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,C. and J. Rivington; T. Cadell; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green; J. Cuthell; J. Nunn; ... [and 25 others in London]; and Deighton and Sons, Cambridge; and A. Black, and J. Fairbairn, Edinburgh., 1824 - English literature |
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... present Times , Ver . 239. Decency of Expression recommended , Ver . 255. The different Methods in which Folly and Vice ought to be chastised , Ver . 269. The Va- riety of Style and Manner which these two Subjects require , Ver . 277 ...
... present Times , Ver . 239. Decency of Expression recommended , Ver . 255. The different Methods in which Folly and Vice ought to be chastised , Ver . 269. The Va- riety of Style and Manner which these two Subjects require , Ver . 277 ...
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... present age ; With wisdom's lustre , folly's shade contrast , And judge the reigning manners by the past ; Bid Britain's heroes ( awful shades ! ) arise , And ancient honour beam on modern vice ; Point back to minds ingenuous , actions ...
... present age ; With wisdom's lustre , folly's shade contrast , And judge the reigning manners by the past ; Bid Britain's heroes ( awful shades ! ) arise , And ancient honour beam on modern vice ; Point back to minds ingenuous , actions ...
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... present volume , and particularly in the Prologue and Epilogue to the Satires , he has engaged in a more hazardous undertaking , and has spoken of himself ; a task of pe- culiar difficulty ; and which has seldom been attempted without ...
... present volume , and particularly in the Prologue and Epilogue to the Satires , he has engaged in a more hazardous undertaking , and has spoken of himself ; a task of pe- culiar difficulty ; and which has seldom been attempted without ...
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... present age ; but where my text Is vice too high , reserve it for the next . ' In the characters of Ariosto and Pope , it is impossible not to observe a striking similarity . Both poets ; both devoted to their art ; both avoiding a ...
... present age ; but where my text Is vice too high , reserve it for the next . ' In the characters of Ariosto and Pope , it is impossible not to observe a striking similarity . Both poets ; both devoted to their art ; both avoiding a ...
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... present day the Italian poet is chiefly known by his never - tired and ne- ver - tiring poetical romance of Orlando ; but this may be considered as his public and assumed character . If we wish to know him as he was in real life , we ...
... present day the Italian poet is chiefly known by his never - tired and ne- ver - tiring poetical romance of Orlando ; but this may be considered as his public and assumed character . If we wish to know him as he was in real life , we ...
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