The works of Alexander Pope. Containing the principal notes of drs. Warburton and Warton [&c.]. To which are added, some original letters, with additional observations, and memoirs, by W.L. Bowles, Volume 11806 |
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... eye , " Like some fierce tyrant in old tapestry . " Many other passages , which have not been con- fidered in that light , were probably written by Pope , in juftification of himself and his muse , against some fuppofed critical ...
... eye , " Like some fierce tyrant in old tapestry . " Many other passages , which have not been con- fidered in that light , were probably written by Pope , in juftification of himself and his muse , against some fuppofed critical ...
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... eye of common sense and common charity , it can be thought to reflect on Addison . Besides , at this time , Pope was so satisfied with Addison , that he courted his favour , by writing two things , which at once honoured and disgraced ...
... eye of common sense and common charity , it can be thought to reflect on Addison . Besides , at this time , Pope was so satisfied with Addison , that he courted his favour , by writing two things , which at once honoured and disgraced ...
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... eye , " Yet feel no danger , though a spark was nigh . " Pope , from his refidence only twelve miles distant , was early acquainted with the family ; but her intro- duction sumption is fair , that other accufations might be so , unless ...
... eye , " Yet feel no danger , though a spark was nigh . " Pope , from his refidence only twelve miles distant , was early acquainted with the family ; but her intro- duction sumption is fair , that other accufations might be so , unless ...
Page xlvii
... eye- brow , " which might beseem a youthful bard . To Teresa * This accounts , more than any thing else , for Pope's inveteracy to him . James Moore had robbed him of Teresa , as Lord Harvey afterwards did , of his idol , Lady Mary ...
... eye- brow , " which might beseem a youthful bard . To Teresa * This accounts , more than any thing else , for Pope's inveteracy to him . James Moore had robbed him of Teresa , as Lord Harvey afterwards did , of his idol , Lady Mary ...
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... eyes , and improve other minds than mine . " - Again- " It is serioufly true , that I have not , since your last letter , the least inclination to see Italy , though before I re- ceived it , I longed for your summons thither : but it is ...
... eyes , and improve other minds than mine . " - Again- " It is serioufly true , that I have not , since your last letter , the least inclination to see Italy , though before I re- ceived it , I longed for your summons thither : but it is ...
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