Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Alexander Pope (1745)Garland Pub., 1974 - Biography & Autobiography |
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Page 29
... Books , as great Heads ( we know ) Contain less as they make more Show . To his Bookfeller , who defir'd his Picture before his Book , he has these Lines : To show this Book my Writing , Act , and Deed , You'd have me to it put my Mark ...
... Books , as great Heads ( we know ) Contain less as they make more Show . To his Bookfeller , who defir'd his Picture before his Book , he has these Lines : To show this Book my Writing , Act , and Deed , You'd have me to it put my Mark ...
Page 51
... Book . Quanto rectius hic qui nil molitur ineptè ? How much more judiciously does Boileau appear in the Title - Page of his Lutrin ? In a fottish Emula- tion of which , this and feveral late fantaftick Poems . E 2 appear Book of ...
... Book . Quanto rectius hic qui nil molitur ineptè ? How much more judiciously does Boileau appear in the Title - Page of his Lutrin ? In a fottish Emula- tion of which , this and feveral late fantaftick Poems . E 2 appear Book of ...
Page 259
... Book as actu- ally enthron'd ; the first Book concludes thus : The Goddess then , o'er his anointed Head With Myftick Words , the facred Opium shed . And lo ! her Bird , a Monster of a Fowl ! Something betwixt a Heideggre and Owl ...
... Book as actu- ally enthron'd ; the first Book concludes thus : The Goddess then , o'er his anointed Head With Myftick Words , the facred Opium shed . And lo ! her Bird , a Monster of a Fowl ! Something betwixt a Heideggre and Owl ...
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