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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... write by copying after printed books , the characters of which he would imitate to great perfection . He began to compose verses far- ther back than he could well remember ; and at eight years of age , when he was put under one Taverner ...
... write by copying after printed books , the characters of which he would imitate to great perfection . He began to compose verses far- ther back than he could well remember ; and at eight years of age , when he was put under one Taverner ...
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... writer were never out of his hands ; they became his model , and from them alone he learned the whole magic of his ... writing verses : " He lisp'd in numbers , for the numbers came . " Though we have had frequent opportunity to ob serve ...
... writer were never out of his hands ; they became his model , and from them alone he learned the whole magic of his ... writing verses : " He lisp'd in numbers , for the numbers came . " Though we have had frequent opportunity to ob serve ...
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... writing a paraphrase on our Saviour's miracle of turning wa- ter into wine , was perfectly astonished when young Dryden presented him with the following line , which he asserted was the best comment could be written upon it : The ...
... writing a paraphrase on our Saviour's miracle of turning wa- ter into wine , was perfectly astonished when young Dryden presented him with the following line , which he asserted was the best comment could be written upon it : The ...
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... write to him again . Notwithstanding this peevish behaviour of Mr. Wycherley , occasioned by jealousy and infirmities , Mr. Pope preserved a constant respect and reverence for him while he lived , and after his death lamented him . In a ...
... write to him again . Notwithstanding this peevish behaviour of Mr. Wycherley , occasioned by jealousy and infirmities , Mr. Pope preserved a constant respect and reverence for him while he lived , and after his death lamented him . In a ...
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... some months ago , is a master - piece in its kind The observations follow one another , like those in Horace's Art of Poetry , without that methodical re gularity which would have been requisite in a prose writer LIFE OF POPE . xiù.
... some months ago , is a master - piece in its kind The observations follow one another , like those in Horace's Art of Poetry , without that methodical re gularity which would have been requisite in a prose writer LIFE OF POPE . xiù.
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