The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the AuthorCrosby, Nichols, Lee, 1860 - 578 Seiten |
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... poems of that excellent writer were never out of his hands ; they became his model , and from them alone he learned ... Poem on Nothing . Thus we find him no sooner capable of holding the pen than he employed it in writing verses : " He ...
... poems of that excellent writer were never out of his hands ; they became his model , and from them alone he learned ... Poem on Nothing . Thus we find him no sooner capable of holding the pen than he employed it in writing verses : " He ...
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... poem on Silence , he began an epic poem , entitled Alcander , which he afterwards very judiciously com- mitted to the flames , as he did likewise a comedy and a tragedy , the latter taken from a story in the legend of St. Genevieve ...
... poem on Silence , he began an epic poem , entitled Alcander , which he afterwards very judiciously com- mitted to the flames , as he did likewise a comedy and a tragedy , the latter taken from a story in the legend of St. Genevieve ...
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... poets of his own country . But as this piece seems to have been the original of a new sort of poem , the pastoral comedy in Italy , it cannot so well be considered as a copy of the ancients . Spenser's Calender , in Mr. Dryden's opinion ...
... poets of his own country . But as this piece seems to have been the original of a new sort of poem , the pastoral comedy in Italy , it cannot so well be considered as a copy of the ancients . Spenser's Calender , in Mr. Dryden's opinion ...
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... poem of our author's more deservedly obtained nim reputation than his Essay on Criticism . Mr. Ad- dison in his Spectator , No. 253 , has celebrated it with such profuse terms of admiration , that it is really astonisning to find the ...
... poem of our author's more deservedly obtained nim reputation than his Essay on Criticism . Mr. Ad- dison in his Spectator , No. 253 , has celebrated it with such profuse terms of admiration , that it is really astonisning to find the ...
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... poem called the Messiah ; He wipes the tears for ever from our eyes . Which is taken from the prophet Isaiah : - Lord God will wipe tears from off all faces ; " From every face he wipes off every tear . " The And it stands so altered in ...
... poem called the Messiah ; He wipes the tears for ever from our eyes . Which is taken from the prophet Isaiah : - Lord God will wipe tears from off all faces ; " From every face he wipes off every tear . " The And it stands so altered in ...
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