Pope's Rape of the LockBlackie & Son, 1899 - 47 pages |
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Page vii
... English writer of the first half of the eighteenth century , was the son of another Alexander Pope , a Roman Catholic tradesman living in the City of London . In after - days the poet talked vaguely about his father being " of a ...
... English writer of the first half of the eighteenth century , was the son of another Alexander Pope , a Roman Catholic tradesman living in the City of London . In after - days the poet talked vaguely about his father being " of a ...
Page viii
... English Roman Catholics must have been conducted in a somewhat hole - and - corner manner . At any rate Pope's was irregular . He was placed at the age of eight under the care of a priest named , according to Ruff- head , Taverner , or ...
... English Roman Catholics must have been conducted in a somewhat hole - and - corner manner . At any rate Pope's was irregular . He was placed at the age of eight under the care of a priest named , according to Ruff- head , Taverner , or ...
Page ix
... English writers . Before the age of twelve , Spenser , Waller , and Dryden had become his favourites . He was already a poet . In his own often - quoted words : " As yet a child , nor yet a fool to fame , I lisp'd in numbers , for the ...
... English writers . Before the age of twelve , Spenser , Waller , and Dryden had become his favourites . He was already a poet . In his own often - quoted words : " As yet a child , nor yet a fool to fame , I lisp'd in numbers , for the ...
Page xv
... English verse , for which he must have them all subscribe , ' for ' , says he , ' the author shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for him " " . The book was to be published by Lintot in six quarto volumes . There were ...
... English verse , for which he must have them all subscribe , ' for ' , says he , ' the author shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for him " " . The book was to be published by Lintot in six quarto volumes . There were ...
Page xxvii
... English poetry . Warton , in the Essay upon Pope prefixed to his edition of the poet's works , claims for him a place " next to Milton and just above Dryden " . Johnson , who represents the highest critical ability of the age , places ...
... English poetry . Warton , in the Essay upon Pope prefixed to his edition of the poet's works , claims for him a place " next to Milton and just above Dryden " . Johnson , who represents the highest critical ability of the age , places ...
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