The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: ...A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, 1789 |
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... say any thing of the Effay on Criti- cism in verse ; but if any more curious reader has " discovered in it something new , which is not in Dryden's prefaces , dedications , and his essay on " dramatic poetry , not to mention the French ...
... say any thing of the Effay on Criti- cism in verse ; but if any more curious reader has " discovered in it something new , which is not in Dryden's prefaces , dedications , and his essay on " dramatic poetry , not to mention the French ...
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... saying , that " there “ are three poems in our tongue of the fame nature , " and each a masterpiece in its kind ; the Essay on " Tranflated verse ; the Essay on the Art of Poetry ; " and the Essay on Criticifm . " OF WINDSOR FOREST ...
... saying , that " there “ are three poems in our tongue of the fame nature , " and each a masterpiece in its kind ; the Essay on " Tranflated verse ; the Essay on the Art of Poetry ; " and the Essay on Criticifm . " OF WINDSOR FOREST ...
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... says thus : " In order to fink in reputation , let " him take it into his head to descend into Homer , " let the world wonder as it will , how the devil he " got there ) , and pretend to do him into English , fo " his version denote his ...
... says thus : " In order to fink in reputation , let " him take it into his head to descend into Homer , " let the world wonder as it will , how the devil he " got there ) , and pretend to do him into English , fo " his version denote his ...
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... saying , " That he would not advise Mr. Pope to try the ex- " periment again of getting a great part of a book " done by afsistants , left those extraneous parts should " unhappily afcend to the fublime , and retard the " declension of ...
... saying , " That he would not advise Mr. Pope to try the ex- " periment again of getting a great part of a book " done by afsistants , left those extraneous parts should " unhappily afcend to the fublime , and retard the " declension of ...
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... Say , wondrous youth , what column wilt thou chuse , " What laurel'd arch for thy triumphant muse ? " Tho ' each great ancient court thee to his shrine , " Tho ' ev'ry laurel thro ' the dome be thine , — " Go to the good and just , an ...
... Say , wondrous youth , what column wilt thou chuse , " What laurel'd arch for thy triumphant muse ? " Tho ' each great ancient court thee to his shrine , " Tho ' ev'ry laurel thro ' the dome be thine , — " Go to the good and just , an ...
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