The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeMacmillan, 1917 - 505 pages |
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Page xvii
... learned professions , all were closed to him by the cir- cumstance of his creed . With his father Pope shared the love of gardening , which , notwithstanding many absurd excrescences , was one of the healthiest tastes of the times , and ...
... learned professions , all were closed to him by the cir- cumstance of his creed . With his father Pope shared the love of gardening , which , notwithstanding many absurd excrescences , was one of the healthiest tastes of the times , and ...
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... learned world is such , that to attempt to serve it ( any way ) one must have the constancy of a martyr , and a resolution to suffer for its sake . I could wish people would believe what I am pretty certain they will not , that I have ...
... learned world is such , that to attempt to serve it ( any way ) one must have the constancy of a martyr , and a resolution to suffer for its sake . I could wish people would believe what I am pretty certain they will not , that I have ...
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... learned . " Let- ter to Mr Wycherley , Ap . 1705. The Lord Lans- down about the same time , mentioning the youth of our poet , says ( in a printed letter of the cha- racter of Mr Wycherley ) " that if he goes on as he has begun in the ...
... learned . " Let- ter to Mr Wycherley , Ap . 1705. The Lord Lans- down about the same time , mentioning the youth of our poet , says ( in a printed letter of the cha- racter of Mr Wycherley ) " that if he goes on as he has begun in the ...
Page 36
... learned store , Consults the dead , and lives past ages o'er : Or wand'ring thoughtful in the silent wood , Attends the duties of the wise and good , T'observe a mean , be to himself a friend , To follow nature , and regard his end ...
... learned store , Consults the dead , and lives past ages o'er : Or wand'ring thoughtful in the silent wood , Attends the duties of the wise and good , T'observe a mean , be to himself a friend , To follow nature , and regard his end ...
Page 57
... learned smile . Unlucky , as Fungoso in the play4 , These sparks with awkward vanity display What the fine gentleman wore yesterday ; 1 [ This class of poets and style of poetry have probably never been so well illustrated and ex- posed ...
... learned smile . Unlucky , as Fungoso in the play4 , These sparks with awkward vanity display What the fine gentleman wore yesterday ; 1 [ This class of poets and style of poetry have probably never been so well illustrated and ex- posed ...
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