The Life of Alexander Pope: Including Extracts from His CorrespondenceBohn, 1857 - 490 pages |
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... imitations of the English poets go back to nearly the same period , and all evince great skill and command of versification . In this branch of his art , Pope unquestionably surpassed Milton , Cowley , or Chatterton , whose early ...
... imitations of the English poets go back to nearly the same period , and all evince great skill and command of versification . In this branch of his art , Pope unquestionably surpassed Milton , Cowley , or Chatterton , whose early ...
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... imitations of this or that story ? " Just that . " Mr. Pope wrote verses imitative of sounds so early as in this epic poem . " Shields , helms , and swords all jangle as they hang , And sound formidinous with angry clang . ' " There ...
... imitations of this or that story ? " Just that . " Mr. Pope wrote verses imitative of sounds so early as in this epic poem . " Shields , helms , and swords all jangle as they hang , And sound formidinous with angry clang . ' " There ...
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... imitating was not out of vanity but humility . I saw how defective my own things were , and endeavoured to mend my manner by copy- ing good strokes from others . My epic was about two years in hand , from thirteen to fifteen . " These ...
... imitating was not out of vanity but humility . I saw how defective my own things were , and endeavoured to mend my manner by copy- ing good strokes from others . My epic was about two years in hand , from thirteen to fifteen . " These ...
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... imitate . " ** The versification was his chief object , and he elaborated it with such attention to the sweet- ness he prized in Virgil and Waller , and with such exactness and nicety in the construction of his lines , that even in ...
... imitate . " ** The versification was his chief object , and he elaborated it with such attention to the sweet- ness he prized in Virgil and Waller , and with such exactness and nicety in the construction of his lines , that even in ...
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... imitation of the printed characters in books may be considered an indication of this predilection ; and he after- wards proceeded to sketches in India ink , some of which still remain . His father ( as we are told by Davies in his Life ...
... imitation of the printed characters in books may be considered an indication of this predilection ; and he after- wards proceeded to sketches in India ink , some of which still remain . His father ( as we are told by Davies in his Life ...
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