The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, 1. köideJames Nichol, 1856 - 326 pages |
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Page vi
... genius lay in his bright and piercing eye . He was sickly in constitution , and required and received great tenderness and care . Once , when three years old , he narrowly escaped from an angry cow , but was wounded in the throat . He ...
... genius lay in his bright and piercing eye . He was sickly in constitution , and required and received great tenderness and care . Once , when three years old , he narrowly escaped from an angry cow , but was wounded in the throat . He ...
Page vii
... genius that ever was . " His father encouraged him in his studies , and when his verses did not please him , sent him back to " new turn " them , saying , " These are not good rhymes . " His principal favourites were Virgil's " Eclogues ...
... genius that ever was . " His father encouraged him in his studies , and when his verses did not please him , sent him back to " new turn " them , saying , " These are not good rhymes . " His principal favourites were Virgil's " Eclogues ...
Page ix
... genius as Longinus . In the same year , Pope printed " The Rape of the Lock , ” in a volume of Miscellanies . Lord Petre had , much in the way described by the poet , stolen a lock of Miss Belle Fermor's hair , —a feat which led to an ...
... genius as Longinus . In the same year , Pope printed " The Rape of the Lock , ” in a volume of Miscellanies . Lord Petre had , much in the way described by the poet , stolen a lock of Miss Belle Fermor's hair , —a feat which led to an ...
Page xii
... genius than Homer . Horace or Lucretius , or even Ovid , would have been more congenial . His imitations of Horace shew us what he might have made of a complete translation . What a brilliant thing a version of Lucretius , in the style ...
... genius than Homer . Horace or Lucretius , or even Ovid , would have been more congenial . His imitations of Horace shew us what he might have made of a complete translation . What a brilliant thing a version of Lucretius , in the style ...
Page xvii
... genius . Pope felt , or seemed to feel , entire indiffer- ence as to these assaults . On some of them , indeed , he could afford to look down with contempt , on account of their obvious animus and gross language . Others , again , were ...
... genius . Pope felt , or seemed to feel , entire indiffer- ence as to these assaults . On some of them , indeed , he could afford to look down with contempt , on account of their obvious animus and gross language . Others , again , were ...
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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