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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... says Mr. Walpole , in his Anecdotes , that in an age when persecution raged so fiercely against lukewarm authors , that he had an intimacy with the Inqui- sitor General ; how else would such lines as these escape the Bathos ; they are ...
... says Mr. Walpole , in his Anecdotes , that in an age when persecution raged so fiercely against lukewarm authors , that he had an intimacy with the Inqui- sitor General ; how else would such lines as these escape the Bathos ; they are ...
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... ( says Hume , vol . 1. ) who were induced , by peculiar circumstances , to proceed even to the exter- mination of the natives , it would be difficult to find in all history , a revolution VARIATIONS . Ver . 72. And wolves with howling ...
... ( says Hume , vol . 1. ) who were induced , by peculiar circumstances , to proceed even to the exter- mination of the natives , it would be difficult to find in all history , a revolution VARIATIONS . Ver . 72. And wolves with howling ...
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... says , " they would cost him an hour , if he had the leisure , to translate them , there is so much of beauty in the original ; " which was the reason , I sup- pose , why Mr. P. tried his strength with them . Warburton . Ver . 158. And ...
... says , " they would cost him an hour , if he had the leisure , to translate them , there is so much of beauty in the original ; " which was the reason , I sup- pose , why Mr. P. tried his strength with them . Warburton . Ver . 158. And ...
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... says , the arrows sounded in the quiver because the step of the God was hasty and irregular , as of an angry person . Irati describitur incessus , paulo utique inæquabilior . Ver . 175 . IMITATIONS . " Nec positu variare comas ; ubi ...
... says , the arrows sounded in the quiver because the step of the God was hasty and irregular , as of an angry person . Irati describitur incessus , paulo utique inæquabilior . Ver . 175 . IMITATIONS . " Nec positu variare comas ; ubi ...
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... 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 particular landscape , to be poetically described , with ...
... 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 particular landscape , to be poetically described , with ...
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