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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... poet consists . To restrain poetry to what is strictly natural , is to reduce it essen- tially to prose . It has been said that the conclusion of this poem gave great pain to Addison , both as a poet and a politician ; on which Johnson ...
... poet consists . To restrain poetry to what is strictly natural , is to reduce it essen- tially to prose . It has been said that the conclusion of this poem gave great pain to Addison , both as a poet and a politician ; on which Johnson ...
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... Poetry , seem to be the best of his pieces ; in the latter are many good critical remarks and precepts , and it is ... poet , his character as a man was highly valuable . His conversation was most pleasing and polite ; his affability ...
... Poetry , seem to be the best of his pieces ; in the latter are many good critical remarks and precepts , and it is ... poet , his character as a man was highly valuable . His conversation was most pleasing and polite ; his affability ...
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... Poetry to do . Mr. Wakefield's remark on this passage is perhaps more judicious , and is expressed with becoming delicacy . " There is a levity in this comparison which appears to me unseasonable , and but ill according with the serene ...
... Poetry to do . Mr. Wakefield's remark on this passage is perhaps more judicious , and is expressed with becoming delicacy . " There is a levity in this comparison which appears to me unseasonable , and but ill according with the serene ...
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... Poets venerable made : NOTES . 270 Ver . 263. ] Denham , says Dr. Johnson , seems to have been , at least among us , the author of a species of composition that may be denominated Local Poetry , of which the fundamental subject is some ...
... Poets venerable made : NOTES . 270 Ver . 263. ] Denham , says Dr. Johnson , seems to have been , at least among us , the author of a species of composition that may be denominated Local Poetry , of which the fundamental subject is some ...
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... poetry ; who flourish'd in the time of Henry VIII . VARIATIONS . P. Ver . 290. her silver star . ] All the lines that follow were not added to the poem till the year 1710. What immediately followed this , and made the conclusion , were ...
... poetry ; who flourish'd in the time of Henry VIII . VARIATIONS . P. Ver . 290. her silver star . ] All the lines that follow were not added to the poem till the year 1710. What immediately followed this , and made the conclusion , were ...
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