition of Shakspere which was pub ...
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