The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume 3J. Balfour, 1764 |
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Page xxv
... writ in emulation of the Cooper's Hill of Sir John " Denham : the author of it is obfcure , is ambiguous , ❝is affected , is temerarious , is barbarous t . " But the author of the Dispensary , Dr GARTH , in the preface to his poem of ...
... writ in emulation of the Cooper's Hill of Sir John " Denham : the author of it is obfcure , is ambiguous , ❝is affected , is temerarious , is barbarous t . " But the author of the Dispensary , Dr GARTH , in the preface to his poem of ...
Page xxvi
... writ his Eloife in opposition to it ; but " forgot innocence and virtue : If you take away her " tender thoughts , and her fierce defires , all the rest " is of no value . " In which , methinks , his judgment resembleth that of a French ...
... writ his Eloife in opposition to it ; but " forgot innocence and virtue : If you take away her " tender thoughts , and her fierce defires , all the rest " is of no value . " In which , methinks , his judgment resembleth that of a French ...
Page xxxii
... writ- ten by the author of the Rival Modes , the faid Mr James - Moore Smith , in a letter to our author himself , who had informed him , a month before that play was act- ed , Jan. 27. 1726-7 , that " These verses , which he had z ...
... writ- ten by the author of the Rival Modes , the faid Mr James - Moore Smith , in a letter to our author himself , who had informed him , a month before that play was act- ed , Jan. 27. 1726-7 , that " These verses , which he had z ...
Page xliii
... writ : " but adds , " it was a victory over " a parcel of poor wretches , whom it was almost " cowardice to conquer .-- A man might as well " triumph for having killed fo many filly flies that " offended him . Could he have let them ...
... writ : " but adds , " it was a victory over " a parcel of poor wretches , whom it was almost " cowardice to conquer .-- A man might as well " triumph for having killed fo many filly flies that " offended him . Could he have let them ...
Page 80
... poem , and others of equal genius , brought to the Theatres of Covent - garden , Lincolns - inn - fields , and the Hay - market , to be the reigning plea- 1 In eldest time , e'er mortals writ or read 80 Book I. THE DUNCIAD .
... poem , and others of equal genius , brought to the Theatres of Covent - garden , Lincolns - inn - fields , and the Hay - market , to be the reigning plea- 1 In eldest time , e'er mortals writ or read 80 Book I. THE DUNCIAD .
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