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Page xxix
... Pope . In the second place , he took the popularity of Pope to be a symbol of the degeneracy of public taste , the preference for what is light , elegant , and idle over that which is high - minded , passionate , and useful ; Pope's ...
... Pope . In the second place , he took the popularity of Pope to be a symbol of the degeneracy of public taste , the preference for what is light , elegant , and idle over that which is high - minded , passionate , and useful ; Pope's ...
Page 465
... Pope himself recognized the great difficulties of translating Homer partly because Homer had written " in a superior Language " ( cf. Preface to the Iliad , in Ault , Prose Works of Pope [ Oxford , 1936 ] , p . 244 ) , and he confessed ...
... Pope himself recognized the great difficulties of translating Homer partly because Homer had written " in a superior Language " ( cf. Preface to the Iliad , in Ault , Prose Works of Pope [ Oxford , 1936 ] , p . 244 ) , and he confessed ...
Page 469
... Pope and Tickell's translation of part of Homer . He says Mr. Berkeley and two other gentle- men that are well versed in the classics read them over with the original together and compared them and they give the preference very much to ...
... Pope and Tickell's translation of part of Homer . He says Mr. Berkeley and two other gentle- men that are well versed in the classics read them over with the original together and compared them and they give the preference very much to ...
Contents
Introduction | vii |
An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Shakespear 1712 | 1 |
Appendix excerpts and miscellaneousContinued X From the Prologue to Gibraltar 1705 | 39 |
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