The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 4J.F. Dove, St. John's Square, 1822 |
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... Fables . P. Ver . 75. Good Friend , forbear ! ] Dr. Hurd , in the Dialogue on the Age of Queen Elizabeth , has supported the character of Ar- buthnot with more spirit and propriety than is done in this Epistle . Ver . 79. Out with it ...
... Fables . P. Ver . 75. Good Friend , forbear ! ] Dr. Hurd , in the Dialogue on the Age of Queen Elizabeth , has supported the character of Ar- buthnot with more spirit and propriety than is done in this Epistle . Ver . 79. Out with it ...
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... Fables , Tonson agreed to give him two hun- dred and sixty - eight pounds for ten thousand verses . And , to complete the full number of lines stipulated for , he gave the bookseller the epistle to his cousin , and the celebrated Music ...
... Fables , Tonson agreed to give him two hun- dred and sixty - eight pounds for ten thousand verses . And , to complete the full number of lines stipulated for , he gave the bookseller the epistle to his cousin , and the celebrated Music ...
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... Fables , the most popular of all his works , have the fault of many modern fable- writers , the ascribing , to the different animals and objects in- troduced , speeches and actions inconsistent with their several natures . An elephant ...
... Fables , the most popular of all his works , have the fault of many modern fable- writers , the ascribing , to the different animals and objects in- troduced , speeches and actions inconsistent with their several natures . An elephant ...
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... fables . frequently alludes to them , but always with a brevity very dif- ferent from our modern writers of fable . Even the natural La Offendet solido : Dissentis . ' nisi quid tu , SAT . I. 77 OF HORACE .
... fables . frequently alludes to them , but always with a brevity very dif- ferent from our modern writers of fable . Even the natural La Offendet solido : Dissentis . ' nisi quid tu , SAT . I. 77 OF HORACE .
Page 78
... fable . The File says to the Viper , Fab . 98 . " Tu te romprois toutes les dents , Je ne crains que telles du temps . " Ver . 134. No Pimp of pleasure , ] Men of talents are not the most acceptable companions to the great : " L'Homme ...
... fable . The File says to the Viper , Fab . 98 . " Tu te romprois toutes les dents , Je ne crains que telles du temps . " Ver . 134. No Pimp of pleasure , ] Men of talents are not the most acceptable companions to the great : " L'Homme ...
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