The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorJ.J. Woodward, 1841 - 484 pages |
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Page xxiii
... rest had been suppressed . Cibber once , he mentioned him afterwards con- Pope had sought for images and sentiments in a temptuously in one of his satires , and again in his region not known to have been explored by many other of the ...
... rest had been suppressed . Cibber once , he mentioned him afterwards con- Pope had sought for images and sentiments in a temptuously in one of his satires , and again in his region not known to have been explored by many other of the ...
Page xxxix
... rest ! Blest in thy genius ; in thy love too , blest ! One grateful woman to thy fame supplies What a whole ... rests a woman , good without pretence , Blest with plain reason , and with sober sense ; No conquest she , but o'er herself ...
... rest ! Blest in thy genius ; in thy love too , blest ! One grateful woman to thy fame supplies What a whole ... rests a woman , good without pretence , Blest with plain reason , and with sober sense ; No conquest she , but o'er herself ...
Page xl
... rest . There is scarcely one line taken from common- places , unless it be that in which only Virtue is said to be our own . I once heard a Lady of great beauty and excellence object to the fourth line , that it con- tained an unnatural ...
... rest . There is scarcely one line taken from common- places , unless it be that in which only Virtue is said to be our own . I once heard a Lady of great beauty and excellence object to the fourth line , that it con- tained an unnatural ...
Page xli
... rest , for it will not always hap- pen that the success of a poet is proportionate to his labour . The same observation may be extended to all works of imagination , which are often influ- enced by causes wholly out of the performer's ...
... rest , for it will not always hap- pen that the success of a poet is proportionate to his labour . The same observation may be extended to all works of imagination , which are often influ- enced by causes wholly out of the performer's ...
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... rest ; that though he wrote the epitaph in a state of un- but I know not for what reason . To crown with certainty , yet it could not be laid over him till his reflection , is surely a mode of speech approaching grave was made . Such is ...
... rest ; that though he wrote the epitaph in a state of un- but I know not for what reason . To crown with certainty , yet it could not be laid over him till his reflection , is surely a mode of speech approaching grave was made . Such is ...
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