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 6C. a J. Rivington, 1824 |
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Page 54
... lives on syllables , NOTES . 165 rity , joined to the knowledge of my own imperfectness in the lan- guage , over - ruled me . " These are the very words which I tran- scribed at the time . Warton . Ver . 163. these ribalds , ] How ...
... lives on syllables , NOTES . 165 rity , joined to the knowledge of my own imperfectness in the lan- guage , over - ruled me . " These are the very words which I tran- scribed at the time . Warton . Ver . 163. these ribalds , ] How ...
Page 59
... lives on theft , Steals much , spends little , yet has nothing left : And he , who now to sense , now nonsense leaning , Means not , but blunders round about a meaning : And he , whose fustian's so sublimely bad , It is not poetry , but ...
... lives on theft , Steals much , spends little , yet has nothing left : And he , who now to sense , now nonsense leaning , Means not , but blunders round about a meaning : And he , whose fustian's so sublimely bad , It is not poetry , but ...
Page 61
... live with ease : : NOTES . licacy and then it was he encouraged Philips and others ( see his Letters ) in their clamours against him as a Tory and Jacobite , who had assisted in writing the Examiners ; and , under an affected care for ...
... live with ease : : NOTES . licacy and then it was he encouraged Philips and others ( see his Letters ) in their clamours against him as a Tory and Jacobite , who had assisted in writing the Examiners ; and , under an affected care for ...
Page 68
... Lives there is a note , which , though not so designed , contributes to elucidate this point . It relates to another story , Addison's arresting Steele : the words are by the Editor of Johnson's works , viz . " The late Dr. Stin- ton ...
... Lives there is a note , which , though not so designed , contributes to elucidate this point . It relates to another story , Addison's arresting Steele : the words are by the Editor of Johnson's works , viz . " The late Dr. Stin- ton ...
Page 74
... live my own , and die so too , ( To live and die is all I have to do :) NOTES . " Fain would I think our female friend sincere , Till Bob , the poet's foe , possess'd her ear , " & c . In another place , Swift asserts that it was ...
... live my own , and die so too , ( To live and die is all I have to do :) NOTES . " Fain would I think our female friend sincere , Till Bob , the poet's foe , possess'd her ear , " & c . In another place , Swift asserts that it was ...
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