The works of Alexander Pope. Containing the principal notes of drs. Warburton and Warton [&c.]. To which are added, some original letters, with additional observations, and memoirs, by W.L. Bowles, Volume 41806 |
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... imitated . SATIRES of Horace , Book II . Sat. I. Sat. II . EPISTLES of Horace , Book I. Ep . I. Ep . VI . Book II . Ep . I. Ep . II . The SATIRES of Dr. JOHN DONNE , Dean of St. Paul's , Verfified . Satire II . Satire IV . EPILOGUE to ...
... imitated . SATIRES of Horace , Book II . Sat. I. Sat. II . EPISTLES of Horace , Book I. Ep . I. Ep . VI . Book II . Ep . I. Ep . II . The SATIRES of Dr. JOHN DONNE , Dean of St. Paul's , Verfified . Satire II . Satire IV . EPILOGUE to ...
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... Imitation of the 1ft Satire of the Second Book of Horace , in these words : " In two large columns , on thy motley ... imitate , Than heretofore the Greek he did tranflate ? Thine is juft fuch an image of his pen As thou thyself art of ...
... Imitation of the 1ft Satire of the Second Book of Horace , in these words : " In two large columns , on thy motley ... imitate , Than heretofore the Greek he did tranflate ? Thine is juft fuch an image of his pen As thou thyself art of ...
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... Imitation has all the air of an original , and is at once lively , pointed , and happy . One Imitation from Horace has been , for obvious reasons , rejected . I must ever feel regret , that my late refpected master was fo inconfiderate ...
... Imitation has all the air of an original , and is at once lively , pointed , and happy . One Imitation from Horace has been , for obvious reasons , rejected . I must ever feel regret , that my late refpected master was fo inconfiderate ...
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... imitate their feience . However , thofe earlier RIBALDS raised an appetite for the Greek language in the Weft ; infomuch , that Hermolaus Barbarus , a paffionate admirer of it , and a noted Critic , ufed to boat , that he had invoked ...
... imitate their feience . However , thofe earlier RIBALDS raised an appetite for the Greek language in the Weft ; infomuch , that Hermolaus Barbarus , a paffionate admirer of it , and a noted Critic , ufed to boat , that he had invoked ...
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... imitate : But that what he thought faulty in him , he would tell him fairly to his face ; and what deferved praise he would not deny him to the world : and , as a proof of this difpofition towards him , he had fent him the inclofed ...
... imitate : But that what he thought faulty in him , he would tell him fairly to his face ; and what deferved praise he would not deny him to the world : and , as a proof of this difpofition towards him , he had fent him the inclofed ...
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| Title | The works of Alexander Pope. Containing the principal notes of drs. Warburton and Warton [&c.]. To which are added, some original letters, with additional observations, and memoirs, by W.L. Bowles, Volume 4 The works of Alexander Pope. Containing the principal notes of drs. Warburton and Warton [&c.]. To which are added, some original letters, with additional observations, and memoirs, by W.L. Bowles, William Lisle Bowles |
| Author | Alexander Pope |
| Editor | William Lisle Bowles |
| Published | 1806 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | Jul 28, 2006 |
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