An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... I lately received from one of his intimate friends . “ I wrote things , faid POPE , I am ashamed to * Pag . 78 . fay fay how foon ; part of my epic poem AL- AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 29 WE are now advanced, through many ...
... I lately received from one of his intimate friends . “ I wrote things , faid POPE , I am ashamed to * Pag . 78 . fay fay how foon ; part of my epic poem AL- AND WRITINGS OF POPE . 29 WE are now advanced, through many ...
Page 38
... faid to Mr. Spence , " I had once a defign of giving a taste of all the Greek poets ; I would have tranflated a hymn of Homer , an ode of Pindar , an idyllium of Theocritus , & c . fo that I would have exhibited a general view of their ...
... faid to Mr. Spence , " I had once a defign of giving a taste of all the Greek poets ; I would have tranflated a hymn of Homer , an ode of Pindar , an idyllium of Theocritus , & c . fo that I would have exhibited a general view of their ...
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... faid POPE , fhould be written by a plan . This method is evident in Tibullus , and Ovid's elegies , and almost all the pieces of the ancients . A poem on a flight subject requires the greater care to make it con- fiderable enough to be ...
... faid POPE , fhould be written by a plan . This method is evident in Tibullus , and Ovid's elegies , and almost all the pieces of the ancients . A poem on a flight subject requires the greater care to make it con- fiderable enough to be ...
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... faid to resemble Phaeton fo much , That heav'n the threat'ned world to fpare , Thought fit to drown him in her tears : Elfe might th ' ambitious nymph aspire , To fet , like him , the world on fire . His Let not this ftrained ...
... faid to resemble Phaeton fo much , That heav'n the threat'ned world to fpare , Thought fit to drown him in her tears : Elfe might th ' ambitious nymph aspire , To fet , like him , the world on fire . His Let not this ftrained ...
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... faid , he was fometimes fo far provoked , as even to be betrayed into an oath . His income was about three hun- dred pounds a year . Towards the latter part of his life , he fhewed an averfion to the company of women , and would often ...
... faid , he was fometimes fo far provoked , as even to be betrayed into an oath . His income was about three hun- dred pounds a year . Towards the latter part of his life , he fhewed an averfion to the company of women , and would often ...
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