The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With a Life, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1854 - 363 pages |
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... edition as fall entirely within the plan of the present collection will be em- bodied in it . Each separate work is sold by itself , and the price of each volume , bound in the Aldine style , or in black cloth , gilt lettered , is 75 ...
... edition as fall entirely within the plan of the present collection will be em- bodied in it . Each separate work is sold by itself , and the price of each volume , bound in the Aldine style , or in black cloth , gilt lettered , is 75 ...
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... edition of the English Poets . There is no book - shelf in the country that can afford to have the edition wanting on its shelves , with- out degrading its owner beneath his proper dignity as an intel- lectual man . " - N . Y. Times ...
... edition of the English Poets . There is no book - shelf in the country that can afford to have the edition wanting on its shelves , with- out degrading its owner beneath his proper dignity as an intel- lectual man . " - N . Y. Times ...
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... edition has undergone careful revision and exten sive alterations , so as to accommodate it to the improved taste ... edition . Portrait . 2 vols . 8vo , cloth . $ 4.50 . " More choice indeed , than the English edition , and quite worthy ...
... edition has undergone careful revision and exten sive alterations , so as to accommodate it to the improved taste ... edition . Portrait . 2 vols . 8vo , cloth . $ 4.50 . " More choice indeed , than the English edition , and quite worthy ...
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... edition . 2 vols . 8vo , cloth . $ 4.50 . ELIOT'S HISTORY OF LIBERTY . - History of Liberty . Part I .: The Ancient Romans . Part II .: The Early Christians . By Samuel Eliot . 4 vols . 12mo , cloth . $ 5 . BANCROFT'S HISTORY ...
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... edition than that of 1712 , there is said to have been an impression dated 1711. From this address to Settle , Pope transferred two similes , slightly al- tered , into the Dunciad : Warburton says it was written at the age of fourteen ...
... edition than that of 1712 , there is said to have been an impression dated 1711. From this address to Settle , Pope transferred two similes , slightly al- tered , into the Dunciad : Warburton says it was written at the age of fourteen ...
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Page lvii - Peace to all such! But were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please. And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne; View him with scornful, yev with jealous eyes.
Page 44 - And hell's grim tyrant feel th' eternal wound. As the good shepherd tends his fleecy care, Seeks freshest pasture and the purest air ; Explores the lost, the wandering sheep directs, By day o'ersees them, and by night protects ; The tender lambs he raises in his arms, Feeds from his hand and in his bosom warms ; Thus shall mankind his guardian care engage, The promised father of the future age.
Page lvii - Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; While wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he? What though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals? Or smoking forth, a hundred hawkers load, On wings of winds came flying all abroad?
Page 80 - Or brew fierce tempests on the wintry main, Or o'er the glebe distil the kindly rain. Others on earth o'er human race preside, Watch all their ways, and all their actions guide: Of these the chief the care of nations own, And guard with arms divine the British throne.
Page 78 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike.
Page 105 - Heaven first taught letters for some wretch's aid, Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid: They live, they speak, they breathe what love inspires, Warm from the soul, and faithful to its fires; The virgin's wish without her fears impart, Excuse the blush, and pour out all the heart; Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul, And waft a sigh from Indus to the pole.
Page 76 - Goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box.
Page 79 - But chiefly Love — to Love an altar built, Of twelve vast French romances, neatly gilt. There lay three garters, half a pair of gloves, And all the trophies of his former loves ; With tender billet-doux he lights the pyre, And breathes three am'rous sighs to raise the fire.
Page 43 - Lord's hand double for all her sins.' Isaiah proceeds, ' The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness. Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a high way for our God.
Page 43 - Oh, spring to light, auspicious Babe, be born ! See Nature hastes her earliest wreaths to bring, With all the incense of the breathing spring : See lofty Lebanon his head advance, See nodding forests on the mountains dance, See spicy clouds from lowly Saron rise, And Carmel's flowery top perfumes the skies ! Hark ! a glad voice the lonely desert cheers ; Prepare the way ! a God, a God appears ! A God, a God ! the vocal hills reply, The rocks proclaim the approaching Deity.