The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: With Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks,, 3. köideC. and J. Rivington; T. Cadell; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green; J. Cuthell; J. Nunn; ... [and 25 others in London]; and Deighton and Sons, Cambridge; and A. Black, and J. Fairbairn, Edinburgh., 1824 |
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... less taste , Verrio's exuberant pencil was ready at pouring out gods , goddesses , kings , emperors , and triumphs , over those public surfaces , on which the eye never rests long enough to criticise , and where one should be sorry to ...
... less taste , Verrio's exuberant pencil was ready at pouring out gods , goddesses , kings , emperors , and triumphs , over those public surfaces , on which the eye never rests long enough to criticise , and where one should be sorry to ...
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... less dang'rous is th ' offence To tire our patience , than mislead our sense . COMMENTARY . An Essay ] The poem is in one book , but divided into three principal parts or numbers . The first [ to ver . 201. ] gives rules for the Study ...
... less dang'rous is th ' offence To tire our patience , than mislead our sense . COMMENTARY . An Essay ] The poem is in one book , but divided into three principal parts or numbers . The first [ to ver . 201. ] gives rules for the Study ...
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... less within his main view ( which is poetical Criticism ) but keep grovelling at the bottom amongst words and syllables , he thought it enough for his purpose here , just to have mentioned them , NOTES . For Ver . 28. In search of wit ...
... less within his main view ( which is poetical Criticism ) but keep grovelling at the bottom amongst words and syllables , he thought it enough for his purpose here , just to have mentioned them , NOTES . For Ver . 28. In search of wit ...
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... less than twelve books ; that it should end fortu- nately ; that in the first book there should be no simile ; that the exordium should be very simple and unadorned ; that in a tragedy , only three personages should appear at once upon ...
... less than twelve books ; that it should end fortu- nately ; that in the first book there should be no simile ; that the exordium should be very simple and unadorned ; that in a tragedy , only three personages should appear at once upon ...
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