...of feeling and life must depart, ere the bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart." Moore. — „He endeavoured to direct his niece till she should be able to direct herself." Johnson. — .1 asked leave till the wind should become favorable." Smollet. — .My father permitted...

...on Criticism' was soon followed by the Rape of the Lock, which is, in the jndgment of Dr. Johnson, ' the most airy, the most ingenious, and the most delightful, of all Pope's compositions.' The circumstance which elicited the poem was the following : — Lord Petre,...

...uncle's power could not have lasted long, — the hour of liberty and choice would have come in time .... Poetry has not often been worse employed than in dignifying the amorous fury of a raving girl !"* These sentiments appear to us to be coincident with those expressed by the doctor in one of his...

...nymphs, and salamanders. Johnson, transported into unwonted warmth of admiration, terms this work " the most airy, the most ingenious, and the most delightful of all Pope's compositions ;" and the poet himself considered the introduction of the machinery as the greatest...

...delivered to posterity as "a false guardian :" he seems to have done only that for which a guardian is appointed.; he endeavoured to direct his niece...delightful of all his compositions ; occasioned by a frolic of gallantry, rather too familiar, in which Lord Petre cut oif a lock of Mrs. Arabella Fermor's...

...delivered to posterity as " a false Guardian ;" 3i he seems to have done only that for which a guardian is appointed ; he endeavoured to direct his niece...employed than in dignifying- the amorous fury of a raving girl.33 3i The epithet false is not in Ayre or in Ruffhead. Ayre calls him snere, Euffhead calls him...

...his own jndgment, and sparing no art, carried, out the idea, and produced what Dr. Johnson deemed " the most airy, the most ingenious, and the most delightful of all his compositions." It should, however, be observed, that he was probably indebted to the " Lutrin" of Boileau for the...

...posterity as " a false guardian ; " he seems to have done only that for which a guardian is appointed ; hs endeavoured to direct his niece till she should be...than in dignifying the amorous fury of a raving girl. rupted. Mr. Caryl, a gentleman who, being secretary to king James's queen, had followed his mistress...

...by stabbing herself with a sword. His next production was The Rape of the Lock, which is considered the most airy, the most ingenious, and the most delightful of all his compositions. The origin of it is too well known to need repetition here ; but it is doubtful, as generally asserted,...

...on Criticism' was soon followed by the Rape of the Lock which is, in the judgment of Dr. Johnson, ' the most airy, the most ingenious, and the most delightful, of all Pope's compositions.' The circumstance which elicited the poem was the following : — Lord Petre,...