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
... praise , assent with civil leer , And , without sneering , others teach to sneer ; Willing to wound , and yet afraid to strike , Just hint a fault , and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend , A tim'rous foe , and a ...
... praise , assent with civil leer , And , without sneering , others teach to sneer ; Willing to wound , and yet afraid to strike , Just hint a fault , and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend , A tim'rous foe , and a ...
Page xxiv
... praises it has met with are not unmerit- ed , because whatever work is approved by the En- glish nation cannot be bad : but yet I hope I may be permitted to judge of that part of the preface which has been transmitted to me ; and I here ...
... praises it has met with are not unmerit- ed , because whatever work is approved by the En- glish nation cannot be bad : but yet I hope I may be permitted to judge of that part of the preface which has been transmitted to me ; and I here ...
Page xxvii
... praising good wri- ers , there was a merit in exposing bad ones ; though t does not hold infallibly true that each person stig- matized as a dunce was genuinely so . Something must be allowed to personal resentment : Mr. Pope was a man ...
... praising good wri- ers , there was a merit in exposing bad ones ; though t does not hold infallibly true that each person stig- matized as a dunce was genuinely so . Something must be allowed to personal resentment : Mr. Pope was a man ...
Page 40
... praise , With Waller's strains , or Granville's moving lays ' A milk - white bull shall at your altar stand , That threats a fight , and spurns the rising sand . DAPHNIS . O Love ! for Sylvia let me gain the prize , And make my tongue ...
... praise , With Waller's strains , or Granville's moving lays ' A milk - white bull shall at your altar stand , That threats a fight , and spurns the rising sand . DAPHNIS . O Love ! for Sylvia let me gain the prize , And make my tongue ...
Page 44
... praise ! Your praise the birds shall chant in every grove , And winds shall waft it to the powers above . But would you sing , and rival Orpheus ' strain , The wondering forests soon should dance again , The moving mountains hear the ...
... praise ! Your praise the birds shall chant in every grove , And winds shall waft it to the powers above . But would you sing , and rival Orpheus ' strain , The wondering forests soon should dance again , The moving mountains hear the ...
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