The Works of Alexander Pope: Esq. 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 6J. Rivington, 1824 |
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... speak good English , to dress his admirable characters in your proper , significant , and expressive conceptions , and to make his works as useful and instructive to this degenerate age , as he was to our friend Horace , when he read ...
... speak good English , to dress his admirable characters in your proper , significant , and expressive conceptions , and to make his works as useful and instructive to this degenerate age , as he was to our friend Horace , when he read ...
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... speak too much to the present . This is a truth that all men own , who have either seen your writings , or heard your discourse ; enough to make others shew their judgment , in ceasing to write or talk , especially to you , or in your ...
... speak too much to the present . This is a truth that all men own , who have either seen your writings , or heard your discourse ; enough to make others shew their judgment , in ceasing to write or talk , especially to you , or in your ...
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... speak well of any body ( not even of those they think well of ) in their absence , yet will give you even in your absence their good word ; and the critics only hate you , for being forced to speak well of you whether they will or no ...
... speak well of any body ( not even of those they think well of ) in their absence , yet will give you even in your absence their good word ; and the critics only hate you , for being forced to speak well of you whether they will or no ...
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... speaking of English verse , says : " There is naturally a pause at the fourth , fifth , or sixth syllable . It is upon these the ear rests , and upon the judicious change and management of which depends the variety of versifica- tion ...
... speaking of English verse , says : " There is naturally a pause at the fourth , fifth , or sixth syllable . It is upon these the ear rests , and upon the judicious change and management of which depends the variety of versifica- tion ...
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... speaking of . * It often happens , that guilty poets , like other guilty criminals , when once they are known and pro- claimed , deliver themselves into the hands of justice , only to prevent others from doing it more to their ...
... speaking of . * It often happens , that guilty poets , like other guilty criminals , when once they are known and pro- claimed , deliver themselves into the hands of justice , only to prevent others from doing it more to their ...
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