The Works of Alexander Pope, 4. köideHenry Lintot, 1736 |
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... throne with trophies charg'd , I view'd The Youth that all things but himself subdu'd ; His VER . 132. The wall in lyftre , & c . ] It fhone lighter than a glass , And made well more than it was , As kind thing of Fame is . VER . 152 ...
... throne with trophies charg'd , I view'd The Youth that all things but himself subdu'd ; His VER . 132. The wall in lyftre , & c . ] It fhone lighter than a glass , And made well more than it was , As kind thing of Fame is . VER . 152 ...
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... throne of Fame , are plac'd the greateft names in learning of all antiquity . Thefe are defcrib'd in fuch attitudes as ex- prefs their different characters : The columns on which they are rais'd are adorn'd with fculptures , taken from ...
... throne of Fame , are plac'd the greateft names in learning of all antiquity . Thefe are defcrib'd in fuch attitudes as ex- prefs their different characters : The columns on which they are rais'd are adorn'd with fculptures , taken from ...
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... throne ; Father of verse ! in holy fillets drest , His filver beard wav'd gently o'er his breast ; Tho ' blind , a boldness in his looks appears ; In years he seem'd , but not impair'd by years . The wars of Troy were round the pillar ...
... throne ; Father of verse ! in holy fillets drest , His filver beard wav'd gently o'er his breast ; Tho ' blind , a boldness in his looks appears ; In years he seem'd , but not impair'd by years . The wars of Troy were round the pillar ...
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... throne Arms and the man in golden cyphers fhone . Four fwans fuftain a car of filver bright , 210 215 With heads advanc'd , and pinions ftretch'd for flight : Here , like fome furious prophet , Pindar rode , And feem'd to labour with th ...
... throne Arms and the man in golden cyphers fhone . Four fwans fuftain a car of filver bright , 210 215 With heads advanc'd , and pinions ftretch'd for flight : Here , like fome furious prophet , Pindar rode , And feem'd to labour with th ...
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... throne : Gath'ring his flowing robe , he feem'd to stand In act to speak , and graceful ftretch'd his hand . Behind , Rome's Genius waits with Civic crowns , And the great Father of his country owns . These mafly columns in a circle ...
... throne : Gath'ring his flowing robe , he feem'd to stand In act to speak , and graceful ftretch'd his hand . Behind , Rome's Genius waits with Civic crowns , And the great Father of his country owns . These mafly columns in a circle ...
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