The Works Of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Ten Volumes Complete, With His Last Corrections, Additions, And Improvements. Containing His Satires, &c. 4, 3. köideNicolai, 1763 - 302 pages |
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... fay fomething of myself , and my own laziness to undertake fo awkward a task , I thought it the fhor- reft way to put the laft hand to this Epiftle . If it have any thing pleafing , it will be that by which I am most defirous to please ...
... fay fomething of myself , and my own laziness to undertake fo awkward a task , I thought it the fhor- reft way to put the laft hand to this Epiftle . If it have any thing pleafing , it will be that by which I am most defirous to please ...
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... fays ke ( in a pleasant Simile addressed to his Friend's profession ) Of all mad creatures , if the learn'd are right , It is the flaver kills , and not the bite . And how abiect and exceffive the flattery of these creatures was , he ...
... fays ke ( in a pleasant Simile addressed to his Friend's profession ) Of all mad creatures , if the learn'd are right , It is the flaver kills , and not the bite . And how abiect and exceffive the flattery of these creatures was , he ...
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... fay I'm fick , I'm dead , The Dog - ftar rages ! nay ' tis past a doubt , All Bedlam , or Parnaffus , is let out : Fire in each eye , and papers in each hand , They rave , recite , and madden round the land . What walls can guard me ...
... fay I'm fick , I'm dead , The Dog - ftar rages ! nay ' tis past a doubt , All Bedlam , or Parnaffus , is let out : Fire in each eye , and papers in each hand , They rave , recite , and madden round the land . What walls can guard me ...
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... fay , that he began to write verfes further back than he could remember . When he was eight years old , Ogilby's Homer fell in his way , and delighted him extremely ; it was followed by Sandys ' Qvid ; and the raptures these then gave ...
... fay , that he began to write verfes further back than he could remember . When he was eight years old , Ogilby's Homer fell in his way , and delighted him extremely ; it was followed by Sandys ' Qvid ; and the raptures these then gave ...
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... fay pleasantly , that he had literally followed the example of Virgil , who tells us , Cum tanerem reges & pralia , & c . VER . 130. no father difabey'd . ) When Mr. Pope was yet a Child , his Father , though no Poet , would fer him to ...
... fay pleasantly , that he had literally followed the example of Virgil , who tells us , Cum tanerem reges & pralia , & c . VER . 130. no father difabey'd . ) When Mr. Pope was yet a Child , his Father , though no Poet , would fer him to ...
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