Pope's Rape of the LockClarendon Press, 1909 - 102 pages |
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... seen that , in effect , the portions added by Pope for the enlarged version consist of the machinery ' of the Sylphs and Gnomes , and the incidents connected with it ; the account of Belinda's toilette ; the short voyage on the Thames ...
... seen that , in effect , the portions added by Pope for the enlarged version consist of the machinery ' of the Sylphs and Gnomes , and the incidents connected with it ; the account of Belinda's toilette ; the short voyage on the Thames ...
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... seen , in large measure denied . It was at Binfield that the boy's health first began to suffer from his too assiduous study . He had an attack of melan- cholia which led him to imagine that he was about to die , and he wrote farewell ...
... seen , in large measure denied . It was at Binfield that the boy's health first began to suffer from his too assiduous study . He had an attack of melan- cholia which led him to imagine that he was about to die , and he wrote farewell ...
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... seen one of these Pastorals in 1706 , and had asked to be allowed to publish it . About the same time , according to Pope's own account , he wrote the first 290 lines of his Windsor Forest , but the latter portion was not written till ...
... seen one of these Pastorals in 1706 , and had asked to be allowed to publish it . About the same time , according to Pope's own account , he wrote the first 290 lines of his Windsor Forest , but the latter portion was not written till ...
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... seen - was written in the previous July . Pope was then twenty - three years old , and had already made his mark as a poet . 2. His friend and correspondent , John Caryll , was , in 1711 , double Pope's age , having been born in or ...
... seen - was written in the previous July . Pope was then twenty - three years old , and had already made his mark as a poet . 2. His friend and correspondent , John Caryll , was , in 1711 , double Pope's age , having been born in or ...
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... seen that Arabella's mother was a daughter of Sir George Browne , K.B. , whose brother John was made a Baronet in 1665 ; the latter being succeeded by three of his sons in succession ( George , the fourth Baronet , who married Gertrude ...
... seen that Arabella's mother was a daughter of Sir George Browne , K.B. , whose brother John was made a Baronet in 1665 ; the latter being succeeded by three of his sons in succession ( George , the fourth Baronet , who married Gertrude ...
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Page 49 - In heaps on heaps ; one fate o'erwhelms them all. The Knave of Diamonds tries his wily arts, And wins (oh shameful chance !) the Queen of Hearts. At this, the blood the virgin's cheek forsook, A livid paleness spreads o'er all her look ; She sees, and trembles at th' approaching ill, Just in the jaws of ruin, and codille.
Page 59 - Now Jove suspends his golden scales in air, Weighs the men's wits against the lady's hair; The doubtful beam long nods from side to side; At length the wits mount up, the hairs subside. See fierce Belinda on the baron flies, With more than usual lightning in her eyes: Nor fear'd the chief th' unequal fight to try, Who sought no more than on his foe to die.
Page 44 - Or roll the planets through the boundless sky. Some less refined, beneath the moon's pale light Pursue the stars that shoot athwart the night, Or suck the mists in grosser air below, Or dip their .pinions in the painted bow, Or brew fierce tempests on the wintry main...
Page 46 - Of foreign tyrants, and of nymphs at home; Here thou, great ANNA ! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea.
Page 41 - Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face : Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.
Page 54 - Soft sorrows, melting griefs, and flowing tears. The gnome rejoicing bears her gifts away, Spreads his black wings, and slowly mounts to day. Sunk in Thalestris' arms the nymph he found, Her eyes dejected, and her hair unbound.
Page 37 - Of airy Elves by moonlight shadows seen, The silver token, and the circled green, Or virgins visited by Angel-pow'rs, With golden crowns and wreaths of heav'nly flow'rs ; Hear and believe!
Page 55 - She said ; then raging to Sir Plume repairs, And bids her Beau demand the precious hairs: (Sir Plume of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane...
Page 42 - 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. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride 15 Might hide her faults, if Belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all.
Page 50 - And see through all things with his half-shut eyes) Sent up in vapours to the baron's brain New stratagems the radiant lock to gain.