Lives of the English Poets: In Two VolumesJ. M. Dent, 1964 - 4 pagina's |
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Pagina 247
... character drawn from the life ; an assertion which Pope probably did not expect , nor wish to have been believed , and which he soon gave his readers sufficient reason to distrust , by telling them in a note that the work was imperfect ...
... character drawn from the life ; an assertion which Pope probably did not expect , nor wish to have been believed , and which he soon gave his readers sufficient reason to distrust , by telling them in a note that the work was imperfect ...
Pagina 286
... character of Atossa is not so neatly finished as that of Clodio ; and some of the female characters may be found perhaps more frequently among men ; what is said of Philomede was true of Prior . In the Epistles to Lord Bathurst and Lord ...
... character of Atossa is not so neatly finished as that of Clodio ; and some of the female characters may be found perhaps more frequently among men ; what is said of Philomede was true of Prior . In the Epistles to Lord Bathurst and Lord ...
Pagina 401
... character without some speck , some imperfection ; and I think the greatest defect in his was an affectation in delicacy , or rather effeminacy , and a visible fastidiousness , or contempt and disdain of his inferiors in science . He ...
... character without some speck , some imperfection ; and I think the greatest defect in his was an affectation in delicacy , or rather effeminacy , and a visible fastidiousness , or contempt and disdain of his inferiors in science . He ...
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