The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, 1. köideJames Nichol, 1856 - 326 pages |
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... Theocritus and Virgil ( the only undisputed authors of pastoral ) that the critics have drawn the foregoing notions concerning it . Theocritus excels all others in nature and simplicity . The subjects of his ' Idyllia ' are purely ...
... Theocritus and Virgil ( the only undisputed authors of pastoral ) that the critics have drawn the foregoing notions concerning it . Theocritus excels all others in nature and simplicity . The subjects of his ' Idyllia ' are purely ...
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... Theocritus him- self ; though , notwithstanding all the care he has taken , he is certainly inferior in his dialect : for the Doric had its beauty and propriety in the time of Theocritus ; it was used in part of Greece , and frequent in ...
... Theocritus him- self ; though , notwithstanding all the care he has taken , he is certainly inferior in his dialect : for the Doric had its beauty and propriety in the time of Theocritus ; it was used in part of Greece , and frequent in ...
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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