The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, 1. köideJames Nichol, 1856 - 326 pages |
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Page vi
... verses of his own . He became acquainted with Dryden's works , and went to Wills's coffee - house to see him . He says , " Virgilium tantum vidi . " Such transient meetings of literary orbs are among the most interesting pas- sages in ...
... verses of his own . He became acquainted with Dryden's works , and went to Wills's coffee - house to see him . He says , " Virgilium tantum vidi . " Such transient meetings of literary orbs are among the most interesting pas- sages in ...
Page viii
... verses . On his con- nexion with these ladies , some mystery rests . Bowles has strongly and plausibly urged that it was not of the purest or most creditable order . Others have contended that it did not go further than the manners of ...
... verses . On his con- nexion with these ladies , some mystery rests . Bowles has strongly and plausibly urged that it was not of the purest or most creditable order . Others have contended that it did not go further than the manners of ...
Page xix
... Verses to the Imitator of the First Satire of the Second Book of Horace , " - verses in which she was assisted by Lord Harvey , another of Pope's victims . He wrote , but was prudent enough to suppress , an ironical reply . In 1734 ...
... Verses to the Imitator of the First Satire of the Second Book of Horace , " - verses in which she was assisted by Lord Harvey , another of Pope's victims . He wrote , but was prudent enough to suppress , an ironical reply . In 1734 ...
Page xxv
... verse to pol- luted and forbidden things . There , and there alone , his taste deserted him ; and there is something disgusting and unna- tural in the combination of the elegant and the obscene- the coarse in sentiment and the polished ...
... verse to pol- luted and forbidden things . There , and there alone , his taste deserted him ; and there is something disgusting and unna- tural in the combination of the elegant and the obscene- the coarse in sentiment and the polished ...
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... verses as mine that are not inserted in this collection . And perhaps nothing could make it worth my while to own what are really so , but to avoid the imputation of so many dull and immoral things as , partly by malice , and partly by ...
... verses as mine that are not inserted in this collection . And perhaps nothing could make it worth my while to own what are really so , but to avoid the imputation of so many dull and immoral things as , partly by malice , and partly by ...
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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