The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, 1. köideJames Nichol, 1856 - 326 pages |
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Page viii
... Lord Halifax , Lord Somers , Garth , Congreve , & c . , were at last , in 1709 , printed in the sixth volume of Tonson's " Miscellanies . " Like all well - finished commonplaces , they were received with instant and universal applause ...
... Lord Halifax , Lord Somers , Garth , Congreve , & c . , were at last , in 1709 , printed in the sixth volume of Tonson's " Miscellanies . " Like all well - finished commonplaces , they were received with instant and universal applause ...
Page ix
... Lord Petre had , much in the way described by the poet , stolen a lock of Miss Belle Fermor's hair , —a feat which led to an estrangement between the fami- lies . Pope set himself to reconcile them by this beautiful poem , a poem which ...
... Lord Petre had , much in the way described by the poet , stolen a lock of Miss Belle Fermor's hair , —a feat which led to an estrangement between the fami- lies . Pope set himself to reconcile them by this beautiful poem , a poem which ...
Page xv
... Lord Boling- broke's coach from Dawley , the poet was overturned in a little rivulet near Twickenhan , and nearly drowned . The unfor- tunate little man ! One is reminded of Gulliver's accident in the Brobdignagian cream - pot . In ...
... Lord Boling- broke's coach from Dawley , the poet was overturned in a little rivulet near Twickenhan , and nearly drowned . The unfor- tunate little man ! One is reminded of Gulliver's accident in the Brobdignagian cream - pot . In ...
Page xvii
... lords , were mixed with the crowd , clamouring for its issue ! And as , says Pope , " there is no stopping a torrent with a finger , out it came . " The consequence he had foreseen . A univer- sal howl of rage and pain burst from the ...
... lords , were mixed with the crowd , clamouring for its issue ! And as , says Pope , " there is no stopping a torrent with a finger , out it came . " The consequence he had foreseen . A univer- sal howl of rage and pain burst from the ...
Page xviii
... Lord Bathurst . These two epistles were afterwards incorporated in his " Moral Essays . " As far back as 1725 , Pope had been revolving the subject of the " Essay on Man ; " and , indeed , some of its couplets remind you of " pebbles ...
... Lord Bathurst . These two epistles were afterwards incorporated in his " Moral Essays . " As far back as 1725 , Pope had been revolving the subject of the " Essay on Man ; " and , indeed , some of its couplets remind you of " pebbles ...
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ALEXANDER POPE ancient Bavius beauty bless'd blest bliss breast breath bright charms court cried critics crown'd Curll Cynthus divine Dunciad e'er earth ease Eclogues Elkanah Settle envy EPISTLE eternal eyes fair fame fate fire fix'd flames flowers fools genius glory Gnome grace groves happy head heart Heaven honour Horace Iliad kings knave laws learn'd live Lord Lord Bolingbroke mankind mind mortal Muse Muse's Nature Nature's ne'er never numbers nymph o'er once passion pastoral peace plain pleased poem poet Pope Pope's praise pride proud rage reason rhyme rise sacred Sappho satire sense shade shine sighs sing skies smile soft song soul spleen Sylphs taught tears Thalestris thee Theocritus things thou thought trembling truth Twas Umbriel VARIATIONS verse virtue WESTMINSTER ABBEY whate'er Whig wings write youth