Life of PopeMacmillan and Company, 1910 - 200 pages |
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Page ix
... written . The Rape of the Lock , written at the ix request of Mr. Caryl to conciliate an offended lady . SUMMARY OF JOHNSON'S LIFE OF POPE,
... written . The Rape of the Lock , written at the ix request of Mr. Caryl to conciliate an offended lady . SUMMARY OF JOHNSON'S LIFE OF POPE,
Page x
... written two years . Eloisa to Abelard excels all other similar compositions . Windsor Forest is said to have offended Addison , but evidently but little as Pope wrote a Prologue to Addison's Cato , and a reply to Dennis's remarks on ...
... written two years . Eloisa to Abelard excels all other similar compositions . Windsor Forest is said to have offended Addison , but evidently but little as Pope wrote a Prologue to Addison's Cato , and a reply to Dennis's remarks on ...
Page 4
... written before he was twelve , in which there is nothing more than other forward boys have attained , and which is not equal to Cowley's performances at the same age . His time was now spent wholly in reading and writing . As he read ...
... written before he was twelve , in which there is nothing more than other forward boys have attained , and which is not equal to Cowley's performances at the same age . His time was now spent wholly in reading and writing . As he read ...
Page 6
... writing to himself , and they 20 agreed for a while to flatter one another . It is pleasant to remark how soon Pope learned the cant of an author , and began to treat critics with contempt , though he had yet suffered nothing from them ...
... writing to himself , and they 20 agreed for a while to flatter one another . It is pleasant to remark how soon Pope learned the cant of an author , and began to treat critics with contempt , though he had yet suffered nothing from them ...
Page 8
... written the Essay on Criticism ; a work which displays such extent of comprehension , such nicety of distinction , such acquaintance with mankind , and such knowledge both of ancient and modern learning , as are not often attained by ...
... written the Essay on Criticism ; a work which displays such extent of comprehension , such nicety of distinction , such acquaintance with mankind , and such knowledge both of ancient and modern learning , as are not often attained by ...
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