The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author, Bände 1-2Phillips, Sampson, 1852 - 616 Seiten |
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... genius fully compensated the want of any advan tage in his earliest instruction . He owed the know- ledge of his letters to an aunt ; and having learned very early to read , took great delight in it , and taught himself to write by ...
... genius fully compensated the want of any advan tage in his earliest instruction . He owed the know- ledge of his letters to an aunt ; and having learned very early to read , took great delight in it , and taught himself to write by ...
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... genius ; while it breathes the most delicate spirit of poetry , it at the same time demon- strates his love of solitude , and the rational pleasures which attend the retreats of a contented country life . Two years after this he ...
... genius ; while it breathes the most delicate spirit of poetry , it at the same time demon- strates his love of solitude , and the rational pleasures which attend the retreats of a contented country life . Two years after this he ...
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... genius in this great man , for he was turned of thirty before he acquired any reputation : an age in which Mr. Pope's was in its full distinction . The year following that in which Mr. Pope wrote his poem on Silence , he began an epic ...
... genius in this great man , for he was turned of thirty before he acquired any reputation : an age in which Mr. Pope's was in its full distinction . The year following that in which Mr. Pope wrote his poem on Silence , he began an epic ...
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... genius appears in the famous Tasso , and our Spenser . Tasso , in his Aminta , as far excelled all pastoral writers , as in his Gierusalemme , he has outdone the epic poets of his own country . But as this piece seems to have been the ...
... genius appears in the famous Tasso , and our Spenser . Tasso , in his Aminta , as far excelled all pastoral writers , as in his Gierusalemme , he has outdone the epic poets of his own country . But as this piece seems to have been the ...
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... genius kindles , and fair fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please , And born to write , converse , and live with ease ; Should such a man , too fond to rule alone , Bear , like the Turk , no rival near the throne ...
... genius kindles , and fair fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please , And born to write , converse , and live with ease ; Should such a man , too fond to rule alone , Bear , like the Turk , no rival near the throne ...
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