The Lives of the English PoetsJones and Company, 1848 - 365 pagina's |
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Pagina 6
... Pope , as being " that which has been often thought , but was never before so well expressed , " they certainly never ... Pope's account of wit is undoubtedly erroneous : he depresses it below its natural dignity , and re- duces it from ...
... Pope , as being " that which has been often thought , but was never before so well expressed , " they certainly never ... Pope's account of wit is undoubtedly erroneous : he depresses it below its natural dignity , and re- duces it from ...
Pagina 13
... Pope , has admitted the decoration of some modern graces , by which he is undoubtedly more amiable to common readers , and perhaps , if they would honestly declare their own perceptions , to far the greater part of those whom courtesy ...
... Pope , has admitted the decoration of some modern graces , by which he is undoubtedly more amiable to common readers , and perhaps , if they would honestly declare their own perceptions , to far the greater part of those whom courtesy ...
Pagina 23
... Pope * Tafter whose names little will que gained by an enumeration of smaller poets , that have left scarcely a corner of the island not dig + nified either by rhyme or blank verse . II " Cooper's Hill , " if it be maliciously inspec ...
... Pope * Tafter whose names little will que gained by an enumeration of smaller poets , that have left scarcely a corner of the island not dig + nified either by rhyme or blank verse . II " Cooper's Hill , " if it be maliciously inspec ...
Pagina 41
... Pope's bulls ; it is particular universal , or ca- tholic schismatic . " He has , however , something better . As the best preservative against popery , he recommends the diligent perusal of the Scriptures , a duty , In the last year of ...
... Pope's bulls ; it is particular universal , or ca- tholic schismatic . " He has , however , something better . As the best preservative against popery , he recommends the diligent perusal of the Scriptures , a duty , In the last year of ...
Pagina 66
... Pope , who lived near enough to be well inform- ed , relates in Spence's " Memorials , " that he died of a fever caught by violent pursuit of a thief that had robbed one of his friends . But that indigence , and its concomitants ...
... Pope , who lived near enough to be well inform- ed , relates in Spence's " Memorials , " that he died of a fever caught by violent pursuit of a thief that had robbed one of his friends . But that indigence , and its concomitants ...
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