The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 4Ingram, Cooke, 1854 |
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Page 22
... poet's politeness and complaisance to the sex is observable in this instance , amongst others , that whereas in the characters of men he has sometimes made use of real names , in the characters of women , always fictitious . 2 [ This ...
... poet's politeness and complaisance to the sex is observable in this instance , amongst others , that whereas in the characters of men he has sometimes made use of real names , in the characters of women , always fictitious . 2 [ This ...
Page 25
... poet's Sappho , Lady Mary - was married to a great man -and was a great writer of epistles . ] 13 In the MS . were these lines : - 66 ' Oppress'd with wealth , and wit , abundance sad ! One makes her poor , the other makes her mad ...
... poet's Sappho , Lady Mary - was married to a great man -and was a great writer of epistles . ] 13 In the MS . were these lines : - 66 ' Oppress'd with wealth , and wit , abundance sad ! One makes her poor , the other makes her mad ...
Page 28
... lady " whose name for virtue and rectitude of manners has been too conspicuous not to be seen by everybody , " rallied Pope on this depreciatory couplet . The poet Yet mark the fate of a whole sex of queens 28 [ EP . II . MORAL ESSAYS .
... lady " whose name for virtue and rectitude of manners has been too conspicuous not to be seen by everybody , " rallied Pope on this depreciatory couplet . The poet Yet mark the fate of a whole sex of queens 28 [ EP . II . MORAL ESSAYS .
Page 31
... poet . 26 [ The allusion to the fall of China , is taken from Addison in the Spec- tator . The tickets were , of course , lottery tickets , in which Pope and Miss Blount dabbled occasionally . It is curious to find small - pox - so ...
... poet . 26 [ The allusion to the fall of China , is taken from Addison in the Spec- tator . The tickets were , of course , lottery tickets , in which Pope and Miss Blount dabbled occasionally . It is curious to find small - pox - so ...
Page 36
... poet , who left her the greatest part of his fortune , about £ 10,000 , - £ 7,000 of which she laid out in a diamond necklace . Most of the remainder must have been spent on the magnificent funeral and monument with which she honoured ...
... poet , who left her the greatest part of his fortune , about £ 10,000 , - £ 7,000 of which she laid out in a diamond necklace . Most of the remainder must have been spent on the magnificent funeral and monument with which she honoured ...
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