The Works of Alexander Pope, with His Last Corrections, Additions and Improvements. With the Life of the Author, 2. köideD. Buchanan, 1804 - 332 pages |
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... foul to crofs , Who pens a ftanza , when he should ingrofs ? Is there , who , lock'd from ink and paper , fcrawls With defp'rate charcoal round his darken'd walls ? All fly to TwiT'NAM , and , in humble strain , Apply to me , to keep ...
... foul to crofs , Who pens a ftanza , when he should ingrofs ? Is there , who , lock'd from ink and paper , fcrawls With defp'rate charcoal round his darken'd walls ? All fly to TwiT'NAM , and , in humble strain , Apply to me , to keep ...
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... foul to fave ? 274 " I found him close with Swift - Indeed ? no doubt ( Cries prating Balbus ) " fomething will come out . ' Tis all in vain , deny it as I will . " No , fuch a genius never can lie ftill ; " And then for mine obligingly ...
... foul to fave ? 274 " I found him close with Swift - Indeed ? no doubt ( Cries prating Balbus ) " fomething will come out . ' Tis all in vain , deny it as I will . " No , fuch a genius never can lie ftill ; " And then for mine obligingly ...
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... foul , and muse . NOTES . ; 375 380 Yet Ver . 374. ten years ] It was fo long after many libels before the author of the Dunciad published that poem ; till when , he never writ a word in anfwer to the many fcurrilities and falfehoods ...
... foul , and muse . NOTES . ; 375 380 Yet Ver . 374. ten years ] It was fo long after many libels before the author of the Dunciad published that poem ; till when , he never writ a word in anfwer to the many fcurrilities and falfehoods ...
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... foul I cannot fleep a wink . I nod in company , I wake at night , Fools rush into my head , and fo I write . IS F. You could not do a worse thing for your life . Why , if the night seem tedious - take a wife : ( f ) Or rather , truly ...
... foul I cannot fleep a wink . I nod in company , I wake at night , Fools rush into my head , and fo I write . IS F. You could not do a worse thing for your life . Why , if the night seem tedious - take a wife : ( f ) Or rather , truly ...
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... foul stood forth , nor kept a thought within ; In me what spots , for fpots I have , appear , Will prove at least the medium must be clear . In this impartial glafs , my Muse intends Fair to expofe myself , my foes , my friends ...
... foul stood forth , nor kept a thought within ; In me what spots , for fpots I have , appear , Will prove at least the medium must be clear . In this impartial glafs , my Muse intends Fair to expofe myself , my foes , my friends ...
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beafts beft bleffing blefs'd blifs caufe charms court dæmon defign defire Dunciad ev'n ev'ry facred faid fame fate fatire fave feem feen fenfe ferves feven fhade fhall fhine fhould fhow fince fing firft fkies flave fmile foft folly fome fong fool foul fpirit ftate ftill ftrong fuch fure grace happineſs heart Heav'n himſelf honeft honour houfe juft kings knave laft lefs loft Lord lov'd mankind minifter moft Mufe muft muſt Nature ne'er never nihil NOTES numbers nunc o'er obferve paffion perfon Pindar pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poet Pope pow'r praife praiſe prefent pride profe proud quæ quid quod Reafon reft rife Sappho Satire SCRIB tafte thee thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro truth VARIATIONS verfe Vice Virtue whofe wife worfe