The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorCrissy & Markley, 1853 - 484 pages |
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Page vi
... Lord Petre cut off a lock of Mrs. Arabella Fermor's truths , at least of all truths respecting the same hair . This , whether stealth or violence , was so general end , in whatever series they may be pro- much resented , that the ...
... Lord Petre cut off a lock of Mrs. Arabella Fermor's truths , at least of all truths respecting the same hair . This , whether stealth or violence , was so general end , in whatever series they may be pro- much resented , that the ...
Page viii
... Lord Oxford , indeed , lamented that such a genius should be wasted upon a work not original ; but proposed no means by which he might live without it . Addison recommended caution and moderation , and advised him not to be content with ...
... Lord Oxford , indeed , lamented that such a genius should be wasted upon a work not original ; but proposed no means by which he might live without it . Addison recommended caution and moderation , and advised him not to be content with ...
Page xii
... Lord Halifax's with Dr. Garth , in his chariot ; and , as we were going along , was saying to the Doctor that my Lord had laid me under a great deal of difficulty by such loose and general observations : that I had been thinking over ...
... Lord Halifax's with Dr. Garth , in his chariot ; and , as we were going along , was saying to the Doctor that my Lord had laid me under a great deal of difficulty by such loose and general observations : that I had been thinking over ...
Page xiv
... Lord Warwick himself told me one day , remarks , that poets lose half their praise , because that it was in vain for me to endeavour to be well the reader knows not what they have blotted . with Mr. Addison ; that his jealous temper ...
... Lord Warwick himself told me one day , remarks , that poets lose half their praise , because that it was in vain for me to endeavour to be well the reader knows not what they have blotted . with Mr. Addison ; that his jealous temper ...
Page xxi
... Lord Bathurst ( 1733 ) on the ' Use of Riches , ' a piece on which he declared great labour to have been bestowed . * ficial good . No man therefore can be born , in the strict acceptation , a lover of money ; for he may be born where ...
... Lord Bathurst ( 1733 ) on the ' Use of Riches , ' a piece on which he declared great labour to have been bestowed . * ficial good . No man therefore can be born , in the strict acceptation , a lover of money ; for he may be born where ...
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