The Life of Alexander Pope: Including Extracts from His CorrespondenceBohn, 1857 - 490 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 62
Page 5
... children , was Miss or Mrs. ( as it was then the custom to style unmarried ladies ) Mary Lepell , daughter of Brigadier - General Nicholas Lepell , married to Lord Hervey in 1720 . repute in Ireland , and related to the Lord Downe.
... children , was Miss or Mrs. ( as it was then the custom to style unmarried ladies ) Mary Lepell , daughter of Brigadier - General Nicholas Lepell , married to Lord Hervey in 1720 . repute in Ireland , and related to the Lord Downe.
Page 14
... styles himself " gentleman . " Hearne , the antiquary , who had a grudge at the poet for the sarcastic notice of him in the Dunciad , has the following curious entry in his diary : " 1729 , July 18 , Mr. Alexander Pope , the poet's ...
... styles himself " gentleman . " Hearne , the antiquary , who had a grudge at the poet for the sarcastic notice of him in the Dunciad , has the following curious entry in his diary : " 1729 , July 18 , Mr. Alexander Pope , the poet's ...
Page 16
... styles Mrs. Rackett his sister - in - law . In some legal proceedings before the Prerogative Court , arising out of the administration of Pope's will , Mrs. Rackett is described as the sister and next of kin of the deceased , and such ...
... styles Mrs. Rackett his sister - in - law . In some legal proceedings before the Prerogative Court , arising out of the administration of Pope's will , Mrs. Rackett is described as the sister and next of kin of the deceased , and such ...
Page 25
... style in one part , and Cowley's in another ; here the style of Spenser imitated , and there of Statius ; here Homer and Virgil , and there Ovid and Claudian . " It was an imitative poem , then , as your other exercises were imitations ...
... style in one part , and Cowley's in another ; here the style of Spenser imitated , and there of Statius ; here Homer and Virgil , and there Ovid and Claudian . " It was an imitative poem , then , as your other exercises were imitations ...
Page 41
... style of Pope : " What is the end of Fame ? " Tis but to fill A certain portion of uncertain paper ; Some liken it to climbing up a hill , Whose summit , like all hills , is lost in vapour ; For this men write , speak , preach , and ...
... style of Pope : " What is the end of Fame ? " Tis but to fill A certain portion of uncertain paper ; Some liken it to climbing up a hill , Whose summit , like all hills , is lost in vapour ; For this men write , speak , preach , and ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acquaintance Addison addressed afterwards Alexander Pope appears Arbuthnot Atterbury beauty Binfield Bolingbroke Caryll character Cibber Cleland copy correspondence Court Cowper critic Cromwell Curll dear death Dennis died Duchess Duke Dunciad Earl edition Edmund Curll Edward Blount England English Epistle Essay Essay on Criticism father favour friendship garden grotto Grub-street Journal hand History Homer honour Horace Iliad imitation James Moore Smythe Jervas John Searle Lady Mary letter Lintot literary lived London Lord Bathurst Lord Bolingbroke Lord Hervey Lord Peterborough Mapledurham Marchmont Martha Blount Memoir Miscellanies Miss Blount never Notes original Oxford person pieces poem poet poet's poetical poetry Pope's Portrait printed Prose published Rackett Roscoe satire says sister Spence Steele style Swift taste Teresa thought tion Trans translation Twickenham verses vols volume Walpole Warburton write written wrote Wycherley young