The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Eight Volumes, Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements; Together with All His Notes, 2. köideW. Cavil, T. Martin, T. French, and J. Wren, 1795 |
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Page 13
... half the night was thus confum'd in vain ; Provok'd to vengeance , three large leaves I tore , And with one buffet fell'd him on the floor . 416 With that my husband in a fury rofe , And down he settled me with hearty blows . I groan'd ...
... half the night was thus confum'd in vain ; Provok'd to vengeance , three large leaves I tore , And with one buffet fell'd him on the floor . 416 With that my husband in a fury rofe , And down he settled me with hearty blows . I groan'd ...
Page 24
... half fo fwiftly fhoots along in air , The gliding lightning , or defcending ftar . Thro ' crouds of airy shades the wing'd her flight , And dark dominions of the filent night ; Swift as the pafs'd , the flitting ghofts withdrew , And ...
... half fo fwiftly fhoots along in air , The gliding lightning , or defcending ftar . Thro ' crouds of airy shades the wing'd her flight , And dark dominions of the filent night ; Swift as the pafs'd , the flitting ghofts withdrew , And ...
Page 97
... half a crown , Juft writes to make his barrenness appear , And strains from hard - bound brains , eight lines a- year ; 180 He , who still wanting , though he lives on theft , Steals much , fpends little , yet has nothing left : NOTES ...
... half a crown , Juft writes to make his barrenness appear , And strains from hard - bound brains , eight lines a- year ; 180 He , who still wanting , though he lives on theft , Steals much , fpends little , yet has nothing left : NOTES ...
Page 98
... half of the nation . On the other hand , Mr Pope made his friend's intereft his own , ( fee note on ver . 215. 1 Ep . B. 2. of Hor . in this volume ) ; and when Dennis fo brutally attacked the tragedy of Cato , he wrote the piece called ...
... half of the nation . On the other hand , Mr Pope made his friend's intereft his own , ( fee note on ver . 215. 1 Ep . B. 2. of Hor . in this volume ) ; and when Dennis fo brutally attacked the tragedy of Cato , he wrote the piece called ...
Page 105
... Half froth , half venom , fpits himself abroad , 329 In puns , or politics , or tales , or lies , Or fpite , or fmut , or rhymes , or blafphemies . NOTES . Ver . 299. Who to the Dean and filver hell , & c . ] Mean- ing the man who would ...
... Half froth , half venom , fpits himself abroad , 329 In puns , or politics , or tales , or lies , Or fpite , or fmut , or rhymes , or blafphemies . NOTES . Ver . 299. Who to the Dean and filver hell , & c . ] Mean- ing the man who would ...
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