The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, 1. köideJames Nichol, 1856 - 326 pages |
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Page vii
... thought himself the greatest 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 ...
... thought himself the greatest 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 ...
Page ix
... thought , a condensation of style , and a command over the information he possesses , worthy of any age in life , and almost of any mind in time . It serves , indeed , to shew what Pope's true forte was . That lay not so much in poetry ...
... thought , a condensation of style , and a command over the information he possesses , worthy of any age in life , and almost of any mind in time . It serves , indeed , to shew what Pope's true forte was . That lay not so much in poetry ...
Page xiv
... thought as good as his . He remunerated them very handsomely . Of this work , the first three quarto volumes appeared in 1725 ; and the fourth and fifth , which completed the work , the following year . Pope sold the copyright to Lintot ...
... thought as good as his . He remunerated them very handsomely . Of this work , the first three quarto volumes appeared in 1725 ; and the fourth and fifth , which completed the work , the following year . Pope sold the copyright to Lintot ...
Page xv
... thought Voltaire ( who had met him at Bolingbroke's ) but a miserable comforter , when , in a letter of pretended con- dolence , he asked- " Is it possible that those fingers which have written ' The Rape of the Lock , ' and dressed ...
... thought Voltaire ( who had met him at Bolingbroke's ) but a miserable comforter , when , in a letter of pretended con- dolence , he asked- " Is it possible that those fingers which have written ' The Rape of the Lock , ' and dressed ...
Page xviii
... thoughts in the Essay ; but it is not probable that a man like Pope would have set himself on such a subject simply to translate from another's mind . He pub- lished the first epistle of the Essay , in 1732 , anonymously , as an ...
... thoughts in the Essay ; but it is not probable that a man like Pope would have set himself on such a subject simply to translate from another's mind . He pub- lished the first epistle of the Essay , in 1732 , anonymously , as an ...
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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