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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... His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks Alexander Pope William Roscoe. AN ESSAY ON ΜΑΝ , IN FOUR EPISTLES . TO HENRY ST . JOHN , • LORD VISCOUNT BOLINGBROKE . VOL . V. B If it be a true observation , that for a.
... His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks Alexander Pope William Roscoe. AN ESSAY ON ΜΑΝ , IN FOUR EPISTLES . TO HENRY ST . JOHN , • LORD VISCOUNT BOLINGBROKE . VOL . V. B If it be a true observation , that for a.
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... observation , that for a poet to write happily and well , he must have seen and felt what he describes , and must draw from living models alone ; and if modern times , from their luxury and refinement , afford not manners that will bear ...
... observation , that for a poet to write happily and well , he must have seen and felt what he describes , and must draw from living models alone ; and if modern times , from their luxury and refinement , afford not manners that will bear ...
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... observation on human life , is condensed together in a small compass . He was so accustomed to confine his thoughts in rhyme , that he tells us he could express them more shortly this way than in prose itself . On its first publication ...
... observation on human life , is condensed together in a small compass . He was so accustomed to confine his thoughts in rhyme , that he tells us he could express them more shortly this way than in prose itself . On its first publication ...
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... Observations on the Conversion of St. Paul , when he and his friends ( not excepting Mr. Gilbert West ) were , as he most candidly confessed , too much inclined to deism , but had fortunately become a most serious and earnest believer ...
... Observations on the Conversion of St. Paul , when he and his friends ( not excepting Mr. Gilbert West ) were , as he most candidly confessed , too much inclined to deism , but had fortunately become a most serious and earnest believer ...
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... observations of Dr. Warton , where , as well as in his notes to the Essay , he has been at great pains to shew , that this poem is favourable to fatalism and necessity ; that the doctrine ob- viously intended to be inculcated is , that ...
... observations of Dr. Warton , where , as well as in his notes to the Essay , he has been at great pains to shew , that this poem is favourable to fatalism and necessity ; that the doctrine ob- viously intended to be inculcated is , that ...
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