The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Memoirs of the life and writings of Pope. Recommendatory poems. A discourse on pastoral poetry. Pastorals. Messiah. Windsor forest. Odes. Two chorus's to the tragedy of Brutus. The dying Christian to his soul. An essay on criticism. The rape of the lock. Elegy to the memory of an unfortunate lady. Prologue to Mr. Addison's tragedy of Cato. Epilogue to Mr. Rowe's Jane ShoreJ. Johnson, 1806 |
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... light they throw on Pope's early connexions , will be read with intereft . Some original papers have been , for ob- vious reafons , omitted . Thofe which have been published I do not think can detract from the moral character of the ...
... light they throw on Pope's early connexions , will be read with intereft . Some original papers have been , for ob- vious reafons , omitted . Thofe which have been published I do not think can detract from the moral character of the ...
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... light , however trifling , may be thrown on the picture and features of the poet and the man , the faithful biographer will not fhrink from his task . If he does not prefume , farther than may be ab- folutely neceffary , to advance on ...
... light , however trifling , may be thrown on the picture and features of the poet and the man , the faithful biographer will not fhrink from his task . If he does not prefume , farther than may be ab- folutely neceffary , to advance on ...
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... light , were probably written by Pope , in juftification of himself and his muse , against fome fuppofed critical objections to his earlier poems . However this might be , Dennis conceived himself at- tacked ; and Addifon , in his ...
... light , were probably written by Pope , in juftification of himself and his muse , against fome fuppofed critical objections to his earlier poems . However this might be , Dennis conceived himself at- tacked ; and Addifon , in his ...
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... light in which Pope represented it to them . I will set the account before the reader , in the words of Pope's most profeffed admirer , Ayre ; and I fhall leave to him to form his conclufion even from the evidence of Pope's witness ...
... light in which Pope represented it to them . I will set the account before the reader , in the words of Pope's most profeffed admirer , Ayre ; and I fhall leave to him to form his conclufion even from the evidence of Pope's witness ...
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... light avant - courier to the formidable Dunciad , which came out the next year , to destroy , as it were , at one blow , all the petty competitors for fame . The " great , the important day " that ufhered into the literary world the ...
... light avant - courier to the formidable Dunciad , which came out the next year , to destroy , as it were , at one blow , all the petty competitors for fame . The " great , the important day " that ufhered into the literary world the ...
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Addiſon Æneid againſt ancient beauty becauſe beſt boaſt Boileau cauſe character circumftance compofition Criticiſm Critics defcribed defcription defert Dryden Dunciad Eclogues Effay Ev'n ev'ry expreffion eyes facred faid fame fatire fays fecond feems fenfe fhade fhall fhew fhould filver fince fing firft firſt flow'rs fome foon Foreft fpirit fpring ftill fubject fublime fuch fuperior genius groves heav'n himſelf Homer Iliad IMITATIONS itſelf Johnſon juft juſt laft laſt lefs lines loft Lord Lord Hervey Lycidas moft moſt Mufe mufic Muſe muſt nature NOTES numbers nymph o'er obfervations occafion paffage paffions Paftorals perfon pleaſe poem Poet poetical Poetry Pope Pope's pow'r praiſe prefent profe publiſhed Quintilian reafon REMARKS rife ſcene ſeems ſenſe Shakeſpear ſhall ſhe ſpeak ſtill ſtrains ſtreams Sylphs thefe themſelves Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe thou thought tranflation uſed verfe verſe Virg Virgil WARBURTON WARTON whofe whoſe writing
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