“Mr and Mrs B,- are prepared to receive you as the Man of Ross.”
Inferred are prepared to receive you as the Man of Ross" alludes to Pope's Epistle to Bathurst, which memorializes John Kyrle (1637–1724) as a model of generous charity.
Author
Alexander Pope(1688–1744)
Alexander Pope is documented in Fuller’s letters, books, published essays, and manuscripts (1830–1846). 5 distinct works are named, most often in Letter to James F. Clarke, and the most intensive engagement recorded is “analyzed”.
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- Documented
- 1830–1846
Additional passages preserved in the Memoirs (1852)
Totals count documented engagements, once at the earliest witness. How we count →
Reprints, Memoirs passages, and repeat notes within a single manuscript are shown but never counted twice. Evidence for this author is selective, not exhaustive. Methodology →
In Fuller’s words
“Pope often met Handel at the Earl of Burlington's. One day after Handel had played some of the finest things he ever composed, Mr. Pope declared that they gave him no sort of pleasure; that his ears were of that untoward make, and reprobate cast, as to receive his music, which he was persuaded was the best that could be, with as much indifference as the airs of a common ballad.”
When Fuller engaged with Alexander Pope
This page brings together documented engagements currently identified within the Fuller Reading Worlds catalog.
Pope in Fuller’s reading world
Documentary evidence
Selected passages from Fuller’s own writings, in chronological order.
1830—
Letter to James F. Clarke
p169quoted · read2 selected passages
“Tuckerize every-think into the solution "Whatever is, is right”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. VI. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1988.
1845—
Ole Bull.
“Ole Bull.”mentioned
“still would remain the question “Whether or no is Pope a poet.”
Fuller, Margaret. "Ole Bull." New-York Daily Tribune, 1 October 1845. · 1 October 1845
1845—
Review.
“Review.”quoted · read
“Nature should lead the true poet by the hand, and he has far better things to do than busy himself in counting the warts upon it, as Pope did.”
Fuller, Margaret. "Review." New-York Daily Tribune, 21 January 1845. · 21 January 1845
1846—
Papers on Literature and Art
p59quoted · read
“we enjoy what most minds enjoy most, not new thoughts, new feelings, but recognition of "What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed.”
Fuller, Margaret. Papers on Literature and Art. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1846.
Inferred Quoted phrase 'What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed' is from An Essay on Criticism (1711), Part II, line 298. Quoted without attribution; the phrase is one of Pope's most famous from An Essay on Criticism.
Quoted without attribution; the phrase is one of Pope's most famous from An Essay on Criticism.
1846—
Lives of the Great Composers
“Lives of the Great Composers”quoted · read2 selected passages
“Pope often met Handel at the Earl of Burlington's. One day after Handel had played some of the finest things he ever composed, Mr.”
Also printed in Art, Literature, and the Drama (1869), p244; page given is to the 1869 reprint.
“A person of his excellent understanding, it is hard to suspect of affectation.”
Fuller, Margaret. Papers on Literature and Art. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1846.
Undated
Pieces with no legible date. They are part of the record but cannot be placed on the lifeline.
n.d.—
Letter to Unknown
p144mentioned
“My mother was a Calvinist, very strict, but she was always reading 'Abelard and Eloisa,' and crying over it.”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. VI. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1988.
n.d.—
A Drive Through the Country: A Dialogue on Love, Duty, and Taste
p2quoted · readSearch Digital Fuller (page unverified)
“whatever is, is good" and ^to find out^ the why is all our employment here”
Fuller, Margaret. "A Drive Through the Country: A Dialogue on Love, Duty, and Taste." Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Inferred Author inferred from the unique phrase; title inferred from the phrase fingerprint.
n.d.—
Notes on Books, Children, and Faith
p4analyzed · readManuscript page
“Can Pope make me do any thing but Think - whereas I have only to repeat to myself words so importless as”
Fuller, Margaret. "Notes on Books, Children, and Faith." Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Preserved in the Memoirs (1852)
Passages surviving only in the posthumous Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, compiled by Emerson, Channing, and Clarke.
1852—
Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli
p266quoted · read
“I feel profoundly for Mazzini: at moments I am tempted to say, '— Cursed with every granted prayer,' — so cunning is the daemon.”
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, William Henry Channing, and James Freeman Clarke, eds. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli. 2 vols. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1852.
Inferred Margaret Fuller engages with Alexander Pope's “Epistles to Several Persons: Epistle II, To a Lady”, quoting the line "cursed with every granted prayer." Found within Fuller's passionate reflections on Giuseppe Mazzini, this allusion suggests a complex sorrow; the fulfillment of desires, though seemingly fortunate, carries unforeseen negative consequences, mirroring the sentiment expressed in Pope's portrayal of human folly.