The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, 1. köideJames Nichol, 1856 - 326 pages |
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Page vi
... Once , when three years old , he narrowly escaped from an angry cow , but was wounded in the throat . He was remarkable as a child for his amiable temper ; and from the sweetness of his voice , received the name of the Little ...
... Once , when three years old , he narrowly escaped from an angry cow , but was wounded in the throat . He was remarkable as a child for his amiable temper ; and from the sweetness of his voice , received the name of the Little ...
Page vii
... once great and correct , and exhorted him to aim at accuracy and elegance . When fifteen , he visited London , in order to acquire a more thorough knowledge of French and Italian . At sixteen , he wrote the " Pastorals , " and a portion ...
... once great and correct , and exhorted him to aim at accuracy and elegance . When fifteen , he visited London , in order to acquire a more thorough knowledge of French and Italian . At sixteen , he wrote the " Pastorals , " and a portion ...
Page ix
... once the quarrel and the reconciliation to all future time . In its first version , the machinery was awanting , the " lock " was a desert , the " rape " a natural event , —the small infantry of sylphs and gnomes were slumbering ...
... once the quarrel and the reconciliation to all future time . In its first version , the machinery was awanting , the " lock " was a desert , the " rape " a natural event , —the small infantry of sylphs and gnomes were slumbering ...
Page xiii
... once , according to Colley Cibber , he narrowly escaped a serious scrape in a house of a certain description , -Colley , by his own account , " helping out the tomtit for the sake of Homer ! " This statement , indeed , Pope has denied ...
... once , according to Colley Cibber , he narrowly escaped a serious scrape in a house of a certain description , -Colley , by his own account , " helping out the tomtit for the sake of Homer ! " This statement , indeed , Pope has denied ...
Page xiv
... once - loved poet sung , Till death untimely stopp'd his tuneful tongue . Oh , just beheld and lost , admired and mourn'd , With softest manners , gentlest arts adorn'd ! " In 1722 , he engaged to translate the " Odyssey . " He employed ...
... once - loved poet sung , Till death untimely stopp'd his tuneful tongue . Oh , just beheld and lost , admired and mourn'd , With softest manners , gentlest arts adorn'd ! " In 1722 , he engaged to translate the " Odyssey . " He employed ...
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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