The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeW. Suttaby, B. Crosby & Company Corral Prinker, 1807 - 408 pages |
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Page xiii
... praise , assent with civil leer , And , without sneering , others teach to sneer ; Willing to wound , and yet afraid to strike , Just hint a fault , and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend , A tim'rous foe , and a ...
... praise , assent with civil leer , And , without sneering , others teach to sneer ; Willing to wound , and yet afraid to strike , Just hint a fault , and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend , A tim'rous foe , and a ...
Page xxi
... praises it has met with are not unmerited , be 66 cause whatever work is approved by the English " nation cannot be bad : but yet I hope I may be " permitted to judge of that part of the preface " which has been transmitted to me ; and ...
... praises it has met with are not unmerited , be 66 cause whatever work is approved by the English " nation cannot be bad : but yet I hope I may be " permitted to judge of that part of the preface " which has been transmitted to me ; and ...
Page xxiv
... of it here ' ; and it would be an unpleasing task to trace all the provocations and resentments which were mu- tually discovered upon this occasion . Mr. Pope was of opinion that , next to praising good writers , xxiv LIFE OF POPE .
... of it here ' ; and it would be an unpleasing task to trace all the provocations and resentments which were mu- tually discovered upon this occasion . Mr. Pope was of opinion that , next to praising good writers , xxiv LIFE OF POPE .
Page xxv
Alexander Pope. of opinion that , next to praising good writers , there was a merit in exposing bad ones ; though it does not hold infallably true that each person stigma- tized as a dunce was genuinely so . Something must be allowed to ...
Alexander Pope. of opinion that , next to praising good writers , there was a merit in exposing bad ones ; though it does not hold infallably true that each person stigma- tized as a dunce was genuinely so . Something must be allowed to ...
Page xxxiv
... praise by any venal voice , Such as th ' ambitious vainly think their due , When prostitutes or needy flatterers sue . And see the chief ! before him laurels borne , Trophies from undeserving temples torn ; Here rage enchain'd reluctant ...
... praise by any venal voice , Such as th ' ambitious vainly think their due , When prostitutes or needy flatterers sue . And see the chief ! before him laurels borne , Trophies from undeserving temples torn ; Here rage enchain'd reluctant ...
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