The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, 1. köideJames Nichol, 1856 - 326 pages |
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... court Addison , and partly to indulge his spleen at the critic , wrote a prose satire , entitled , " The Narrative of Dr Robert Norris on the Frenzy of J. D. " In this , however , he overshot the mark ; and Addison signified to him that ...
... court Addison , and partly to indulge his spleen at the critic , wrote a prose satire , entitled , " The Narrative of Dr Robert Norris on the Frenzy of J. D. " In this , however , he overshot the mark ; and Addison signified to him that ...
Page 27
... courts adorn ; See future sons , and daughters yet unborn , In crowding ranks on every side arise , Demanding life , impatient for the skies ! See barbarous nations at thy gates attend , Walk in thy light and in thy temple bend ; See ...
... courts adorn ; See future sons , and daughters yet unborn , In crowding ranks on every side arise , Demanding life , impatient for the skies ! See barbarous nations at thy gates attend , Walk in thy light and in thy temple bend ; See ...
Page 39
... court . Some by old words to fame have made pretence , Ancients in phrase , mere moderns in their sense ; Such labour'd nothings , in so strange a style , Amaze the unlearn'd , and make the learned smile . Unlucky , as Fungosol in the ...
... court . Some by old words to fame have made pretence , Ancients in phrase , mere moderns in their sense ; Such labour'd nothings , in so strange a style , Amaze the unlearn'd , and make the learned smile . Unlucky , as Fungosol in the ...
Page 64
... court ; In various talk the instructive hours they pass'd , Who gave the ball , or paid the visit last ; One speaks the glory of the British Queen , And one describes a charming Indian screen ; A third interprets motions , looks , and ...
... court ; In various talk the instructive hours they pass'd , Who gave the ball , or paid the visit last ; One speaks the glory of the British Queen , And one describes a charming Indian screen ; A third interprets motions , looks , and ...
Page 69
... court and party - scandal , and in a loose effeminacy of style and sentiment which well suited the debauched taste of the better vulgar . For , that sad moment , when the Sylphs withdrew THE RAPE OF TIIE LOCK . 69 Canto IV Artemisia, 117.
... court and party - scandal , and in a loose effeminacy of style and sentiment which well suited the debauched taste of the better vulgar . For , that sad moment , when the Sylphs withdrew THE RAPE OF TIIE LOCK . 69 Canto IV Artemisia, 117.
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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