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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Vol. 1
Excerpt from The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Vol. 1: With His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements
Downe, whose sole heiress married the Earl of Lind sey. His father, a man of primitive simplicity and integrity of manners, was a merchant of London, who, upon the revolution, quitted trade, and converted his efl'ects into money, mounting to near with which he retired into the country, and died in 1717, at the age of seventy-five.
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Downe, whose sole heiress married the Earl of Lind sey. His father, a man of primitive simplicity and integrity of manners, was a merchant of London, who, upon the revolution, quitted trade, and converted his efl'ects into money, mounting to near with which he retired into the country, and died in 1717, at the age of seventy-five.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
- GenresPoetry
202 pages, Paperback
First published May 29, 2010
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About the author
Alexander Pope
2,274 books693 followersPeople best remember
The Rape of the Lock
(1712) and
The Dunciad
(1728), satirical mock-epic poems of English writer Alexander Pope.
Ariel, a sylph, guards the heroine of The Rape of the Lock of Alexander Pope.
People generally regard Pope as the greatest of the 18th century and know his verse and his translation of Homer. After William Shakespeare and Alfred Tennyson, he ranks as third most frequently quoted in the language. Pope mastered the heroic couplet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexand...
Ariel, a sylph, guards the heroine of The Rape of the Lock of Alexander Pope.
People generally regard Pope as the greatest of the 18th century and know his verse and his translation of Homer. After William Shakespeare and Alfred Tennyson, he ranks as third most frequently quoted in the language. Pope mastered the heroic couplet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexand...
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August 11, 2017
I do like Pope, the 18th Century master of snark.
He gets four stars. What is of extreme interest in this edition is the introduction. It was written by a Doctor of Divinity who does little to commend the man, and has little to say about the poet. The Dr. Has his own version of snark.
He gets four stars. What is of extreme interest in this edition is the introduction. It was written by a Doctor of Divinity who does little to commend the man, and has little to say about the poet. The Dr. Has his own version of snark.
February 20, 2017
Historically Worthwhile
Good intro to Pope's work, useful notes, not bad for a free ebook read on a Kindle. Although I find his sexism off-putting, his excuse is that he's a product of his time, and context matters.
Good intro to Pope's work, useful notes, not bad for a free ebook read on a Kindle. Although I find his sexism off-putting, his excuse is that he's a product of his time, and context matters.
October 13, 2015
I avoided Alexander Pope for all of the time I spent getting my degree. I just took good class notes and faked it. Then, someone told me "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" was their favorite movie. I had never seen it, so I looked it up. To my surprise, the title came from a line in an Alexander Pope poem. He wrote about a tragic true love story from the 12th century.
So, I decided to look up the line, because what a marvelous line! And I fell in love with this volume of Pope, anyway. If I were having a torrid love affair, I would find a romantic spot and read aloud from this volume to the object of my desires. Lol. Somethings can just inspire you!
So, I decided to look up the line, because what a marvelous line! And I fell in love with this volume of Pope, anyway. If I were having a torrid love affair, I would find a romantic spot and read aloud from this volume to the object of my desires. Lol. Somethings can just inspire you!
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