The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: With Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks,, 3. köideC. and J. Rivington; T. Cadell; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green; J. Cuthell; J. Nunn; ... [and 25 others in London]; and Deighton and Sons, Cambridge; and A. Black, and J. Fairbairn, Edinburgh., 1824 |
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... o'er ; The hollow winds through naked temples roar ; Round broken columns clasping ivy twin'd ; O'er heaps of ruin stalk'd the stately hind ; NOTES . 70 Ver . 65. The fields are ravish'd , & c . ] Alluding to the destruc- tion made in ...
... o'er ; The hollow winds through naked temples roar ; Round broken columns clasping ivy twin'd ; O'er heaps of ruin stalk'd the stately hind ; NOTES . 70 Ver . 65. The fields are ravish'd , & c . ] Alluding to the destruc- tion made in ...
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... o'er the Poor and Church his iron rod , 75 And serv'd alike his Vassals and his God . Whom ev'n the Saxon spar'd , and bloody Dane , The wanton victims of his sport remain . But see , the man , who spacious regions gave A waste for ...
... o'er the Poor and Church his iron rod , 75 And serv'd alike his Vassals and his God . Whom ev'n the Saxon spar'd , and bloody Dane , The wanton victims of his sport remain . But see , the man , who spacious regions gave A waste for ...
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... O'er sandy wilds were yellow harvests spread , The forest wonder'd at th ' unusual grain , And secret transports touch'd the conscious swain . NOTES . a revolution more destructive , or attended with a more complete subjection of the ...
... O'er sandy wilds were yellow harvests spread , The forest wonder'd at th ' unusual grain , And secret transports touch'd the conscious swain . NOTES . a revolution more destructive , or attended with a more complete subjection of the ...
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... o'er them sweeps the swelling net . Thus ( if small things we may with great compare ) When Albion sends her eager sons to war , Some thoughtless Town , with ease and plenty blest , Near , and more near , the closing lines invest ...
... o'er them sweeps the swelling net . Thus ( if small things we may with great compare ) When Albion sends her eager sons to war , Some thoughtless Town , with ease and plenty blest , Near , and more near , the closing lines invest ...
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... o'er their captive heads Britannia's standard flies . Ver . 126. O'er rustling leaves around the naked groves . This is a better line . Warton . IMITATIONS . Ver . 115 . nec te tua plurima , Pantheu , Labentem pietas , vel Apollinis ...
... o'er their captive heads Britannia's standard flies . Ver . 126. O'er rustling leaves around the naked groves . This is a better line . Warton . IMITATIONS . Ver . 115 . nec te tua plurima , Pantheu , Labentem pietas , vel Apollinis ...
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