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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Page xvi
... face of praise ; Who but must laugh , if such a man there be ! Who would not weep , if Atticus were he ! Some readers may think these lines severe , but the treatment he received from Mr. Addison was more than sufficient to justify them ...
... face of praise ; Who but must laugh , if such a man there be ! Who would not weep , if Atticus were he ! Some readers may think these lines severe , but the treatment he received from Mr. Addison was more than sufficient to justify them ...
Page xviii
... faces ; " From every face he wipes off every tear . And it stands so altered in the newer editions of Mr. Pope's works . He proceeded to lay before him the mistakes and inaccuracies hinted at by the writers who had attacked Mr. Pope ...
... faces ; " From every face he wipes off every tear . And it stands so altered in the newer editions of Mr. Pope's works . He proceeded to lay before him the mistakes and inaccuracies hinted at by the writers who had attacked Mr. Pope ...
Page xix
... to please the public ? Besides , was it not somewhat presump- tuous to insinuate to Mr. Pope that his verses bore another face when he corrected them , while , at the same time , the translation of Homer , which he LIFE OF POPE . xix.
... to please the public ? Besides , was it not somewhat presump- tuous to insinuate to Mr. Pope that his verses bore another face when he corrected them , while , at the same time , the translation of Homer , which he LIFE OF POPE . xix.
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... face , Fresh rising blushes paint the watery glass ; But since those graces please thine eyes no more , I shun the fountains which I sought before . Once I was skill'd in every herb that grew , And every plant that drinks the morning ...
... face , Fresh rising blushes paint the watery glass ; But since those graces please thine eyes no more , I shun the fountains which I sought before . Once I was skill'd in every herb that grew , And every plant that drinks the morning ...
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... face he wipes off every tear . In adamantine5 chains shall death be bound , And hell's grim tyrant feel the eternal wound . As the good shepherd tends his fleecy care , Seeks freshest pasture , and the purest air ; Explores the lost ...
... face he wipes off every tear . In adamantine5 chains shall death be bound , And hell's grim tyrant feel the eternal wound . As the good shepherd tends his fleecy care , Seeks freshest pasture , and the purest air ; Explores the lost ...
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Addison Adrastus Æneid ALEXANDER POPE ancient bard Bavius beauty behold bless'd breast charms Cibber court cried critics Curll Dennis divine Dryden Dulness Dunciad e'en e'er Edmund Curll EPISTLE Essay on Criticism eyes fair fame fate fire fix'd flame fool genius gentle give glory goddess grace happy hath head heart Heaven hero Homer honour Iliad king knave learn'd learned live lord Lord Bolingbroke mankind mind moral muse nature ne'er never night numbers nymph o'er once passion pleased pleasure poem poet Pope praise pride proud queen rage REMARKS rise sacred Sappho satire Scribl sense shade shine sighs sing skies smile soft soul Sylphs tears Thalestris Thebes thee thine things thou thought throne trembling true truth Twas verse Virgil virtue Westminster Abbey wife wise words wretched write youth