The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeG. Routledge and sons, 1870 - 485 Seiten |
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... biassed by recommendation , dazzled with the names of great patrons , wheedled with fine reasons and pretences , or troubled with excuses . I confess it was want of consideration that made me an author THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE . 3.
... biassed by recommendation , dazzled with the names of great patrons , wheedled with fine reasons and pretences , or troubled with excuses . I confess it was want of consideration that made me an author THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE . 3.
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... reason to think they can have no reputation which will continue long , or which de- serves to do so ; for they have always fallen short , not only of what I read of others , but even of my own ideas of poetry . If any one should imagine ...
... reason to think they can have no reputation which will continue long , or which de- serves to do so ; for they have always fallen short , not only of what I read of others , but even of my own ideas of poetry . If any one should imagine ...
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... reason these pieces are not more correct , is owing to the consideration how short a time they , and I , have to live : one may be ashamed to consume half one's days in bringing sense and rhyme together : and what critic can be so ...
... reason these pieces are not more correct , is owing to the consideration how short a time they , and I , have to live : one may be ashamed to consume half one's days in bringing sense and rhyme together : and what critic can be so ...
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... reason his expression is sometimes not concise enough ; for the Tetrastic has obliged him to extend his sense to the length of four lines , which would have been more closely cou- fined in the couplet . In the manners , thoughts , and ...
... reason his expression is sometimes not concise enough ; for the Tetrastic has obliged him to extend his sense to the length of four lines , which would have been more closely cou- fined in the couplet . In the manners , thoughts , and ...
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... reason is evident , because the year has not that variety in it to furnish every month with a particular description , as it may every season . Of the following eclogues I shall only say that these four comprehend all the subjects which ...
... reason is evident , because the year has not that variety in it to furnish every month with a particular description , as it may every season . Of the following eclogues I shall only say that these four comprehend all the subjects which ...
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