The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the Author |
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... mind with facts and images , seizing all that his authors presented with undistinguishing voracity , and with an appetite for knowledge too eager to be nice . In a mind like his , however , all the faculties were at once involuntarily ...
... mind with facts and images , seizing all that his authors presented with undistinguishing voracity , and with an appetite for knowledge too eager to be nice . In a mind like his , however , all the faculties were at once involuntarily ...
Page ix
... mind Broome then offered his service a second time , with images which time effaces , produces ambi- which was probably accepted , as they had after- guity in diction , and obscurity in books . To this wards a closer correspondence ...
... mind Broome then offered his service a second time , with images which time effaces , produces ambi- which was probably accepted , as they had after- guity in diction , and obscurity in books . To this wards a closer correspondence ...
Page xv
... mind too great for such minute employment . Pope , in his edition , undoubtedly did many things wrong , and left many things undone ; but let him not be defrauded of his due praise . He was the first that knew , at least the first that ...
... mind too great for such minute employment . Pope , in his edition , undoubtedly did many things wrong , and left many things undone ; but let him not be defrauded of his due praise . He was the first that knew , at least the first that ...
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... mind , and have written with care , or have af- It seems that Pope , being desirous of printing his terwards selected those which he had most hap- Letters , and not knowing how to do , without im- pily conceived , or most diligently ...
... mind , and have written with care , or have af- It seems that Pope , being desirous of printing his terwards selected those which he had most hap- Letters , and not knowing how to do , without im- pily conceived , or most diligently ...
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... mind thought him above neglect ; the sale increased , and was one of those in which philosophy and piety editions ... mind fervent and ve- hement , supplied by incessant and unlimited inqui- To such oversights will the most ...
... mind thought him above neglect ; the sale increased , and was one of those in which philosophy and piety editions ... mind fervent and ve- hement , supplied by incessant and unlimited inqui- To such oversights will the most ...
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