The Works of Alexander Pope, 1. köideHenry Lintot, 1736 |
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... give up all the reasonable aims of life for it . There are indeed fome advantages accruing from a Genius to Poetry , and they are all I can think of : the agreeable power of felf - amufement when a man 13 Ot e : d e t t S 0 8 PREFACE .
... give up all the reasonable aims of life for it . There are indeed fome advantages accruing from a Genius to Poetry , and they are all I can think of : the agreeable power of felf - amufement when a man 13 Ot e : d e t t S 0 8 PREFACE .
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... give me a chance to be one . For what I have publish'd , I can only hope to be pardon'd ; but for what I have burn'd , I deserve to be prais'd . On this account the world is under fome obligation 1 tion to me , and owes me the justice ...
... give me a chance to be one . For what I have publish'd , I can only hope to be pardon'd ; but for what I have burn'd , I deserve to be prais'd . On this account the world is under fome obligation 1 tion to me , and owes me the justice ...
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... give Merit praise . 20 To Mr. POPE , on his Paftorals . IN ' N these more dull , as more cenforious days , When few dare give , and fewer merit Praise ; A Mufe fincere , that never Flatt'ry knew , Pays what to friendship and defert is ...
... give Merit praise . 20 To Mr. POPE , on his Paftorals . IN ' N these more dull , as more cenforious days , When few dare give , and fewer merit Praise ; A Mufe fincere , that never Flatt'ry knew , Pays what to friendship and defert is ...
Page xxi
... give . Where e'er we dip in thy delightful page , What pompous scenes our bufy thoughts engage ! The pompous scenes in all their pride appear , Fresh in the page , as in the grove they were . Nor half fo true the fair Lodona fhows The ...
... give . Where e'er we dip in thy delightful page , What pompous scenes our bufy thoughts engage ! The pompous scenes in all their pride appear , Fresh in the page , as in the grove they were . Nor half fo true the fair Lodona fhows The ...
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... gives thy genuine thought ; So Tully publish'd what Lucretius wrote ; Prun'd by his care , thy laurels loftier grow , And bloom afresh on thy immortal brow . Thus when thy draughts , O Raphael ! time invades , And the bold figure from ...
... gives thy genuine thought ; So Tully publish'd what Lucretius wrote ; Prun'd by his care , thy laurels loftier grow , And bloom afresh on thy immortal brow . Thus when thy draughts , O Raphael ! time invades , And the bold figure from ...
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