The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volume 1A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, H. Lintot, and C. Bathurst, 1757 |
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Page xiii
... thofe are difpleafed at it who are not able to follow it and it is to be feared that esteem will feldom do any man fo much good , as ill - will does him harm . Then there is a third clafs of people , who make the largest part of mankind ...
... thofe are difpleafed at it who are not able to follow it and it is to be feared that esteem will feldom do any man fo much good , as ill - will does him harm . Then there is a third clafs of people , who make the largest part of mankind ...
Page xvi
... thofe Authors , who forgive themfelves fome particular lines for the fake of a whole Poem , and vice verfa a whole Poem for the fake of fome particular lines . I believe no one qualification is fo likely to make a good writer , as the ...
... thofe Authors , who forgive themfelves fome particular lines for the fake of a whole Poem , and vice verfa a whole Poem for the fake of fome particular lines . I believe no one qualification is fo likely to make a good writer , as the ...
Page xxii
... thofe Wits , whofe numbers glide along So fmooth , no thought e'er interrupts the fong : Laboriously 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 beft moft ...
... thofe Wits , whofe numbers glide along So fmooth , no thought e'er interrupts the fong : Laboriously 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 beft moft ...
Page xxiii
... thofe flow'rs her native fields produce ; And the true measure of the Shepherd's wit Should , like his garb , be for the Country fit : Yet must his pure and unaffected thought More nicely than the common fwains be wrought . So , with ...
... thofe flow'rs her native fields produce ; And the true measure of the Shepherd's wit Should , like his garb , be for the Country fit : Yet must his pure and unaffected thought More nicely than the common fwains be wrought . So , with ...
Page xxxv
... youth , what Column wilt thou chufe , What laurel'd Arch for thy triumphant Muse ? Tho ' each great Ancient court thee to his fhrine , Though ev'ry Laurel thro ' the dome be thine , ( From the proud Epic , down to thofe that C 2 [ XXXV ]
... youth , what Column wilt thou chufe , What laurel'd Arch for thy triumphant Muse ? Tho ' each great Ancient court thee to his fhrine , Though ev'ry Laurel thro ' the dome be thine , ( From the proud Epic , down to thofe that C 2 [ XXXV ]
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