The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Broome, Pope, Pitt, ThomsonAlexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
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Page v
... Letter to the Widow in London .... 36 .... ... ib . To the honourable Mrs. Elizabeth Townsend , afterwards Lady Cornwallis , on her Picture at Rainham On the Death of my dear Friend , Mr. Elijah Fenton , 1730 ib . ib . To Thomas Marriot ...
... Letter to the Widow in London .... 36 .... ... ib . To the honourable Mrs. Elizabeth Townsend , afterwards Lady Cornwallis , on her Picture at Rainham On the Death of my dear Friend , Mr. Elijah Fenton , 1730 ib . ib . To Thomas Marriot ...
Page vii
... Letter to the Publisher , occasioned by the first correct Edition of the Dunciad ......... ib . Martinus Scriblerus , his Prolegomena and Il- VII . A Parallel of the Characters of Mr. Dryden and Mr. Pope Index to the Dunciad ...
... Letter to the Publisher , occasioned by the first correct Edition of the Dunciad ......... ib . Martinus Scriblerus , his Prolegomena and Il- VII . A Parallel of the Characters of Mr. Dryden and Mr. Pope Index to the Dunciad ...
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... letter , or a syllable , or the transposition of a phrase , when the present reading is sufficiently intelligible . These learned trifiers are mere weeders of an author ; they collect the weeds for their own use , and permit others to ...
... letter , or a syllable , or the transposition of a phrase , when the present reading is sufficiently intelligible . These learned trifiers are mere weeders of an author ; they collect the weeds for their own use , and permit others to ...
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... letters you arise , Grow to a god , and mount the skies . Humbly in breezy shades I stray Where Sylvans dance , and Satyrs play ; Contented to advance my claim , Only o'er men without a name ; Transcribing what the Muses sing Harmonious ...
... letters you arise , Grow to a god , and mount the skies . Humbly in breezy shades I stray Where Sylvans dance , and Satyrs play ; Contented to advance my claim , Only o'er men without a name ; Transcribing what the Muses sing Harmonious ...
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... LETTER TO THE WIDOW IN LONDON . WHILE Delia shines at Hurlothrumbo , And darts her sprightly eye at some beau ; Then , close behind her fan retiring , Sees through the sticks whole crowds admiring : You sip your melancholy co - ffy ...
... LETTER TO THE WIDOW IN LONDON . WHILE Delia shines at Hurlothrumbo , And darts her sprightly eye at some beau ; Then , close behind her fan retiring , Sees through the sticks whole crowds admiring : You sip your melancholy co - ffy ...
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Adrastus ancient Bavius beauty behold beneath blest breast breath bright Britons charms clouds courser critics Cynthus death deep delight dreadful Dulness Dunciad Earth edition Essay on Criticism Ev'n eyes fair fame fate fire flame flood fools genius glory goddess grace Greece groves hand happy heart Heaven hero Homer honour Iliad Jove king labour live lord lord Bolingbroke lyre mankind mighty mind mortal Muse Nature never night numbers nymph o'er once passion peace plain pleas'd poem poet Pope praise pride proud racter rage reign rise Rome round sacred Sappho satire scene shade shine shore sighs sing skies smile soft song soul spring streams sweet swell Swift tears tempest thee thine thou thought thunder toil trembling truth verse Virgil virgin virtue waves wild winds wings youth