The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeW. Suttaby, B. Crosby & Company Corral Prinker, 1807 - 408 pages |
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Page xiii
... Bear , like the Turk , no rival near the throne , View him with scornful , yet with jealous eyes , And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise , assent with civil leer , And , without sneering , others teach ...
... Bear , like the Turk , no rival near the throne , View him with scornful , yet with jealous eyes , And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise , assent with civil leer , And , without sneering , others teach ...
Page xvi
... bear such repeated re- proaches , but boldly told Mr. Addison , that he ap- pealed from his judgment to the public , and that he had long known him too well to expect any friendship from him ; upbraided him with being a pensioner from ...
... bear such repeated re- proaches , but boldly told Mr. Addison , that he ap- pealed from his judgment to the public , and that he had long known him too well to expect any friendship from him ; upbraided him with being a pensioner from ...
Page xxii
... bears too many branches , " which might be lopped into form , to give it a " more regular appearance . " What ! is Homer's poem then , according to Mr. " Pope , a confused heap of beauties , without order " or symmetry , and a plot ...
... bears too many branches , " which might be lopped into form , to give it a " more regular appearance . " What ! is Homer's poem then , according to Mr. " Pope , a confused heap of beauties , without order " or symmetry , and a plot ...
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... bear him company . 4. Go , wiser thou ! and in thy scale of sense Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection what thou fancy'st such ; Say here he gives too little , there too much ; Destroy all creatures for thy sport or ...
... bear him company . 4. Go , wiser thou ! and in thy scale of sense Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection what thou fancy'st such ; Say here he gives too little , there too much ; Destroy all creatures for thy sport or ...
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... bears . Made for his use all creatures if he call , Say what their use had he the pow'rs of all ? Nature to these ... bear . Why has not man a microscopic eye ? For this plain reason , man is not a fly . Say what the use were finer ...
... bears . Made for his use all creatures if he call , Say what their use had he the pow'rs of all ? Nature to these ... bear . Why has not man a microscopic eye ? For this plain reason , man is not a fly . Say what the use were finer ...
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