The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., Vol. 6 of 10 PDF Download

Author: William Lisle Bowles
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ISBN: 9781331619574
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 446

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Excerpt from The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., Vol. 6 of 10: In Verse and Prose Dr. Warton observes, "That the colloquial and burlesque style and measure of Swift, here adopted, did not suit the genius and manner of our Author, who frequently falls back, as was natural, from the familiar into his own more laboured, high, and pompous manner." The observation is so far just, that Pope certainly does not display, in his Imitations of Horace, the ease and familiarity of Swift; but this does not detract from their merit any farther than as professed Imitations of Swift. Neither, are the least like Horace. Dr. Warton's description of Horace's character, as a writer of Epistles and Satires (for it docs not at all apply to him in his Lyric capacity), is, from Cicero de Oratore, lib. i. appropriate and accurate: "Accedit lepos quidam, facetiaeque, et eruditio libero digna, celeritafque et brevitas refpondendi et laceffendi, fubtili venuftate et urbanitate conjuncta." 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."