An Essay on Man; Moral Essays and Satires

AN ESSAY ON MAN. MORAL ESSAYS AND SATIRES

BY ALEXANDER POPE.

CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED: _LONDON_, _PARIS & MELBOURNE_. 1891.

INTRODUCTION.

Pope's life as a writer falls into three periods, answering fairly enough to the three reigns in which he worked. Under Queen Anne he was an original poet, but made little money by his verses; under George I. he was ...