The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorCrissy & Markley, 1853 - 484 pages |
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... race : To those who have skill to estimate the excel- lence and difficulty of this great work , it must be very desirable to know how it was performed , and by what gradations it advanced to correctness . Of such an intellectual process ...
... race : To those who have skill to estimate the excel- lence and difficulty of this great work , it must be very desirable to know how it was performed , and by what gradations it advanced to correctness . Of such an intellectual process ...
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... race , compared with the chariot - race , is nei- ther illustrated nor aggrandised ; land and water make all the difference : when Apollo , running af - 1 semblances the mind often governs the ear , and the sounds are estimated by their ...
... race , compared with the chariot - race , is nei- ther illustrated nor aggrandised ; land and water make all the difference : when Apollo , running af - 1 semblances the mind often governs the ear , and the sounds are estimated by their ...
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... race , and the march of slow - paced majesty , exhibited by the same poet in the same sequence of syllables , ex- cept that the exact prosodist will find the line of swiftness by one time longer than that of tardiness . Beauties of this ...
... race , and the march of slow - paced majesty , exhibited by the same poet in the same sequence of syllables , ex- cept that the exact prosodist will find the line of swiftness by one time longer than that of tardiness . Beauties of this ...
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... race shall yield , And the same hand that sow'd , shall reap the field . The swain in barren deserts with surprise Sees lilies spring , and sudden verdure rise ; And starts , amidst the thirsty wilds to hear New falls of water murmuring ...
... race shall yield , And the same hand that sow'd , shall reap the field . The swain in barren deserts with surprise Sees lilies spring , and sudden verdure rise ; And starts , amidst the thirsty wilds to hear New falls of water murmuring ...
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... race long unconfin'd and free , Still fond and proud of savage liberty , Received his laws , and stood convinc'd ' twas fit , Who conquer'd nature , should preside o'er wit . Horace still charms with graceful negligence , And without ...
... race long unconfin'd and free , Still fond and proud of savage liberty , Received his laws , and stood convinc'd ' twas fit , Who conquer'd nature , should preside o'er wit . Horace still charms with graceful negligence , And without ...
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