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Page 356
... attention to Waller's poem on The Park ; but Pope cannot be denied to excel his masters in variety and elegance , and the art of interchanging description , narra- tive , and morality . The objection made by Dennis is the want of plan ...
... attention to Waller's poem on The Park ; but Pope cannot be denied to excel his masters in variety and elegance , and the art of interchanging description , narra- tive , and morality . The objection made by Dennis is the want of plan ...
Page 357
... attention by the illaudable singularity of treating suicide with respect ; and they must be allowed to be written in some parts with vigorous animation , and in others with gentle tenderness ; nor has Pope produced any poem in which the ...
... attention by the illaudable singularity of treating suicide with respect ; and they must be allowed to be written in some parts with vigorous animation , and in others with gentle tenderness ; nor has Pope produced any poem in which the ...
Page 392
... attention was upon every thing rather than his pocket , and his magazine of credentials was stolen from him . His first want was a pair of shoes . For the supply of all his necessities , his whole fund was his Winter , which for a time ...
... attention was upon every thing rather than his pocket , and his magazine of credentials was stolen from him . His first want was a pair of shoes . For the supply of all his necessities , his whole fund was his Winter , which for a time ...
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Milton | 15 |
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