The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorCrissy & Markley, 1853 - 484 pages |
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Page vii
... live a day ; and as a poet , he must have his fancy was already shooting , and all the gay va- felt Pope's force of genius much more from many rieties of diction were ready at his hand to colour other parts of his works . and embellish ...
... live a day ; and as a poet , he must have his fancy was already shooting , and all the gay va- felt Pope's force of genius much more from many rieties of diction were ready at his hand to colour other parts of his works . and embellish ...
Page xiv
... live more by choice , having persuaded expected from the South Sea , when the contagion his father to sell their estate at Binfield , he pur- of avarice tainted every mind , and even poets chased , I think only for his life , that house ...
... live more by choice , having persuaded expected from the South Sea , when the contagion his father to sell their estate at Binfield , he pur- of avarice tainted every mind , and even poets chased , I think only for his life , that house ...
Page xxviii
... live in two reigns when the sensible of any excellence that has not some affinity Court paid little attention to poetry , he nursed in with their own , and confines their esteem and ap- his mind a foolish disesteem of Kings , and ...
... live in two reigns when the sensible of any excellence that has not some affinity Court paid little attention to poetry , he nursed in with their own , and confines their esteem and ap- his mind a foolish disesteem of Kings , and ...
Page xl
... live ! for heaven's eternal year is thine , Go , and exalt thy mortal to divine . And thou , blest maid ! attendant ... lives have ON GENERAL HENRY WITHERS , In Westminster Abbey , 1729 . Here , Withers , rest ! thou bravest ...
... live ! for heaven's eternal year is thine , Go , and exalt thy mortal to divine . And thou , blest maid ! attendant ... lives have ON GENERAL HENRY WITHERS , In Westminster Abbey , 1729 . Here , Withers , rest ! thou bravest ...
Page 44
... live : one may The life of a wit is a warfare upon earth ; and the be ashamed to consume half one's days in bringing ... lives as long as they last , remain as a testimony that their to correct and finish their works for posterity ...
... live : one may The life of a wit is a warfare upon earth ; and the be ashamed to consume half one's days in bringing ... lives as long as they last , remain as a testimony that their to correct and finish their works for posterity ...
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