The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With a Memoir, Volume 2Little, Brown, 1854 |
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Page 12
... pleas'd at first the towering Alps we try , Mount o'er the vales , and seem to tread the sky ! Th ' eternal snows appear already past , And the first clouds and mountains seem the last : But those attain'd , we tremble to survey The ...
... pleas'd at first the towering Alps we try , Mount o'er the vales , and seem to tread the sky ! Th ' eternal snows appear already past , And the first clouds and mountains seem the last : But those attain'd , we tremble to survey The ...
Page 14
... Pleas'd with a work where nothing's just or fit , One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit . Poets , like painters , thus unskill'd to trace The naked nature and the living grace , With gold and jewels cover every part , And hide with ...
... Pleas'd with a work where nothing's just or fit , One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit . Poets , like painters , thus unskill'd to trace The naked nature and the living grace , With gold and jewels cover every part , And hide with ...
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... pleas'd too little or too much . At every trifle scorn to take offence ; That always shows great pride or little sense : Those heads , as stomachs , are not sure the best Which nauseate all , and nothing can digest . Yet let not each ...
... pleas'd too little or too much . At every trifle scorn to take offence ; That always shows great pride or little sense : Those heads , as stomachs , are not sure the best Which nauseate all , and nothing can digest . Yet let not each ...
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... pleas'd to laugh . Some , valuing those of their own side or mind , Still make themselves the measure of mankind : Fondly we think we honour merit then , When we but praise ourselves in other men . Parties in wit attend on those of ...
... pleas'd to laugh . Some , valuing those of their own side or mind , Still make themselves the measure of mankind : Fondly we think we honour merit then , When we but praise ourselves in other men . Parties in wit attend on those of ...
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... pleas'd to teach , and yet not proud to know ? Unbiass'd or by favour or by spite , Not dully prepossess'd nor blindly right ; Though learn'd , well bred , and though well bred , sincere : Modestly bold , and humanly severe ; Who to a ...
... pleas'd to teach , and yet not proud to know ? Unbiass'd or by favour or by spite , Not dully prepossess'd nor blindly right ; Though learn'd , well bred , and though well bred , sincere : Modestly bold , and humanly severe ; Who to a ...
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