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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... rest , The subject is large , and will divide into four Epistles , which natu- rally follow the Essay on Man ; viz . 1. Of the Extent and Limits of human Reason and Science . 2. A View of the useful and therefore attainable , and of the ...
... rest , The subject is large , and will divide into four Epistles , which natu- rally follow the Essay on Man ; viz . 1. Of the Extent and Limits of human Reason and Science . 2. A View of the useful and therefore attainable , and of the ...
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... rest ; An honest courtier , yet a patriot too ; Just to his prince , and to his country true ; Fill'd with the sense of age , the fire of youth , A scorn of wrangling , yet a zeal for truth ; A generous faith , from superstition free ...
... rest ; An honest courtier , yet a patriot too ; Just to his prince , and to his country true ; Fill'd with the sense of age , the fire of youth , A scorn of wrangling , yet a zeal for truth ; A generous faith , from superstition free ...
Page xxix
... rest ! Blest in thy genius ; in thy love too , blest ! One grateful woman to thy fame supplies What a whole thankless land to his denies Of this inscription the chief fault is , that it belongs less to Rowe , for whom it was written ...
... rest ! Blest in thy genius ; in thy love too , blest ! One grateful woman to thy fame supplies What a whole thankless land to his denies Of this inscription the chief fault is , that it belongs less to Rowe , for whom it was written ...
Page xxx
... rest of his works . In the eight lines which make the character of Digby , there is scarce any thought , or word , which may not be found in the other epitaphs . The ninth line , which is far the strongest and most elegant , is borrowed ...
... rest of his works . In the eight lines which make the character of Digby , there is scarce any thought , or word , which may not be found in the other epitaphs . The ninth line , which is far the strongest and most elegant , is borrowed ...
Page xxxi
... rest ; but I know not for what reason . To crown with reflection , is surely a mode of speech approaching to nonsense , Opening virtues blooming round , is something like tautology : the six following lines are poor and prosaic . Art is ...
... rest ; but I know not for what reason . To crown with reflection , is surely a mode of speech approaching to nonsense , Opening virtues blooming round , is something like tautology : the six following lines are poor and prosaic . Art is ...
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