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 iii
... numbers ; " and used to say that he could not re- member the time when he began to make verses Pope was from his birth of a constitution tender In the style of fiction it might have been said of him and delicate ; but is said to have ...
... numbers ; " and used to say that he could not re- member the time when he began to make verses Pope was from his birth of a constitution tender In the style of fiction it might have been said of him and delicate ; but is said to have ...
Page iv
... numbers surpassed his original ; but this is a small part of his praise ; he discovers such acquaintance both with human and public affairs , as is not easily conceived to have been attainable by a boy of four - contemporaries his full ...
... numbers surpassed his original ; but this is a small part of his praise ; he discovers such acquaintance both with human and public affairs , as is not easily conceived to have been attainable by a boy of four - contemporaries his full ...
Page v
... numbers are here ! Would not one swear that this by himself of his studies was , that from fourteen to youngster had espoused some antiquated Muse , who had sued out a divorce on account of impotence twenty he read only for amusement ...
... numbers are here ! Would not one swear that this by himself of his studies was , that from fourteen to youngster had espoused some antiquated Muse , who had sued out a divorce on account of impotence twenty he read only for amusement ...
Page ix
... number is very small of those notes , compiled with the assistance of his merce- who find much in the Greek more than in the naries , could not be supposed to require more time Latin , except the music of the numbers . than the text ...
... number is very small of those notes , compiled with the assistance of his merce- who find much in the Greek more than in the naries , could not be supposed to require more time Latin , except the music of the numbers . than the text ...
Page xii
... numbers every light . The conscious swains rejoicing at the sight , shepherds gazing with delight ve the blue vault , and bless the vivid ligh glorious useful So many flames before the navy blaze , proud Ilion And lighten glimmering ...
... numbers every light . The conscious swains rejoicing at the sight , shepherds gazing with delight ve the blue vault , and bless the vivid ligh glorious useful So many flames before the navy blaze , proud Ilion And lighten glimmering ...
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