The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, 1. köideJames Nichol, 1856 - 326 pages |
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Page ix
... laws , not so much in crea- tion , as in criticism . He was no Homer or Shakspeare ; but he might have been nearly as acute a judge of poetry as Aristotle , and nearly as eloquent an expounder of the rules of art and the glories of ...
... laws , not so much in crea- tion , as in criticism . He was no Homer or Shakspeare ; but he might have been nearly as acute a judge of poetry as Aristotle , and nearly as eloquent an expounder of the rules of art and the glories of ...
Page xxi
... law amongst regulations of the Upper House that no peer's letters can be published without his consent , at the instance of the Earl of Jersey , and in consequence , too , of an advertisement of Pope's , the books were seized , and ...
... law amongst regulations of the Upper House that no peer's letters can be published without his consent , at the instance of the Earl of Jersey , and in consequence , too , of an advertisement of Pope's , the books were seized , and ...
Page xxiii
... law ; and himself , by and by , the Bishop of Gloucester . Sophistry has seldom , although sometimes , been thus richly rewarded . The last scene of Pope's tiny and tortured existence was now at hand . But ere it closed , it must close ...
... law ; and himself , by and by , the Bishop of Gloucester . Sophistry has seldom , although sometimes , been thus richly rewarded . The last scene of Pope's tiny and tortured existence was now at hand . But ere it closed , it must close ...
Page 32
... laws which first herself ordain'd . Hear how learn'd Greece her useful rules indites , When to repress , and when indulge our flights : High on Parnassus ' top her sons she show'd , And pointed out those arduous paths they trod ; Held ...
... laws which first herself ordain'd . Hear how learn'd Greece her useful rules indites , When to repress , and when indulge our flights : High on Parnassus ' top her sons she show'd , And pointed out those arduous paths they trod ; Held ...
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... law , And but from Nature's fountains scorn'd to draw : But when t'examine every part he came , Nature and Homer were , he found , the same . Convinced , amazed , he checks the bold design , And rules as strict his labour'd work confine ...
... law , And but from Nature's fountains scorn'd to draw : But when t'examine every part he came , Nature and Homer were , he found , the same . Convinced , amazed , he checks the bold design , And rules as strict his labour'd work confine ...
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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