The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeW. Suttaby, B. Crosby & Company Corral Prinker, 1807 - 408 pages |
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Page v
... whole magic of his versification . The first of our author's compositions now ex- tant in print , is an Ode on Solitude , written before he was twelve years old ; which , considered as the production of so early an age , is a perfect ...
... whole magic of his versification . The first of our author's compositions now ex- tant in print , is an Ode on Solitude , written before he was twelve years old ; which , considered as the production of so early an age , is a perfect ...
Page xii
... whole body of our nobility , and transferred " his powerful influence with those great men to " this rising bard , who frequently levied , by that " means , unusual contributions on the public . No " sooner was his body lifeless , but ...
... whole body of our nobility , and transferred " his powerful influence with those great men to " this rising bard , who frequently levied , by that " means , unusual contributions on the public . No " sooner was his body lifeless , but ...
Page xiii
... whole libel was proved a malicious story by many persons of distinction , who , several years before Mr. Addison's decease , approved those verses denominated a libel , but which were , it is said , a friendly rebuke , sent privately in ...
... whole libel was proved a malicious story by many persons of distinction , who , several years before Mr. Addison's decease , approved those verses denominated a libel , but which were , it is said , a friendly rebuke , sent privately in ...
Page xxiv
... whole tribe of writers . Though he did not esteem any particular man amongst his enemies of consequence enough to provoke an answer , yet , when they were consi- dered collectively , they offered excellent materials for a general satire ...
... whole tribe of writers . Though he did not esteem any particular man amongst his enemies of consequence enough to provoke an answer , yet , when they were consi- dered collectively , they offered excellent materials for a general satire ...
Page xxv
... whole of Shake- speare's plays , and , if possible , by comparing all the different copies now to be procured , restore him to his ancient purity : to which our poet made this modest reply , That , not having attempted any thing in the ...
... whole of Shake- speare's plays , and , if possible , by comparing all the different copies now to be procured , restore him to his ancient purity : to which our poet made this modest reply , That , not having attempted any thing in the ...
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