The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorJones and Company, 1827 - 424 pages |
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Page v
... appear natural ; but if this order be reversed , another mode of connexion equally spacious may be found or made . Aristotle is praised for naming Fortitude first of the cardinal vir- tues , as that without which no other virtue can ...
... appear natural ; but if this order be reversed , another mode of connexion equally spacious may be found or made . Aristotle is praised for naming Fortitude first of the cardinal vir- tues , as that without which no other virtue can ...
Page ix
... appear , the rocks in prospect rise , Then shine the vales , the rocks in prospect rise , All nature stands reveal'd before our eyes ; A flood of glory burst from all the skies . The conscious shepherd , joyful at the sight , Eyes the ...
... appear , the rocks in prospect rise , Then shine the vales , the rocks in prospect rise , All nature stands reveal'd before our eyes ; A flood of glory burst from all the skies . The conscious shepherd , joyful at the sight , Eyes the ...
Page xiv
... appear something more studied and artificial in his productions than the rest , except one long Letter by ... appears the fabric of a poet ; what Bolingbroke supplied could only be the first principles : the order , illustration , and em ...
... appear something more studied and artificial in his productions than the rest , except one long Letter by ... appears the fabric of a poet ; what Bolingbroke supplied could only be the first principles : the order , illustration , and em ...
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... appear to be felt would have been struck in vain . his distemper to be a dropsy , and evacuated part of the water by ... appears to have trusted and honoured in the highest degree . He laid aside his Epic Poem , perhaps without much loss ...
... appear to be felt would have been struck in vain . his distemper to be a dropsy , and evacuated part of the water by ... appears to have trusted and honoured in the highest degree . He laid aside his Epic Poem , perhaps without much loss ...
Page xix
... appear for whose sake it had been recommended . Thus he teased Lord Orrery till he obtained a screen . He practised his arts on such small occasions that Lady Bolingbroke used to say , in a French phrase , that he played the politician ...
... appear for whose sake it had been recommended . Thus he teased Lord Orrery till he obtained a screen . He practised his arts on such small occasions that Lady Bolingbroke used to say , in a French phrase , that he played the politician ...
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