The Poetical Works: Of Alexander Pope, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements. From the Text of Dr. Warburton. With the Life of the Author. Cooke's Pocket Edition. ... Embellished with Superb Engravings, Том 1 |
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He owed the knowledge of his letters to an aunt ; and having learned very early
to read , took great delight in it , and taught himfelf to write by copying after
printed books , the characters of which he would imitate to great perfection . He
began ...
He owed the knowledge of his letters to an aunt ; and having learned very early
to read , took great delight in it , and taught himfelf to write by copying after
printed books , the characters of which he would imitate to great perfection . He
began ...
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Upon his retreat to the Forest he became first acquainted with the writings of
Waller , Spencer , and Dryden ; in the last of which he immediately found what he
wanted , and the poems of that excel . lent writer were never out of his hands ;
they ...
Upon his retreat to the Forest he became first acquainted with the writings of
Waller , Spencer , and Dryden ; in the last of which he immediately found what he
wanted , and the poems of that excel . lent writer were never out of his hands ;
they ...
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This cold indifference extorted from Mr. Pope a protestation , that nothing Mhould
induce him ever to write to him again . Notwithstanding this peevish behaviour of
Mr. Wycherley , occalioned by jealousy and infirmities , Mr. Pope preserved a ...
This cold indifference extorted from Mr. Pope a protestation , that nothing Mhould
induce him ever to write to him again . Notwithstanding this peevish behaviour of
Mr. Wycherley , occalioned by jealousy and infirmities , Mr. Pope preserved a ...
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The observations follow one another , like " those in Horace's Art of Poetry ,
without that me“ thodical regularity which would have been requisite “ in a prose
writer . They are some of them uncom« mon , but such as the reader must assent
to ...
The observations follow one another , like " those in Horace's Art of Poetry ,
without that me“ thodical regularity which would have been requisite “ in a prose
writer . They are some of them uncom« mon , but such as the reader must assent
to ...
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But were there one whose fires True genius kindles , and fair fame inspires , Bleit
with cach talent and each art to please , And born to write , converse , and live
with ease ; Should such a man , too fond to rule alone , Bear , like the iurk , no
rival ...
But were there one whose fires True genius kindles , and fair fame inspires , Bleit
with cach talent and each art to please , And born to write , converse , and live
with ease ; Should such a man , too fond to rule alone , Bear , like the iurk , no
rival ...
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