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
... light , as air , To Agamemnon's royal tent repair ; Bid him in arms draw forth th ' embattled train , March all his legions to the dusty plain . Now tell the King ' tis given him to destroy Declare even now The lofty walls of wide ...
... light , as air , To Agamemnon's royal tent repair ; Bid him in arms draw forth th ' embattled train , March all his legions to the dusty plain . Now tell the King ' tis given him to destroy Declare even now The lofty walls of wide ...
Page ix
... light . Such glories Pallas on the chief bestow'd , Such from his arms the fierce effulgence flow'd ; Onward she drives him , furious to engage , Where the fight burns , and where the thickest rage . When fresh he rears his radiant orb ...
... light . Such glories Pallas on the chief bestow'd , Such from his arms the fierce effulgence flow'd ; Onward she drives him , furious to engage , Where the fight burns , and where the thickest rage . When fresh he rears his radiant orb ...
Page xxviii
... light ; but the mention of sanctified pride will not lead the thoughts to fops in learning , but rather to some spe- cies of tyranny or oppression , something more gloomy and more formidable than foppery . Yet soft his nature- This is a ...
... light ; but the mention of sanctified pride will not lead the thoughts to fops in learning , but rather to some spe- cies of tyranny or oppression , something more gloomy and more formidable than foppery . Yet soft his nature- This is a ...
Page xxxi
... light . Of this epitaph , short as it is , the faults seem not to be very few . Why part should be Latin , and part English , is not easy to discover . In the Latin the op- position of Immortalis and Mortalis , is a mere sound , or a ...
... light . Of this epitaph , short as it is , the faults seem not to be very few . Why part should be Latin , and part English , is not easy to discover . In the Latin the op- position of Immortalis and Mortalis , is a mere sound , or a ...
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... light ; When tuneful Hylas , with melodious moan , Taught rocks to weep , and made the mountains groan . Go , gentle ... light of day ; One leap from yonder cliff shall end my pains . No more , ye hills , no more resound my strains ...
... light ; When tuneful Hylas , with melodious moan , Taught rocks to weep , and made the mountains groan . Go , gentle ... light of day ; One leap from yonder cliff shall end my pains . No more , ye hills , no more resound my strains ...
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