The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeW. Suttaby, B. Crosby & Company Corral Prinker, 1807 - 408 pages |
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Page ix
... less peevish in his " sickness than he used to be in his health , nei- " ther much afraid of dying , nor ( which in him " had been more likely ) much ashamed of marry- 66 ing . The evening before he expired he called " his young wife to ...
... less peevish in his " sickness than he used to be in his health , nei- " ther much afraid of dying , nor ( which in him " had been more likely ) much ashamed of marry- 66 ing . The evening before he expired he called " his young wife to ...
Page xvi
... less exalted sense of his own merit . Mr. Pope could not well bear such repeated re- proaches , but boldly told Mr. Addison , that he ap- pealed from his judgment to the public , and that he had long known him too well to expect any ...
... less exalted sense of his own merit . Mr. Pope could not well bear such repeated re- proaches , but boldly told Mr. Addison , that he ap- pealed from his judgment to the public , and that he had long known him too well to expect any ...
Page xix
... and " besides it is a real truth , I have , if possible , less " inclination than ability . Contemplative life is " not only my scene , but is my habit too , I begun " my life where most people end theirs , with LIFE OF POPE . xix.
... and " besides it is a real truth , I have , if possible , less " inclination than ability . Contemplative life is " not only my scene , but is my habit too , I begun " my life where most people end theirs , with LIFE OF POPE . xix.
Page xxv
... less were capable to correct or revise him . ༑ ་ The friends of Mr. Pope , therefore , strongly im- portuned him to undertake the whole of Shake- speare's plays , and , if possible , by comparing all the different copies now to be ...
... less were capable to correct or revise him . ༑ ་ The friends of Mr. Pope , therefore , strongly im- portuned him to undertake the whole of Shake- speare's plays , and , if possible , by comparing all the different copies now to be ...
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... less ? Ask of thy mother earth why oaks are made Taller or stronger than the weeds they shade ? Or ask of yonder argent fields above Why Jove's satellites are less than Jove ! • Of systems possible , if ' tis confest That 2 Epist . I ...
... less ? Ask of thy mother earth why oaks are made Taller or stronger than the weeds they shade ? Or ask of yonder argent fields above Why Jove's satellites are less than Jove ! • Of systems possible , if ' tis confest That 2 Epist . I ...
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