The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorCrissy & Markley, 1853 - 484 pages |
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... Grecian parents , and his father about the time when his ' Essay ' was published . consequently had by law had the absolute disposal The lady's name and adventures I have sought of him , his life had been no longer than that of one with ...
... Grecian parents , and his father about the time when his ' Essay ' was published . consequently had by law had the absolute disposal The lady's name and adventures I have sought of him , his life had been no longer than that of one with ...
Page x
... Grecian woes , O Goddess , sing , That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain . The stern Pelides ' rage O Goddess , sing , wrath Of all the woes of Greece the fatal spring , Grecian To all ...
... Grecian woes , O Goddess , sing , That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain . The stern Pelides ' rage O Goddess , sing , wrath Of all the woes of Greece the fatal spring , Grecian To all ...
Page 59
... Grecian stage ; Concluding all were desperate sots and fools , Who durst depart from Aristotle's rules . Our author , happy in a judge so nice , Produced his play , and begg'd the knight's advice ; Made him observe the subject , and the ...
... Grecian stage ; Concluding all were desperate sots and fools , Who durst depart from Aristotle's rules . Our author , happy in a judge so nice , Produced his play , and begg'd the knight's advice ; Made him observe the subject , and the ...
Page 91
... Grecian stone the pompous arches grac'd ; No nightly bands in glittering armour wait high , A fiery gleam , and reddens all the sky . And the cold north receives a fainter day ; For crimes like these , not all those realms suffice ...
... Grecian stone the pompous arches grac'd ; No nightly bands in glittering armour wait high , A fiery gleam , and reddens all the sky . And the cold north receives a fainter day ; For crimes like these , not all those realms suffice ...
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... Grecian form ) and Chloe lend the face ; His house , embosom'd in the grove , Sacred to social life and social love , Shall glitter o'er the pendent green , Where Thames reflects the visionary scene : Thither the silver - sounding lyres ...
... Grecian form ) and Chloe lend the face ; His house , embosom'd in the grove , Sacred to social life and social love , Shall glitter o'er the pendent green , Where Thames reflects the visionary scene : Thither the silver - sounding lyres ...
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