The Beauties of PopeG. Kearsley, 1783 - 278 pages |
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Page iv
... first , he retired , at twelve years of age , with his parents , to Binfield , in Windfor Foreft . About this time he wrote his Ode on Solitude , the firft fruits of his poetical genius . Having perufed the writings of Waller and ...
... first , he retired , at twelve years of age , with his parents , to Binfield , in Windfor Foreft . About this time he wrote his Ode on Solitude , the firft fruits of his poetical genius . Having perufed the writings of Waller and ...
Page v
... first part of his Windfor Forest , and about the fame period formed a design of writing American Eclogues , which he afterwards relinquith- ed . Lord Lansdown and Mr. Wycherley are men- tioned as of his earliest acquaintance ...
... first part of his Windfor Forest , and about the fame period formed a design of writing American Eclogues , which he afterwards relinquith- ed . Lord Lansdown and Mr. Wycherley are men- tioned as of his earliest acquaintance ...
Page viii
... first appearance in Ireland , and engaged Dean Swift to become our Author's fecond , under whofe aufpices it was re - published at London in 1728. Sir Robert Walpole prefented an edition to the King and Queen , and at the fame time ...
... first appearance in Ireland , and engaged Dean Swift to become our Author's fecond , under whofe aufpices it was re - published at London in 1728. Sir Robert Walpole prefented an edition to the King and Queen , and at the fame time ...
Page 1
... in fimplicity , brevity , and delicacy ; the two first of which render an eclogue natural , and the last de- lightful . A DISCOURSE ON PASTORAL POETRY , Vol . 1 . B page 4 . Yet Yet it is not fufficient that the fentences only be.
... in fimplicity , brevity , and delicacy ; the two first of which render an eclogue natural , and the last de- lightful . A DISCOURSE ON PASTORAL POETRY , Vol . 1 . B page 4 . Yet Yet it is not fufficient that the fentences only be.
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... First the fam'd authors of his ancient name , The winding Ifis , and the fruitful Thame : The Kennet fwift , for filver eels renown'd ; The Loddon flow , with verdant alders crown'd ; Colu Coln , whose dark streams his flow'ry islands ...
... First the fam'd authors of his ancient name , The winding Ifis , and the fruitful Thame : The Kennet fwift , for filver eels renown'd ; The Loddon flow , with verdant alders crown'd ; Colu Coln , whose dark streams his flow'ry islands ...
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