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 xiv
... live in the latter ages of the world , to make observations in criticism , morality , or any art and science , which have not been touched upon by others . We have little else left us but to represent the common sense of mankind in more ...
... live in the latter ages of the world , to make observations in criticism , morality , or any art and science , which have not been touched upon by others . We have little else left us but to represent the common sense of mankind in more ...
Page xv
... lives of Addison and Tickell , some gencral nints concerning the quarrel have been thrown out , which subsisted between our poet and the former of these gentlemen ; here it will not be improper to give a more particular account of it ...
... lives of Addison and Tickell , some gencral nints concerning the quarrel have been thrown out , which subsisted between our poet and the former of these gentlemen ; here it will not be improper to give a more particular account of it ...
Page xvi
... live with ease ; Should such a man , too fond to 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 ...
... live with ease ; Should such a man , too fond to 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 ...
Page xxi
... live upon terms of the strictest friendship with every man of parts , to which party soever he might belong . Mr. Pope's uprightness in his conduct to- wards contending politicians , is demonstrated by his living independent of either ...
... live upon terms of the strictest friendship with every man of parts , to which party soever he might belong . Mr. Pope's uprightness in his conduct to- wards contending politicians , is demonstrated by his living independent of either ...
Page xxii
... live in peace with their neighbours . " As to the temporal side of the question , I can have no dispute with you ; it is certain all the bene- ficial circumstances of life , and all the shining ones , lie on the part you would invite me ...
... live in peace with their neighbours . " As to the temporal side of the question , I can have no dispute with you ; it is certain all the bene- ficial circumstances of life , and all the shining ones , lie on the part you would invite me ...
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