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 xvi
... rule alone , Bear , like the Turk , no rival near the throne , View him with scornful , yet with jealous eyes , And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise , assent with civil leer , And , without sneering ...
... rule alone , Bear , like the Turk , no rival near the throne , View him with scornful , yet with jealous eyes , And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise , assent with civil leer , And , without sneering ...
Page xx
... rules which that excellent writer himself established . If this was the failing of Mr. Addison , it was not the error of Pope , for he kept the strictest correspond . ence with some persons whose affection to the Whig interest was ...
... rules which that excellent writer himself established . If this was the failing of Mr. Addison , it was not the error of Pope , for he kept the strictest correspond . ence with some persons whose affection to the Whig interest was ...
Page xxviii
... rules of it ; but this was to clear the scenes from the rubbish with which ignorant editors had filled them . His proper business in this work was to render the text so clear as to be generally understood , to free it from obscurities ...
... rules of it ; but this was to clear the scenes from the rubbish with which ignorant editors had filled them . His proper business in this work was to render the text so clear as to be generally understood , to free it from obscurities ...
Page xxxvi
... rules of his own establishing ; and though they owed to him the ability of judging , they seldom had candour enough to spare him . Perhaps it may be true that Pope's works are read with more appetite , as there is a greater evenness and ...
... rules of his own establishing ; and though they owed to him the ability of judging , they seldom had candour enough to spare him . Perhaps it may be true that Pope's works are read with more appetite , as there is a greater evenness and ...
Page 71
... rules the ball ? Freedom and arts together fall ; Fools grant whate'er ambition craves , And men once ignorant are slaves . O cursed effects of civil hate , In every age , every state ! Still , when the lust of tyrant power succeeds ...
... rules the ball ? Freedom and arts together fall ; Fools grant whate'er ambition craves , And men once ignorant are slaves . O cursed effects of civil hate , In every age , every state ! Still , when the lust of tyrant power succeeds ...
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