The Life of Alexander Pope: Including Extracts from His CorrespondenceBohn, 1857 - 490 pages |
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... Italian . He put forth his Memoir of Pope with high pretensions , dedicated it to the poet's noble friends , Bolingbroke , Bur- lington , Marchmont , and Bathurst , and professed to have received large and valuable assistance . He took ...
... Italian . He put forth his Memoir of Pope with high pretensions , dedicated it to the poet's noble friends , Bolingbroke , Bur- lington , Marchmont , and Bathurst , and professed to have received large and valuable assistance . He took ...
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... Italian in London . Voltaire said Pope knew nothing of French , but it is evident he could read it.22 With Italian literature he never evinced any acquaintance ; and after a few months ' stay in the metropolis , the impatient poet aban ...
... Italian in London . Voltaire said Pope knew nothing of French , but it is evident he could read it.22 With Italian literature he never evinced any acquaintance ; and after a few months ' stay in the metropolis , the impatient poet aban ...
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... Italy , and Prior had given forth some runnings of his sprightly vein , but there was a character of tameness and littleness in the poetical literature of the period ; and the Essay on Criticism was entitled to a high pre - eminence ...
... Italy , and Prior had given forth some runnings of his sprightly vein , but there was a character of tameness and littleness in the poetical literature of the period ; and the Essay on Criticism was entitled to a high pre - eminence ...
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... Italian myself . But this is my way : I agree with them for ten shillings per sheet , with a proviso , that I will have their doings cor- rected by whom I please ; so by one or other they are led at last to the true sense of an author ...
... Italian myself . But this is my way : I agree with them for ten shillings per sheet , with a proviso , that I will have their doings cor- rected by whom I please ; so by one or other they are led at last to the true sense of an author ...
Page 170
... Italian gardeners was gene- rally adopted ; and Pope was among the first to perceive and point out its defects . The rules of ornamental gardening he has expressed in one of his terse couplets : " He gains all ends , who pleasingly ...
... Italian gardeners was gene- rally adopted ; and Pope was among the first to perceive and point out its defects . The rules of ornamental gardening he has expressed in one of his terse couplets : " He gains all ends , who pleasingly ...
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