The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume 5J. Balfour, 1764 |
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Page 71
... translation . Befides thofe places which may deviate from the fenfe of the author , it would be very kind in you to obferve any deficiencies in the diction or numbers . The Hiatus in particular I would avoid as much as poffible , to ...
... translation . Befides thofe places which may deviate from the fenfe of the author , it would be very kind in you to obferve any deficiencies in the diction or numbers . The Hiatus in particular I would avoid as much as poffible , to ...
Page 86
... profe to the Thebaid , which you claim by promife , as I do your Translation of Pars me Sulmo tenet and the Ring ; the reft I hope for as foon as you can conveniently transcribe them , and whatsoever orders you 86 LETTERS TO AND.
... profe to the Thebaid , which you claim by promife , as I do your Translation of Pars me Sulmo tenet and the Ring ; the reft I hope for as foon as you can conveniently transcribe them , and whatsoever orders you 86 LETTERS TO AND.
Page 89
... translations of yours from Ovid . Since when , I have not had a syllable from your hands ; so that ' tis to be fear'd that tho ' I have efcaped death , I have not oblivion . I should at least have expected you to have finished that ...
... translations of yours from Ovid . Since when , I have not had a syllable from your hands ; so that ' tis to be fear'd that tho ' I have efcaped death , I have not oblivion . I should at least have expected you to have finished that ...
Page 122
... translation to the inferior class , on whom the Mufes only glance now and then like our winter - fun , and then leave them in the dark . Think on the dignity of Tragedy , which is of the greater poetry , as Dennis fays , and foil him at ...
... translation to the inferior class , on whom the Mufes only glance now and then like our winter - fun , and then leave them in the dark . Think on the dignity of Tragedy , which is of the greater poetry , as Dennis fays , and foil him at ...
Page 195
... Translation of fome part of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales , the Prologue's , & c . printed in a Mifcellany with fome works of Mr Pope , in 2 Vol . 12mo by B. Lintot . reputable to the one , and beneficial to the other FROM SEVERAL PERSONS ...
... Translation of fome part of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales , the Prologue's , & c . printed in a Mifcellany with fome works of Mr Pope , in 2 Vol . 12mo by B. Lintot . reputable to the one , and beneficial to the other FROM SEVERAL PERSONS ...
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