The Works of Alexander Pope Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete. With His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements; ... Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warbuton, 4. köideJ. and P. Knapton, H. Lintot, J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, and C. Bathurst, 1752 |
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... Reason and the Flow of foul : And HE , whose lightning pierc'd th ' Iberian Lines , Now forms my Quincunx , and now ranks myVines , Or tames the Genius of the stubborn plain , 131 Almost as quickly as he conquer'd Spain . Envy muft own ...
... Reason and the Flow of foul : And HE , whose lightning pierc'd th ' Iberian Lines , Now forms my Quincunx , and now ranks myVines , Or tames the Genius of the stubborn plain , 131 Almost as quickly as he conquer'd Spain . Envy muft own ...
Page 115
... reason why the People fhould not be followed is because Belua multorum eft capitum . nam quid fequar , aut quem ? they are fo divers in their purfuits ( fays Horace ) that one can- not follow this man without being condemned by that ...
... reason why the People fhould not be followed is because Belua multorum eft capitum . nam quid fequar , aut quem ? they are fo divers in their purfuits ( fays Horace ) that one can- not follow this man without being condemned by that ...
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... reason , fhould not have aimed at it , as he has done in the mention of Alfred . VER . 13. Clos'd their long Glories with a figh , ] The expref- fion is extremely beautiful ; and the ploravere judiciously placed . VER . 16. Finds envy ...
... reason , fhould not have aimed at it , as he has done in the mention of Alfred . VER . 13. Clos'd their long Glories with a figh , ] The expref- fion is extremely beautiful ; and the ploravere judiciously placed . VER . 16. Finds envy ...
Page 156
... reason , that precept of Horace , Obfcurata diu populo bonus eruet , atque Proferet in lucem fpeciofa vocabula rerum . etc. VER . 98. And Sydney's verfe halts ill on Roman feet : ] Sir Philip Sidney . He attempted to introduce the Roman ...
... reason , that precept of Horace , Obfcurata diu populo bonus eruet , atque Proferet in lucem fpeciofa vocabula rerum . etc. VER . 98. And Sydney's verfe halts ill on Roman feet : ] Sir Philip Sidney . He attempted to introduce the Roman ...
Page 171
... reason to lay " myself under any reftraint . I fear , I hope nothing from your " Country : all that I wish for , is to fee you one day here . I 66 am entertaining myself with this pleasant hope . If it is but 66 dream , let me enjoy it ...
... reason to lay " myself under any reftraint . I fear , I hope nothing from your " Country : all that I wish for , is to fee you one day here . I 66 am entertaining myself with this pleasant hope . If it is but 66 dream , let me enjoy it ...
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