The Works of Alexander Pope, with His Last Corrections, Additions and Improvements. With the Life of the Author, 2. köideD. Buchanan, 1804 - 332 pages |
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... thefe Imitations was the clamour railed on fome of my Epifles . An answer from HORACE was both more full , and of more dignity , than any I could have made in my own perfon ; and the example of much greater freedom in fo eminent a ...
... thefe Imitations was the clamour railed on fome of my Epifles . An answer from HORACE was both more full , and of more dignity , than any I could have made in my own perfon ; and the example of much greater freedom in fo eminent a ...
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... thefe books , that he spoke of them with pleafure ever after . About ten , he turned the tranfactions of the Illiad into a play , made up of fpeeches from Ogil- by's tranflation , tacked together with verfes of his own ; and had the ...
... thefe books , that he spoke of them with pleafure ever after . About ten , he turned the tranfactions of the Illiad into a play , made up of fpeeches from Ogil- by's tranflation , tacked together with verfes of his own ; and had the ...
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... Thefe are the perions to whofe account the author charges the pub- lication of his firit pieces . Perfons with whom he was converiant ( and he adds beloved ) at sixteen or feventeen years of age ; an early period for fuch acquaintance ...
... Thefe are the perions to whofe account the author charges the pub- lication of his firit pieces . Perfons with whom he was converiant ( and he adds beloved ) at sixteen or feventeen years of age ; an early period for fuch acquaintance ...
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... thefe my modeft fatire bade tranflate , ] See their works in the translations of claffical books by feveral lands . Ver . 190. nine fuch poets , & c ] Alluding , not to the nine mufes , but to nine tailors . Ver . 192. And fwear , not ...
... thefe my modeft fatire bade tranflate , ] See their works in the translations of claffical books by feveral lands . Ver . 190. nine fuch poets , & c ] Alluding , not to the nine mufes , but to nine tailors . Ver . 192. And fwear , not ...
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... thefe , fuperior far to thine , Let laurel'd Cibber and great Arnal fhine . Why write at all ? -A . Yes , filence if you keep , The town , the court , the wits , the dunces weep . Who tells whate'er you think , whate'er you fay , 16 ...
... thefe , fuperior far to thine , Let laurel'd Cibber and great Arnal fhine . Why write at all ? -A . Yes , filence if you keep , The town , the court , the wits , the dunces weep . Who tells whate'er you think , whate'er you fay , 16 ...
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