The Life of Alexander Pope: Including Extracts from His CorrespondenceBohn, 1857 - 490 pages |
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... mind ; And me the Muses help'd to undergo it , Convict a Papist he , and I a poet . " Imit . of Horace , Ep . ii . b . ii . The laws against the Roman Catholics , in spite of the efforts of " mighty William , " were marked by a Draco ...
... mind ; And me the Muses help'd to undergo it , Convict a Papist he , and I a poet . " Imit . of Horace , Ep . ii . b . ii . The laws against the Roman Catholics , in spite of the efforts of " mighty William , " were marked by a Draco ...
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... its ruthless and Gothic destruction , has a fame almost as universal as his dramas . The enthusiasm of poetical admira- tion seeks for such tangible objects as seeming to give us an с earthly hold on immortal minds , and invests them with.
... its ruthless and Gothic destruction , has a fame almost as universal as his dramas . The enthusiasm of poetical admira- tion seeks for such tangible objects as seeming to give us an с earthly hold on immortal minds , and invests them with.
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Including Extracts from His Correspondence Robert Carruthers. earthly hold on immortal minds , and invests them with the interest of holy relics . Part of the forest of Windsor now bears the name of Pope's Wood , and among those tall ...
Including Extracts from His Correspondence Robert Carruthers. earthly hold on immortal minds , and invests them with the interest of holy relics . Part of the forest of Windsor now bears the name of Pope's Wood , and among those tall ...
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... mind , and a ten- dency , it must be confessed , to dwell on indelicate and dis- agreeable images , all are visible in these juvenile poems . Waller , Spenser , and Dryden were Pope's favourite poets , and when a boy , he said , he ...
... mind , and a ten- dency , it must be confessed , to dwell on indelicate and dis- agreeable images , all are visible in these juvenile poems . Waller , Spenser , and Dryden were Pope's favourite poets , and when a boy , he said , he ...
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... mind that none of Pope's 20 Atterbury , for example , did not advise the burning of the epic poem . In a letter to Pope , Feb. 18 , 1717 , he says , " I am not sorry your Alcander is burnt ; had I known your intentions I would have ...
... mind that none of Pope's 20 Atterbury , for example , did not advise the burning of the epic poem . In a letter to Pope , Feb. 18 , 1717 , he says , " I am not sorry your Alcander is burnt ; had I known your intentions I would have ...
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