The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, 1. köideJames Nichol, 1856 - 326 pages |
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... Criticism , " a work which he had first written in prose , and which discovers a ripeness of judgment , a clearness of thought , a condensation of style , and a command over the information he possesses , worthy of any age in life , and ...
... Criticism , " a work which he had first written in prose , and which discovers a ripeness of judgment , a clearness of thought , a condensation of style , and a command over the information he possesses , worthy of any age in life , and ...
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... Criticism , " and the savage old man revenged himself by a running fire of fierce diatribes against that " Essay ... critic , wrote a prose satire , entitled , " The Narrative of Dr Robert Norris on the Frenzy of J. D. " In this ...
... Criticism , " and the savage old man revenged himself by a running fire of fierce diatribes against that " Essay ... critic , wrote a prose satire , entitled , " The Narrative of Dr Robert Norris on the Frenzy of J. D. " In this ...
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... critics could not have been very acute who did not detect Pope's " fine Roman hand " in every sentence of this brilliant but most unsatisfactory and shallow perform- ance . In the same year died dear , simple - minded Gay , who found in ...
... critics could not have been very acute who did not detect Pope's " fine Roman hand " in every sentence of this brilliant but most unsatisfactory and shallow perform- ance . In the same year died dear , simple - minded Gay , who found in ...
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... CRITICISM- Of a Lady Singing to her On a Fan of the Author's 113 · • Part First , 29 Design ,. 113 Part Second , 35 Cowley- Part Third , 47 The Garden , 114 THE RAPE OF THE LOCK- Weeping , 115 Canto I . , . 54 Earl of Rochester- • Canto ...
... CRITICISM- Of a Lady Singing to her On a Fan of the Author's 113 · • Part First , 29 Design ,. 113 Part Second , 35 Cowley- Part Third , 47 The Garden , 114 THE RAPE OF THE LOCK- Weeping , 115 Canto I . , . 54 Earl of Rochester- • Canto ...
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... criticism being by no means the universal concern of the world , but only the affair of idle men who write in their closets , and of idle men who read there . Yet sure , upon the whole , a bad author deserves better usage than a bad critic ...
... criticism being by no means the universal concern of the world , but only the affair of idle men who write in their closets , and of idle men who read there . Yet sure , upon the whole , a bad author deserves better usage than a bad critic ...
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ALEXANDER POPE ancient Bavius beauty bless'd blest bliss breast breath bright charms court cried critics crown'd Curll Cynthus divine Dunciad e'er earth ease Eclogues Elkanah Settle envy EPISTLE eternal eyes fair fame fate fire fix'd flames flowers fools genius glory Gnome grace groves happy head heart Heaven honour Horace Iliad kings knave laws learn'd live Lord Lord Bolingbroke mankind mind mortal Muse Muse's Nature Nature's ne'er never numbers nymph o'er once passion pastoral peace plain pleased poem poet Pope Pope's praise pride proud rage reason rhyme rise sacred Sappho satire sense shade shine sighs sing skies smile soft song soul spleen Sylphs taught tears Thalestris thee Theocritus things thou thought trembling truth Twas Umbriel VARIATIONS verse virtue WESTMINSTER ABBEY whate'er Whig wings write youth