The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author, Volumes 1-2Phillips, Sampson, 1852 - 616 pages |
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... better got than Bestia's from the throne . Born to no pride , inheriting no strife , Nor marrying discord in a noble wife ; Stranger to civil and religious rage , The good man walk'd innoxious through his age : No courts he saw , no ...
... better got than Bestia's from the throne . Born to no pride , inheriting no strife , Nor marrying discord in a noble wife ; Stranger to civil and religious rage , The good man walk'd innoxious through his age : No courts he saw , no ...
Page xvii
... better opinion of my morals than to think me a party man , nor of my temper than to be- lieve me capable of maligning or envying another's reputation as a poet . In a word , Mr. Addison is sure of my respect at all times , and of my ...
... better opinion of my morals than to think me a party man , nor of my temper than to be- lieve me capable of maligning or envying another's reputation as a poet . In a word , Mr. Addison is sure of my respect at all times , and of my ...
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... better name ) Led forth his flocks along the silver Thame , Where dancing sun - beams on the waters play'd , And verdant alders form'd a quivering shade Soft as he mourn'd , the streams forgot to flow , The flocks around a dumb ...
... better name ) Led forth his flocks along the silver Thame , Where dancing sun - beams on the waters play'd , And verdant alders form'd a quivering shade Soft as he mourn'd , the streams forgot to flow , The flocks around a dumb ...
Page 91
... better than your spite : For who can rail so long as they can write ? Still humming on , their drowsy course they keep , 600 And lash'd so long , like tops , are lash'd asleep . False steps but help them to renew the race , As , after ...
... better than your spite : For who can rail so long as they can write ? Still humming on , their drowsy course they keep , 600 And lash'd so long , like tops , are lash'd asleep . False steps but help them to renew the race , As , after ...
Page 92
... better ages knew : The mighty Stagyrite first left the shore , Spread all his sails , and durst the deeps explore : He steer'd securely , and discover'd far , Led by the light of the Mæonian star . Poets , a race long unconfin'd and ...
... better ages knew : The mighty Stagyrite first left the shore , Spread all his sails , and durst the deeps explore : He steer'd securely , and discover'd far , Led by the light of the Mæonian star . Poets , a race long unconfin'd and ...
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