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... Pope stretched his sails . To be sure , the artificiality of Pope's verse suggests not so much a winged boat as a swift , sharp - prowed launch , with the " put , put " of its exhaust corresponding to the incisive regularity of the ...
... Pope stretched his sails . To be sure , the artificiality of Pope's verse suggests not so much a winged boat as a swift , sharp - prowed launch , with the " put , put " of its exhaust corresponding to the incisive regularity of the ...
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... Pope did , and perhaps no one else has ever employed so many in the heroic couplet . Furthermore , Pope's borrowings are not crowded into a to Milton ( History of the Works of the Learned , 1739 , ii . 107-8 ) . In the course of the ...
... Pope did , and perhaps no one else has ever employed so many in the heroic couplet . Furthermore , Pope's borrowings are not crowded into a to Milton ( History of the Works of the Learned , 1739 , ii . 107-8 ) . In the course of the ...
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... Pope began to admire Milton . Nor can much stress be laid upon Atterbury's plan ( to which his imprisonment put an end ) of having Pope adapt Samson Agonistes for the stage.2 There is , however , another of Pope's un- finished projects ...
... Pope began to admire Milton . Nor can much stress be laid upon Atterbury's plan ( to which his imprisonment put an end ) of having Pope adapt Samson Agonistes for the stage.2 There is , however , another of Pope's un- finished projects ...
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THE CHARACTERISTICS OF PARADISE LOST AND THEIR | 75 |
THOMSON | 123 |
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