The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ... To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author |
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... appears in all the works of antiquity ; and it ought to preserve some relish of the old way of writing the connexion ... appear rather done by chance than on design , and sometimes is best shown by inference ; lest by too much study to ...
... appears in all the works of antiquity ; and it ought to preserve some relish of the old way of writing the connexion ... appear rather done by chance than on design , and sometimes is best shown by inference ; lest by too much study to ...
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... make these an- cients their pattern . The most considerable.ge- nius appears in the famous Tasso , and our Spenser . Tasso in his Aminta has as far excelled all the pas toral writers , as in his Gierusalemme he has out PASTORALS .
... make these an- cients their pattern . The most considerable.ge- nius appears in the famous Tasso , and our Spenser . Tasso in his Aminta has as far excelled all the pas toral writers , as in his Gierusalemme he has out PASTORALS .
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... appear The various seasons of the rolling year ; And what is that which binds the radiant sky , Where twelve fair signs in beauteous order lie ? DAMON . Then sing by turns , by turns the muses sing ; Now hawthorns blossom , now the ...
... appear The various seasons of the rolling year ; And what is that which binds the radiant sky , Where twelve fair signs in beauteous order lie ? DAMON . Then sing by turns , by turns the muses sing ; Now hawthorns blossom , now the ...
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... appear ! Descending gods have found Elysium here . In woods bright Venus with Adonis stray'd , And chaste Diana haunts the forest shade . Come , lovely nymph , and bless the silent hours , When swains from shearing seek their nightly ...
... appear ! Descending gods have found Elysium here . In woods bright Venus with Adonis stray'd , And chaste Diana haunts the forest shade . Come , lovely nymph , and bless the silent hours , When swains from shearing seek their nightly ...
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... appear , Their faded honours scatter'd on her bier . See where , on earth , the flowery glories lie ; With her they ... appears Swell'd 18 PASTORALS .
... appear , Their faded honours scatter'd on her bier . See where , on earth , the flowery glories lie ; With her they ... appears Swell'd 18 PASTORALS .
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