The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, 3. köideA. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, H. Lintot, and C. Bathurst, 1757 |
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... pois'nous Vice , etc. ] Alluding to these Lines of Mr. Pope ; " In the nice Bee what Art so subtly true " From pois'nous Herbs extracts a healing Dew ? But with the friends of Vice , the foes of X Part I. ESSAY ON SATIRE .
... pois'nous Vice , etc. ] Alluding to these Lines of Mr. Pope ; " In the nice Bee what Art so subtly true " From pois'nous Herbs extracts a healing Dew ? But with the friends of Vice , the foes of X Part I. ESSAY ON SATIRE .
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... these degen'rate days ; The Villain's cenfure is extorted praife . But chief , be fteady in a noble end , And fhew Mankind that Truth has yet a friend . ' Tis mean for empty praise of wit to write , As Foplings grin to fhow their Teeth ...
... these degen'rate days ; The Villain's cenfure is extorted praife . But chief , be fteady in a noble end , And fhew Mankind that Truth has yet a friend . ' Tis mean for empty praise of wit to write , As Foplings grin to fhow their Teeth ...
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... these Epiftles in their progress ( if I have health and leifure to make any progrefs ) will be lefs dry , and more fufceptible of poetical ornament . am here only opening the fountains , and clearing the paffage . To deduce the rivers ...
... these Epiftles in their progress ( if I have health and leifure to make any progrefs ) will be lefs dry , and more fufceptible of poetical ornament . am here only opening the fountains , and clearing the paffage . To deduce the rivers ...
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... these sublime images in the following lines , " If plagues or earthquakes break not Heav'n's defign , Why then a Borgia , or a Catiline ? " " " Who knows , but he , whofe hand the light'ning forms , " Who heaves old Ocean , and who ...
... these sublime images in the following lines , " If plagues or earthquakes break not Heav'n's defign , Why then a Borgia , or a Catiline ? " " " Who knows , but he , whofe hand the light'ning forms , " Who heaves old Ocean , and who ...
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... these men , the Poet now turns to his friend ; and ( from 123 to 130. ) remarks , that the ground of all this , extravagance is Pride ; which , more or lefs , infects the whole Species ; fhews the ill effects of it , in the case of the ...
... these men , the Poet now turns to his friend ; and ( from 123 to 130. ) remarks , that the ground of all this , extravagance is Pride ; which , more or lefs , infects the whole Species ; fhews the ill effects of it , in the case of the ...
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