The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Compiled from Original Manuscripts; with a Critical Essay on His Writings and GeniusC. Bathurst, H. Woodfall, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, W. Johnston, B. White, T. Caslon, T. Longman, B. Law, Johnson and Payne, S. Bladon, T. Cadell, and the executors of A. Millar., 1769 - 578 страница |
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... poetry was fo ftrong , that he often declared he began to write verfes earlier in life than he could call to memory ; and he says , in his Epiftle to Dr. Arbuthnot : " I lifp'd in numbers , for the numbers came . When he was yet a child ...
... poetry was fo ftrong , that he often declared he began to write verfes earlier in life than he could call to memory ; and he says , in his Epiftle to Dr. Arbuthnot : " I lifp'd in numbers , for the numbers came . When he was yet a child ...
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... him intent on every fubject he read , he infenfibly made himself mafter of the learned and modern languages , > His paffion for poetry , however , being pre- A His 16 THE LIFE OF this could be no more than a bare recommen- ...
... him intent on every fubject he read , he infenfibly made himself mafter of the learned and modern languages , > His paffion for poetry , however , being pre- A His 16 THE LIFE OF this could be no more than a bare recommen- ...
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... poetry , however , being pre- dominant , he was eager to explore all the trea- fures of Parnaffus ; and between this and his twentieth year , he devoted himself entirely to the reading of the most confiderable poets and critics in the ...
... poetry , however , being pre- dominant , he was eager to explore all the trea- fures of Parnaffus ; and between this and his twentieth year , he devoted himself entirely to the reading of the most confiderable poets and critics in the ...
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... poetry , and the Belles Lettres * . But ftill , as he affures us , he read without any defign but that of pleasing himself . He profecuted fuch ftudies as accident threw in his way , or as the caprice of fancy inclined him to pursue ...
... poetry , and the Belles Lettres * . But ftill , as he affures us , he read without any defign but that of pleasing himself . He profecuted fuch ftudies as accident threw in his way , or as the caprice of fancy inclined him to pursue ...
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... it was merely from the amusement the ftory afforded me , now it fhould be with the view of learn- ing how to make myfelf and others better . " C 2 and I and laftly , he reduced his natural talent for poetry ALEXANDER POPE , ESQ . 19.
... it was merely from the amusement the ftory afforded me , now it fhould be with the view of learn- ing how to make myfelf and others better . " C 2 and I and laftly , he reduced his natural talent for poetry ALEXANDER POPE , ESQ . 19.
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