The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., with Notes and Illustrations, by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks by William Roscoe, Esq, Volume 5Longman, Brown, 1847 |
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... nature's spite , the siege they hold , And scorn the flesh , the devil , and all but gold . 20 These write to Lords , some mean reward to get , 25 As needy beggars sing at doors for meat . Those write because all write , and so have ...
... nature's spite , the siege they hold , And scorn the flesh , the devil , and all but gold . 20 These write to Lords , some mean reward to get , 25 As needy beggars sing at doors for meat . Those write because all write , and so have ...
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... , Serene thy day , and peaceful is thy night : Thou nurse of Innocence , fair virtue's friend ! Silent , tho ' rapturous , pleasures thee attend .. [ Nature Of suitors at court to mourn , and a trance SAT IV . 27 VERSIFIED .
... , Serene thy day , and peaceful is thy night : Thou nurse of Innocence , fair virtue's friend ! Silent , tho ' rapturous , pleasures thee attend .. [ Nature Of suitors at court to mourn , and a trance SAT IV . 27 VERSIFIED .
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... natural Some of the stocks are 2 ; their fruits bastard all . 66 NOTES . Nature in every object points the road , Whence Contemplation wings my soul to God . - Wakefield . Contemplation prunes her wings , " is from Milton . - Bowles ...
... natural Some of the stocks are 2 ; their fruits bastard all . 66 NOTES . Nature in every object points the road , Whence Contemplation wings my soul to God . - Wakefield . Contemplation prunes her wings , " is from Milton . - Bowles ...
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... nature and the forms before him . He attended not to costume . His Madonnas were dressed like German ladies , and his Jews had beards and mustachios . See a most judicious criticism on the works and talents of Albert Durer , by a living ...
... nature and the forms before him . He attended not to costume . His Madonnas were dressed like German ladies , and his Jews had beards and mustachios . See a most judicious criticism on the works and talents of Albert Durer , by a living ...
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... nature wrote to his brother , then in France , to remove the obstruction . In consequence of which Southcote got the abbey . Mr. Pope ever after retained a grateful sense of his civility . - Warburton . To the account given in this note ...
... nature wrote to his brother , then in France , to remove the obstruction . In consequence of which Southcote got the abbey . Mr. Pope ever after retained a grateful sense of his civility . - Warburton . To the account given in this note ...
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