Pope's Rape of the LockBlackie & Son, 1899 - 47 pages |
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... Latin , and French . " I did not follow the gram- mar ; but rather hunted in the authors for a syntax of my own : and then began translating any parts that pleased me particularly , in the best Greek and Latin poets : and by that means ...
... Latin , and French . " I did not follow the gram- mar ; but rather hunted in the authors for a syntax of my own : and then began translating any parts that pleased me particularly , in the best Greek and Latin poets : and by that means ...
Page liii
... Latin poem , which in mock - heroic language relates the for- tunes of a game of chess , and gave Pope a hint for his description of the game of ombre , appeared in the middle of the sixteenth century . But it was Tassoni who afforded ...
... Latin poem , which in mock - heroic language relates the for- tunes of a game of chess , and gave Pope a hint for his description of the game of ombre , appeared in the middle of the sixteenth century . But it was Tassoni who afforded ...
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... Latin inquit , so often employed by the epic writers . Shock , the name of her pet dog . A shock or shough was a rough - coated kind of dog . Compare our words shock of hair , shaggy , & c . 1. 124. cosmetic powers , the gods who ...
... Latin inquit , so often employed by the epic writers . Shock , the name of her pet dog . A shock or shough was a rough - coated kind of dog . Compare our words shock of hair , shaggy , & c . 1. 124. cosmetic powers , the gods who ...
Page 36
... edition of 1712 . 1. 135. Swift to the Lock . Lines 135-146 were added in 1714 . 1. 147. forfex , a pair of shears or scissors ( Latin ) . 1. 152. airy substance soon unites again . An adaptation 36 THE RAPE OF THE LOCK .
... edition of 1712 . 1. 135. Swift to the Lock . Lines 135-146 were added in 1714 . 1. 147. forfex , a pair of shears or scissors ( Latin ) . 1. 152. airy substance soon unites again . An adaptation 36 THE RAPE OF THE LOCK .
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... Latin umbra , a shadow . 1. 16. cave of Spleen . The description that follows may have been suggested by Ovid ( Metamorphoses , ii . 760 sq . ) , but Pope's in- debtedness is at most very slight . Boileau has an account of the cave of ...
... Latin umbra , a shadow . 1. 16. cave of Spleen . The description that follows may have been suggested by Ovid ( Metamorphoses , ii . 760 sq . ) , but Pope's in- debtedness is at most very slight . Boileau has an account of the cave of ...
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