The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, 1. köideJames Nichol, 1856 - 326 pages |
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Page vi
... write . When eight years old , he was placed under the care of the family priest , one Bannister , who taught him the Latin and Greek grammars together . He was next removed to a Catholic seminary at Twyford , near Winchester ; and ...
... write . When eight years old , he was placed under the care of the family priest , one Bannister , who taught him the Latin and Greek grammars together . He was next removed to a Catholic seminary at Twyford , near Winchester ; and ...
Page x
... writing the famous character of his rival , afterwards inserted in the Prologue to the Satires , —a por- trait drawn with the perfection of polished malice and bitter sarcasm , but which seems more a caricature than a likeness ...
... writing the famous character of his rival , afterwards inserted in the Prologue to the Satires , —a por- trait drawn with the perfection of polished malice and bitter sarcasm , but which seems more a caricature than a likeness ...
Page xiii
... writing a " Farewell to London , " he retired , in 1715 , to Twickenham , along with his parents ; and remained there , cultivating his garden , digging his grottos , and diversifying his walks , till the end of his days . Some years ...
... writing a " Farewell to London , " he retired , in 1715 , to Twickenham , along with his parents ; and remained there , cultivating his garden , digging his grottos , and diversifying his walks , till the end of his days . Some years ...
Page xiv
... writing a most graceful and elegant poem , in ottava rima , entitled , " Mr Pope's Welcome Home from Greece , " in which his different friends are pictured as receiving him home on the shores of Britain , after an absence of six years ...
... writing a most graceful and elegant poem , in ottava rima , entitled , " Mr Pope's Welcome Home from Greece , " in which his different friends are pictured as receiving him home on the shores of Britain , after an absence of six years ...
Page xv
... the half of his hand , but with the whole of his heart , to write " The Dunciad . " In the end of April 1727 , we find Swift again in Twicken- ham , where his irritation at the continued ascendancy of LIFE OF ALEXANDER POPE . XV.
... the half of his hand , but with the whole of his heart , to write " The Dunciad . " In the end of April 1727 , we find Swift again in Twicken- ham , where his irritation at the continued ascendancy of LIFE OF ALEXANDER POPE . XV.
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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