The Life of Alexander Pope: Esq. Compiled from Original Manuscripts; with a Critical Essay on His Writings and Genius. By Owen Ruffhead, EsqC. Bathurst, H. Woodfall, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, W. Johnston, [and 8 others in London], 1769 - Electronic books - 578 pages |
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Page 13
... Iliad into a kind of play , compofed of a number of fpeeches from Ogilby's tranflation , tacked together with verfes of his own . By his early abilities and winning difpofi- tion , he had acquired fuch influence among his school ...
... Iliad into a kind of play , compofed of a number of fpeeches from Ogilby's tranflation , tacked together with verfes of his own . By his early abilities and winning difpofi- tion , he had acquired fuch influence among his school ...
Page 55
... of the foreft , he thus breaks forth- * Iliad , b . 16. in the notes , ver . 465 . + To undo is unpoetical , and the expletive To makes the line halt . E 4 " Not " Not thus the land appear'd in ages paft , ALEXANDER POPE , 55 * ESQ .
... of the foreft , he thus breaks forth- * Iliad , b . 16. in the notes , ver . 465 . + To undo is unpoetical , and the expletive To makes the line halt . E 4 " Not " Not thus the land appear'd in ages paft , ALEXANDER POPE , 55 * ESQ .
Page 179
... whofe ideas feldom extend ultra Cingulum . Our author , before the publication of his Temple of Fame , had made a confiderable pro- N 2 grefs grefs in his tranflation of Homer's Iliad , as may ALEXANDER POPE , Esq . 179.
... whofe ideas feldom extend ultra Cingulum . Our author , before the publication of his Temple of Fame , had made a confiderable pro- N 2 grefs grefs in his tranflation of Homer's Iliad , as may ALEXANDER POPE , Esq . 179.
Page 180
... Iliad , as may be collected from a paffage in the letter above taken notice of to the Lady whom he presented with his Temple of Fame . He had once formed a design of giving a taste of all the celebrated Greek poets , by tranflating one ...
... Iliad , as may be collected from a paffage in the letter above taken notice of to the Lady whom he presented with his Temple of Fame . He had once formed a design of giving a taste of all the celebrated Greek poets , by tranflating one ...
Page 181
... Iliad , of which the greater part was written with vaft rapidity , and no inconfiderable portion of it compofed as he paffed along the road : for a genius very often is leaft idle , when he seems moft fot . In The notes on the Iliad ...
... Iliad , of which the greater part was written with vaft rapidity , and no inconfiderable portion of it compofed as he paffed along the road : for a genius very often is leaft idle , when he seems moft fot . In The notes on the Iliad ...
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