The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorCrissy & Markley, 1853 - 484 pages |
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Page xiv
... vain . ally published , he collected his former works The other circumstances of their quarrel were ( 1717 ) into one quarto volume , to which he pre- thus related by Pope . * fixed a Preface , written with great sprightliness ...
... vain . ally published , he collected his former works The other circumstances of their quarrel were ( 1717 ) into one quarto volume , to which he pre- thus related by Pope . * fixed a Preface , written with great sprightliness ...
Page xxiv
... vain . with the time or country in which he places them But Pope's irascibility prevailed , and he re- He lingered through the next year ; but perceived solved to tell the whole English world that he was himself , as he expresses it ...
... vain . with the time or country in which he places them But Pope's irascibility prevailed , and he re- He lingered through the next year ; but perceived solved to tell the whole English world that he was himself , as he expresses it ...
Page xxxv
... vain to ask enlarged and diversified as justly to claim the Pope , who probably had never asked himself . praise of an original , and affords the best specimen that has yet appeared of personal satire ludicrously pompous . Having ...
... vain to ask enlarged and diversified as justly to claim the Pope , who probably had never asked himself . praise of an original , and affords the best specimen that has yet appeared of personal satire ludicrously pompous . Having ...
Page 52
... vain kind seasons swell'd the teeming grain ; Soft showers distill'd , and suns grew warm in vain ; The swain with tears his frustrate labour yields , And , famish'd , dies amidst his ripen'd fields . What wonder then , a beast or ...
... vain kind seasons swell'd the teeming grain ; Soft showers distill'd , and suns grew warm in vain ; The swain with tears his frustrate labour yields , And , famish'd , dies amidst his ripen'd fields . What wonder then , a beast or ...
Page 56
... vain your guiltless laurels stood Unspotted long with human blood . War , horrid war , your thoughtful walks invades , And steel now glitters in the muses ' shades . Antistrophe 1 . Oh heaven - born sisters ! source of art ' Who charm ...
... vain your guiltless laurels stood Unspotted long with human blood . War , horrid war , your thoughtful walks invades , And steel now glitters in the muses ' shades . Antistrophe 1 . Oh heaven - born sisters ! source of art ' Who charm ...
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