The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the AuthorCrosby, Nichols, Lee, 1860 - 578 pages |
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Page xiii
... laws of the place , where this fait unfortunate perished , denied her Christian burial , and she was interred without solemnity , or even any attendants to perform the last offices of the dead , ex- cept some young people of the ...
... laws of the place , where this fait unfortunate perished , denied her Christian burial , and she was interred without solemnity , or even any attendants to perform the last offices of the dead , ex- cept some young people of the ...
Page xvi
... laws , And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and Templars ev'ry sentence raise , And wonder with a foolish face of praise ; Who but must laugh , if such a man there be ! Who would not weep , if Atticus were he ! Some ...
... laws , And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and Templars ev'ry sentence raise , And wonder with a foolish face of praise ; Who but must laugh , if such a man there be ! Who would not weep , if Atticus were he ! Some ...
Page 56
... laws a prey , And kings more furious and severe than they ; Who claim'd the skies , dispeopled air and floods , The lonely lords of empty wilds and woods : Cities laid waste , they storm'd the dens and caves ( For wiser brutes were ...
... laws a prey , And kings more furious and severe than they ; Who claim'd the skies , dispeopled air and floods , The lonely lords of empty wilds and woods : Cities laid waste , they storm'd the dens and caves ( For wiser brutes were ...
Page 77
... laws which first herself ordain'd . 90 Hear how learn'd Greece her useful rules indites , When to repress , and when indulge our flights : High on Parnassus ' top her sons she show'd , And pointed out those arduous paths they trod ...
... laws which first herself ordain'd . 90 Hear how learn'd Greece her useful rules indites , When to repress , and when indulge our flights : High on Parnassus ' top her sons she show'd , And pointed out those arduous paths they trod ...
Page 78
... law , And but from nature's fountains scorn'd to draw : But when to examine every part he came , Nature and Homer were , he found , the same . Convinced , amazed , he checks the bold design , And rules as strict his labour'd work ...
... law , And but from nature's fountains scorn'd to draw : But when to examine every part he came , Nature and Homer were , he found , the same . Convinced , amazed , he checks the bold design , And rules as strict his labour'd work ...
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