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 viii
... fear the God that deals his darts around . avenging Phoebus , son of Jove . The Greeks , in shouts , their joint assent declare The priest to reverence , and release the fair . Not so Atrides ; he with kingly pride , Repulsed the sacred ...
... fear the God that deals his darts around . avenging Phoebus , son of Jove . The Greeks , in shouts , their joint assent declare The priest to reverence , and release the fair . Not so Atrides ; he with kingly pride , Repulsed the sacred ...
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... fear'd he might outvie Her works ; and dying , fears herself may die . Of this epitaph the first couplet is good , the second not bad , the third is deformed with a broken metaphor , the word crowned not being applicable to the honours ...
... fear'd he might outvie Her works ; and dying , fears herself may die . Of this epitaph the first couplet is good , the second not bad , the third is deformed with a broken metaphor , the word crowned not being applicable to the honours ...
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... fear of being ridiculous . If he is made to hope he may please the world , he falls under very unlucky circumstances ; for , from the mo- ment he prints , he must expect to hear no more truth than if he were a prince or a beauty . If he ...
... fear of being ridiculous . If he is made to hope he may please the world , he falls under very unlucky circumstances ; for , from the mo- ment he prints , he must expect to hear no more truth than if he were a prince or a beauty . If he ...
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... fear I have prejudiced them by my management , I shall subjoin the passages of Isaiah , and those of Virgil , under ... fears . He shall govern the earth in peace , with the virtues of his father . ' Isaiah , ch . vii . ver . 14.- Behold ...
... fear I have prejudiced them by my management , I shall subjoin the passages of Isaiah , and those of Virgil , under ... fears . He shall govern the earth in peace , with the virtues of his father . ' Isaiah , ch . vii . ver . 14.- Behold ...
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... fear , the virtuous shun ; By fools ' tis hated , and by knaves undone ! If wit so much from ignorance undergo , Ah , let not learning too commence its foe ! Of old , those met rewards , who could excel , And such were praised , who but ...
... fear , the virtuous shun ; By fools ' tis hated , and by knaves undone ! If wit so much from ignorance undergo , Ah , let not learning too commence its foe ! Of old , those met rewards , who could excel , And such were praised , who but ...
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Achilles Ajax Antilochus arms Asius Atrides behold beneath bless'd blood bold brave breast breath chariot charms chief coursers cries crown'd dart dead death descend Diomed divine dreadful Dunciad E'en eyes fair falchion fall fame fate fear feast field fierce fight fire fix'd flames flies fury glory goddess gods grace Grecian Greece Greeks hand haste hear heart heaven Hector hero honour Idomeneus Iliad Ilion immortal javelin Jove king labours live lord Lycian mighty mind monarch mortal Neptune night numbers nymph o'er Pallas Patroclus Peleus Phoebus plain poem poet Pope praise press'd Priam prince proud Pylian Pylos queen race rage rise round sacred shade shew shining shore sire skies slain soul spear spoke steeds stood Swift tears Telemachus thee thine thou throne thunder toils trembling Trojan Troy Tydeus Ulysses verse walls warrior woes wound wretched youth