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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... never out of his hands ; they became his model , and from them alone he learned the whole magic of his versification . The first of our author's compositions now extant in print , is an Ode on Solitude , written before he was twelve ...
... never out of his hands ; they became his model , and from them alone he learned the whole magic of his versification . The first of our author's compositions now extant in print , is an Ode on Solitude , written before he was twelve ...
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... never marry an old man again . ' 1 cannot help remarking , that sickness , which often destroys both wit and wisdom , yet seldom has power to remove that talent we call humour : Mr. Wycher- ley showed this even in this last compliment ...
... never marry an old man again . ' 1 cannot help remarking , that sickness , which often destroys both wit and wisdom , yet seldom has power to remove that talent we call humour : Mr. Wycher- ley showed this even in this last compliment ...
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... never called in question . While he was in favour with the Duke of Buckingham , the Lords Bolingbroke , Oxford , and Harcourt , Dr. Swift , and Mr. Prior , he did not drop his correspondence with the Lord Halifax , Mr Craggs , and most ...
... never called in question . While he was in favour with the Duke of Buckingham , the Lords Bolingbroke , Oxford , and Harcourt , Dr. Swift , and Mr. Prior , he did not drop his correspondence with the Lord Halifax , Mr Craggs , and most ...
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... never heartily approved by you . " Of all our poet's writings , none were read with more general approbation than his Ethic Epistles , or multiplied into more editions . Mr. Pope , who was a perfect economist , secured to himself the ...
... never heartily approved by you . " Of all our poet's writings , none were read with more general approbation than his Ethic Epistles , or multiplied into more editions . Mr. Pope , who was a perfect economist , secured to himself the ...
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... never attempted the drama , nor published an epic poem , in which these two geniuses have so wonderfully succeeded . Though Pope's genius was great , it was yet of so different a cast from Shakspeare's and Milton's , that no comparison ...
... never attempted the drama , nor published an epic poem , in which these two geniuses have so wonderfully succeeded . Though Pope's genius was great , it was yet of so different a cast from Shakspeare's and Milton's , that no comparison ...
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Addison Adrastus Æneid ALEXANDER POPE ancient bard Bavius beauty behold bless'd breast charms Cibber court cried critics Curll Dennis divine Dryden Dulness Dunciad e'en e'er Edmund Curll EPISTLE Essay on Criticism eyes fair fame fate fire fix'd flame fool genius gentle give glory goddess grace happy hath head heart Heaven hero Homer honour Iliad king knave learn'd learned live lord Lord Bolingbroke mankind mind moral muse nature ne'er never night numbers nymph o'er once passion pleased pleasure poem poet Pope praise pride proud queen rage REMARKS rise sacred Sappho satire Scribl sense shade shine sighs sing skies smile soft soul Sylphs tears Thalestris Thebes thee thine things thou thought throne trembling true truth Twas verse Virgil virtue Westminster Abbey wife wise words wretched write youth