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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... mind was wavering , and his temper broken and disturbed . Others have asserted that he was all cheerfulness and resignation to the Divine will : which of these opinions is true we cannot now determine ; but if the former , it must be ...
... mind was wavering , and his temper broken and disturbed . Others have asserted that he was all cheerfulness and resignation to the Divine will : which of these opinions is true we cannot now determine ; but if the former , it must be ...
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... mind by his clear and perspicuous reasoning , that dulness itself became capable of discerning ; and when at any time his performances fell short of his own ideas of excel- lence , his enemies tried him by rules of his own establishing ...
... mind by his clear and perspicuous reasoning , that dulness itself became capable of discerning ; and when at any time his performances fell short of his own ideas of excel- lence , his enemies tried him by rules of his own establishing ...
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... mind * Do lovers dream , or is my Delia kind ? She comes , my Delia comes ! Now cease my lay , And cease , ye gales , to bear my sighs away ! Next Ægon sang , while Windsor groves admired : Rehearse , ye muses , what - yourselves ...
... mind * Do lovers dream , or is my Delia kind ? She comes , my Delia comes ! Now cease my lay , And cease , ye gales , to bear my sighs away ! Next Ægon sang , while Windsor groves admired : Rehearse , ye muses , what - yourselves ...
Page 73
... mind , Quiet by day . Sound sleep by night : study and ease , Together mix'd ; sweet recreation , And innocence , which most does please With meditation Thus let me live , unseen , unknown ; Thus unlamented , let me die , Steal from the ...
... mind , Quiet by day . Sound sleep by night : study and ease , Together mix'd ; sweet recreation , And innocence , which most does please With meditation Thus let me live , unseen , unknown ; Thus unlamented , let me die , Steal from the ...
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... mind : 20 Nature affords at least a glimmering light ; The lines , though touch'd but faintly , are drawn right . But as the slightest sketch , if justly traced , Is by ill - colouring but the more disgraced , So by false learning is ...
... mind : 20 Nature affords at least a glimmering light ; The lines , though touch'd but faintly , are drawn right . But as the slightest sketch , if justly traced , Is by ill - colouring but the more disgraced , So by false learning is ...
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