The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 4J.F. Dove, St. John's Square, 1822 |
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Page 13
... passage ; for there is no connexion with the foregoing para- graph . Boileau says , Sat. ix . v . 221 , I have nothing to do with Chapelain's honour , or candour , or civility , or complaisance ; but , if you hold him up as a model of ...
... passage ; for there is no connexion with the foregoing para- graph . Boileau says , Sat. ix . v . 221 , I have nothing to do with Chapelain's honour , or candour , or civility , or complaisance ; but , if you hold him up as a model of ...
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... passages in Horace are more agreeable than when he tells us he was fat and sleek , “ ' præcanum , solibus aptum , " prone to anger , but soon appeased . And again , how pleasing the detail he gives of his way of life , the descrip ...
... passages in Horace are more agreeable than when he tells us he was fat and sleek , “ ' præcanum , solibus aptum , " prone to anger , but soon appeased . And again , how pleasing the detail he gives of his way of life , the descrip ...
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... passages that bear a great resemblance to many of Pope's ; though Pope has heightened , improved , and con- densed , the hints , images , and sentiments , of Young . Shall we not censure all the motley train , Whether with ale irriguous ...
... passages that bear a great resemblance to many of Pope's ; though Pope has heightened , improved , and con- densed , the hints , images , and sentiments , of Young . Shall we not censure all the motley train , Whether with ale irriguous ...
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... not his talent . His plays , a very few passages excepted , are insufferably unnatural . It is re- markable that he did not scruple to confess , that he could May some choice patron bless each gray goose quill ! TO THE SATIRES . 37.
... not his talent . His plays , a very few passages excepted , are insufferably unnatural . It is re- markable that he did not scruple to confess , that he could May some choice patron bless each gray goose quill ! TO THE SATIRES . 37.
Page 42
... -There are many admirable passages in Harte's Essay on Human Reason , which was much praised on its first publication and is said to have been corrected by Pope . W. Who can your merit selfishly approve , And shew the 42 PROLOGUE.
... -There are many admirable passages in Harte's Essay on Human Reason , which was much praised on its first publication and is said to have been corrected by Pope . W. Who can your merit selfishly approve , And shew the 42 PROLOGUE.
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