The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, 1. köideJames Nichol, 1856 - 326 pages |
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... sense and vivid sarcasm . In the Forest , he became acquainted with Sir William Trumbull , the retired secretary of state , a man of general accomplishments , who read , rode , conversed with the youthful poet ; introduced him to old ...
... sense and vivid sarcasm . In the Forest , he became acquainted with Sir William Trumbull , the retired secretary of state , a man of general accomplishments , who read , rode , conversed with the youthful poet ; introduced him to old ...
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... sense ( and indeed there are twenty men of wit for one man of sense ) , his living thus in a course of flattery may put him in no small danger of becoming a coxcomb : if he has , he will consequently have so much diffidence as not to ...
... sense ( and indeed there are twenty men of wit for one man of sense ) , his living thus in a course of flattery may put him in no small danger of becoming a coxcomb : if he has , he will consequently have so much diffidence as not to ...
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... sense must have been common sense in all times ; and what we call learning is but the know- ledge of the sense of our predecessors . Therefore they who say our thoughts are not our own , because they resemble the ancients , may as ...
... sense must have been common sense in all times ; and what we call learning is but the know- ledge of the sense of our predecessors . Therefore they who say our thoughts are not our own , because they resemble the ancients , may as ...
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... sense , -a quality that not only renders one capable of being a good writer , but a good man . And if I have made ... senses , without any murmurs against the justice of this age , or any mad appeals to posterity . I declare I ...
... sense , -a quality that not only renders one capable of being a good writer , but a good man . And if I have made ... senses , without any murmurs against the justice of this age , or any mad appeals to posterity . I declare I ...
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... sense of my faults made me correct . After the words ' angry to find us so , ' p . 3 , 1. 36 , occurred the following - In the first place I own that I have used my best endeavours to the finishing these pieces . That I made what ...
... sense of my faults made me correct . After the words ' angry to find us so , ' p . 3 , 1. 36 , occurred the following - In the first place I own that I have used my best endeavours to the finishing these pieces . That I made what ...
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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