The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorCrissy & Markley, 1853 - 484 pages |
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... mind with facts and images , seizing all that his authors presented with undistinguishing voracity , and with It is apparent that wit has two meanings , and that an appetite for knowledge too eager to be nice . In a mind like his ...
... mind with facts and images , seizing all that his authors presented with undistinguishing voracity , and with It is apparent that wit has two meanings , and that an appetite for knowledge too eager to be nice . In a mind like his ...
Page xv
... mind too great for such minute employment . the latter books of the ' Iliad ' less than the former . He grew dexterous by practice , and every sheet enabled him to write the next with more facility . The books of Fenton have very few ...
... mind too great for such minute employment . the latter books of the ' Iliad ' less than the former . He grew dexterous by practice , and every sheet enabled him to write the next with more facility . The books of Fenton have very few ...
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... mind , and have written with care , or have af- It seems that Pope , being desirous of printing his terwards selected those which he had most hap- Letters , and not knowing how to do , without im - pily conceived , or most diligently ...
... mind , and have written with care , or have af- It seems that Pope , being desirous of printing his terwards selected those which he had most hap- Letters , and not knowing how to do , without im - pily conceived , or most diligently ...
Page xix
... mind thought him above neglect ; the sale increased , and was one of those in which philosophy and piety editions ... mind fervent and ve- hement , supplied by incessant and unlimited inqui- To such oversights will the most ...
... mind thought him above neglect ; the sale increased , and was one of those in which philosophy and piety editions ... mind fervent and ve- hement , supplied by incessant and unlimited inqui- To such oversights will the most ...
Page xxiv
... mind will not him . The dishonour of being shown as Cibber's easily be recalled , when it is invited in blank verse , antagonist could never be compensated by the vic - which Pope had adopted with great imprudence , tory . Cibber had ...
... mind will not him . The dishonour of being shown as Cibber's easily be recalled , when it is invited in blank verse , antagonist could never be compensated by the vic - which Pope had adopted with great imprudence , tory . Cibber had ...
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