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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... PIECES The Fourth Epistle of the First Book of Horace The Translator The Looking Glass • A Farewell to London , 1715 Prologue designed for Mr. D'Urfey's last play Prologue to the Three Hours after Marriage Sandys ' Ghost Umbra Page ...
... PIECES The Fourth Epistle of the First Book of Horace The Translator The Looking Glass • A Farewell to London , 1715 Prologue designed for Mr. D'Urfey's last play Prologue to the Three Hours after Marriage Sandys ' Ghost Umbra Page ...
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... pieces of his are enumerated in the Biogra- phia Britannica , where a further account of the circumstances of his life ... piece does great credit ; and in the situation where it is now placed , it may serve as no unsuitable introduction ...
... pieces of his are enumerated in the Biogra- phia Britannica , where a further account of the circumstances of his life ... piece does great credit ; and in the situation where it is now placed , it may serve as no unsuitable introduction ...
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... piece was published in the year 1734 , in the form of an Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot . It is now given as a Dialogue , in which a very small share , indeed , is allotted to his friend . Ar- buthnot was a man of consummate probity ...
... piece was published in the year 1734 , in the form of an Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot . It is now given as a Dialogue , in which a very small share , indeed , is allotted to his friend . Ar- buthnot was a man of consummate probity ...
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... piece nine years . " ' Nine years ! " cries he , who high in Drury - lane , Lull'd by soft zephyrs through the broken pane , Rhymes ere he wakes , and prints before Term ends , Obliged by hunger and request of friends : " The piece ...
... piece nine years . " ' Nine years ! " cries he , who high in Drury - lane , Lull'd by soft zephyrs through the broken pane , Rhymes ere he wakes , and prints before Term ends , Obliged by hunger and request of friends : " The piece ...
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... pieces : persons with whom he was con- versant ( and he adds beloved ) at 16 or 17 years of age ; an early period for such acquaintance . The catalogue might be made yet more illustrious , had he not confined it to that time when he ...
... pieces : persons with whom he was con- versant ( and he adds beloved ) at 16 or 17 years of age ; an early period for such acquaintance . The catalogue might be made yet more illustrious , had he not confined it to that time when he ...
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