The Works of Alexander Pope, 1. köideHenry Lintot, 1736 |
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Page 8
... most knowing , he is as fure of being envy'd by the worst and most ignorant ; for it is with a fine Genius as with a fine fashion , all thofe are difpleas'd at it who are not able to follow it : And ' tis to be fear'd that efteem will ...
... most knowing , he is as fure of being envy'd by the worst and most ignorant ; for it is with a fine Genius as with a fine fashion , all thofe are difpleas'd at it who are not able to follow it : And ' tis to be fear'd that efteem will ...
Page 10
... most powerfully bent ; and it was the business of their lives to correct and finith their works for pofterity . If we can pretend to have used the fame industry , let us expect the fame immortality : Tho ' if we took the fame care , we ...
... most powerfully bent ; and it was the business of their lives to correct and finith their works for pofterity . If we can pretend to have used the fame industry , let us expect the fame immortality : Tho ' if we took the fame care , we ...
Page xviii
... enervate they appear , And write not to the head , but to the ear : Our minds unmov'd and unconcern'd they lull , And are at best most musically dull ; 5 10 So So purling ftreams with even murmurs creep ; And hush ( xviii )
... enervate they appear , And write not to the head , but to the ear : Our minds unmov'd and unconcern'd they lull , And are at best most musically dull ; 5 10 So So purling ftreams with even murmurs creep ; And hush ( xviii )
Page xxxiii
... most shall praife , who beft shall recommend ? The Chariot now the painful steep ascends ; The Peans ceafe ; thy glorious labour ends . Here fix'd , the bright eternal Temple ftands , Its profpect an unbounded view commands : Say , wond ...
... most shall praife , who beft shall recommend ? The Chariot now the painful steep ascends ; The Peans ceafe ; thy glorious labour ends . Here fix'd , the bright eternal Temple ftands , Its profpect an unbounded view commands : Say , wond ...
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... most antient fort of poetry was probably pastoral . ' Tis natural to imagine , that the leisure of those ancient shepherds requiring fome diverfion , none was fo proper to that solitary life as finging ; and that in their B 2 fongs ...
... most antient fort of poetry was probably pastoral . ' Tis natural to imagine , that the leisure of those ancient shepherds requiring fome diverfion , none was fo proper to that solitary life as finging ; and that in their B 2 fongs ...
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