The Works of Alexander Pope: 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, Volume 5C. a J. Rivington, 1824 |
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... ESSAY ON MAN , in four Epistles • Page 1 Epistle I. Epistle II . • Epistle III . Epistle IV . THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER MORAL ESSAYS • 25 77 • 117 • 165 • 223 231 Epistle I. On the Knowledge and Characters of Men . To Sir Richard Temple ...
... ESSAY ON MAN , in four Epistles • Page 1 Epistle I. Epistle II . • Epistle III . Epistle IV . THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER MORAL ESSAYS • 25 77 • 117 • 165 • 223 231 Epistle I. On the Knowledge and Characters of Men . To Sir Richard Temple ...
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... Essay , " that he chose this epistolary way of writing , notwithstanding his subject was high , and of dignity , because of its being mixed with argu- ment , which of its nature approacheth to prose . " He has not wandered into any ...
... Essay , " that he chose this epistolary way of writing , notwithstanding his subject was high , and of dignity , because of its being mixed with argu- ment , which of its nature approacheth to prose . " He has not wandered into any ...
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... Essays , he was much pleased , but found some lines a little dark ; on the second , most of them cleared up , and his pleasure increased ; on the third , he had no doubt remaining , and then he admired the whole . " The subject of this ...
... Essays , he was much pleased , but found some lines a little dark ; on the second , most of them cleared up , and his pleasure increased ; on the third , he had no doubt remaining , and then he admired the whole . " The subject of this ...
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... Essay on Man ? And which opinion of Pope , Racine has justly stated in the following lines ; La Religion , Chant 2 : - Quelque abstrait raisonneur , qui ne se plaint de rien , Dans son flegme Anglican , repondra , " Tout est bien . Le ...
... Essay on Man ? And which opinion of Pope , Racine has justly stated in the following lines ; La Religion , Chant 2 : - Quelque abstrait raisonneur , qui ne se plaint de rien , Dans son flegme Anglican , repondra , " Tout est bien . Le ...
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... Essay on Man , as I was witness to the whole conduct of it in writing , and actually have his original ma- nuscripts for it , from the first scratches of the four books , to the several finished copies ( of his own neat and elegant ...
... Essay on Man , as I was witness to the whole conduct of it in writing , and actually have his original ma- nuscripts for it , from the first scratches of the four books , to the several finished copies ( of his own neat and elegant ...
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