The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 4Ingram, Cooke, 1854 |
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... sense be clear , Nor with a weight of words fatigue the ear ; From grave to jovial you must change with art , Now play the critic's , now the poet's part ; In raillery assume a graver air , Discreetly hide your strength , your vigour ...
... sense be clear , Nor with a weight of words fatigue the ear ; From grave to jovial you must change with art , Now play the critic's , now the poet's part ; In raillery assume a graver air , Discreetly hide your strength , your vigour ...
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... sense subsides , and fancy sports in sleep ( Though past the recollection of the thought ) , Becomes the stuff of which our dream is wrought ; Something as dim to our internal view , Is thus , perhaps , the cause of most we do . True ...
... sense subsides , and fancy sports in sleep ( Though past the recollection of the thought ) , Becomes the stuff of which our dream is wrought ; Something as dim to our internal view , Is thus , perhaps , the cause of most we do . True ...
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... sense to pray ; 10 To toast our wants and wishes is her way ; Nor asks of God , but of her stars , to give The mighty blessing , " while we live , to live . ” Then all for death , that opiate of the soul ! Lucretia's dagger ...
... sense to pray ; 10 To toast our wants and wishes is her way ; Nor asks of God , but of her stars , to give The mighty blessing , " while we live , to live . ” Then all for death , that opiate of the soul ! Lucretia's dagger ...
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... sense , good humour , and a poet . 26 [ The allusion to the fall of China , is taken from Addison in the Spec- tator . The tickets were , of course , lottery tickets , in which Pope and Miss Blount dabbled occasionally . It is curious ...
... sense , good humour , and a poet . 26 [ The allusion to the fall of China , is taken from Addison in the Spec- tator . The tickets were , of course , lottery tickets , in which Pope and Miss Blount dabbled occasionally . It is curious ...
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... sense , amiability , and sweetness of temper and manners , made her a universal favourite ; and it was her singular good fortune to be at once distinguished by her mistress , and beloved by her companions . " 5 She was also unfortu ...
... sense , amiability , and sweetness of temper and manners , made her a universal favourite ; and it was her singular good fortune to be at once distinguished by her mistress , and beloved by her companions . " 5 She was also unfortu ...
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