A Final Appeal to the Literary Public, Relative to Pope: In Reply to Certain Observations of Mr. Roscoe, in His Edition of that Poet's Works. To which are Added, Some Remarks on Lord Byron's Conversations, as Far as They Relate to the Same Subject and the Author. In Letters to a Literary FriendHurst, Robinson, and Company, 1825 - 190 páginas |
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... most reluctant to engage in any part of the subject again ; but the circumstances con- nected with the publication of Pope's Letters have never yet been examined with the attention which they deserve ; and those circumstances constitute an.
... most reluctant to engage in any part of the subject again ; but the circumstances con- nected with the publication of Pope's Letters have never yet been examined with the attention which they deserve ; and those circumstances constitute an.
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... never met with any substantial arguments , ( though I have had plenty of abuse , ) that might induce me to do so ; and his own argument , I fear , will be found as ineffectual as any others which I have yet met with . As I hope and ...
... never met with any substantial arguments , ( though I have had plenty of abuse , ) that might induce me to do so ; and his own argument , I fear , will be found as ineffectual as any others which I have yet met with . As I hope and ...
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... never did ! ) and which this naif new editor , who smells treason in every thing of mine to the king of his idolatry , applies to Pope !! But it becomes us to hold up our hands , and plead under such weighty charges . And first of ...
... never did ! ) and which this naif new editor , who smells treason in every thing of mine to the king of his idolatry , applies to Pope !! But it becomes us to hold up our hands , and plead under such weighty charges . And first of ...
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... never , in my opinion , be vindi- cated . Besides the very objectionable passage quoted in your letter , there are several others in the same correspondence that might be pointed out , which are equally indecorous , or even more so ...
... never , in my opinion , be vindi- cated . Besides the very objectionable passage quoted in your letter , there are several others in the same correspondence that might be pointed out , which are equally indecorous , or even more so ...
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... never ap- peared in print ! or that , like Lord Byron's Life of himself , they had met with some kind friend to consign them to the flames . Without farther preamble , therefore , I shall now proceed with my extracts from Mr. Roscoe . P ...
... never ap- peared in print ! or that , like Lord Byron's Life of himself , they had met with some kind friend to consign them to the flames . Without farther preamble , therefore , I shall now proceed with my extracts from Mr. Roscoe . P ...
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66 Pope admitted advertisement ÆNEID alluded answer appears assert Atossa believe booksellers Bowles's edition Bremhill Cæsar charge circumstance contend copies corrected correspondence Cowper criticism Curll Dallaway's edition DEAR SIR defence Dibdin Duchess of Marlborough Dunciad edition of 1735 edition of Pope Edmund Curll Eloisa to Abelard Epistle of Eloisa examined excellence extracts fact feel friends Frogs genius Georgics heart higher order highest Homer honourable Horace Iliad imputed Jane Shore Lady Mary last editor Let the reader Lord Byron ludicrous Martha Blount moral narrative nature never object Odyssey omitted opinion opponents order of poetry original letters passages PASSIONS poem poetical character Pope's Letters printed proposition prove published quoted racter rank Rape respect Roscoe says Roscoe's arguments sacred mysteries satirical sent sentiments Shakespeare shew speaks spurious edition sublime suppressed surreptitious edition thing thought tion transcribed truth W. L. BOWLES Warton words write
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Página 68 - ART," and that they are therefore, per se, more poetical. ' In like manner those PASSIONS of the human heart, which belong to Nature in general, are, per se, more adapted to the HIGHER SPECIES of Poetry, than those which are derived from incidental and transient MANNERS.
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