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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... stand , whatever it be , a little ingenuity may easily give a reason . " It is possible , " says Hooker , " that ... stands forward , in the classes of literature , as the most exquisite example of ludicrous poetry . Berkeley ...
... stand , whatever it be , a little ingenuity may easily give a reason . " It is possible , " says Hooker , " that ... stands forward , in the classes of literature , as the most exquisite example of ludicrous poetry . Berkeley ...
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... stands thus : The wrath of Peleus ' son , the direful spring Of all the Grecian woes , O Goddess , sing , That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain . The stern Pelides ' rage O Goddess ...
... stands thus : The wrath of Peleus ' son , the direful spring Of all the Grecian woes , O Goddess , sing , That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain . The stern Pelides ' rage O Goddess ...
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... stand in perpetual need of female attendance ; extremely sensible of cold , so that he wore a kind of fur doublet , under a shirt of a very coarse warm linen with fine sleeves . When he rose , he was invested in boddice made of stiff ...
... stand in perpetual need of female attendance ; extremely sensible of cold , so that he wore a kind of fur doublet , under a shirt of a very coarse warm linen with fine sleeves . When he rose , he was invested in boddice made of stiff ...
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... stand in the first rank of genius , he may claim a place in the second ; and , whatever criticism may object to his writings , censure could find very little to blame in his life . ON SIR GODFREY KNELLER In Westminster Abbey , 1723 ...
... stand in the first rank of genius , he may claim a place in the second ; and , whatever criticism may object to his writings , censure could find very little to blame in his life . ON SIR GODFREY KNELLER In Westminster Abbey , 1723 ...
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... stand , And nodding tempt the joyful reaper's hand ; Rich industry sits smiling on the plains , And peace and plenty tell , a Stuart reigns . Not thus the land appear'd in ages past , A dreary desert , and a gloomy waste , To savage ...
... stand , And nodding tempt the joyful reaper's hand ; Rich industry sits smiling on the plains , And peace and plenty tell , a Stuart reigns . Not thus the land appear'd in ages past , A dreary desert , and a gloomy waste , To savage ...
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