The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeW. Suttaby, B. Crosby & Company Corral Prinker, 1807 - 408 pages |
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Page xvi
... youth , sacrificing the very learning purchased by the public money to mean thirst of power ; that he was sent abroad to en- courage literature , in place of which he had al- ways endeavoured to suppress merit . At last the contest grew ...
... youth , sacrificing the very learning purchased by the public money to mean thirst of power ; that he was sent abroad to en- courage literature , in place of which he had al- ways endeavoured to suppress merit . At last the contest grew ...
Page xxxiv
... youth he taught applaud , Pleas'd to behold the earnest of a god . But hark ! what shouts , what gath'ring crowds rejoice ; Unstain'd their praise by any venal voice , Such as th ' ambitious vainly think their due , When prostitutes or ...
... youth he taught applaud , Pleas'd to behold the earnest of a god . But hark ! what shouts , what gath'ring crowds rejoice ; Unstain'd their praise by any venal voice , Such as th ' ambitious vainly think their due , When prostitutes or ...
Page 17
... youth delight , A little louder , but as empty quite : Scarfs , garters , gold , amuse his riper stage , And beads and pray'r - books are the toys of age : Pleas'd with this bauble still , as that before , Till tir'd he sleeps , and ...
... youth delight , A little louder , but as empty quite : Scarfs , garters , gold , amuse his riper stage , And beads and pray'r - books are the toys of age : Pleas'd with this bauble still , as that before , Till tir'd he sleeps , and ...
Page 22
... youth , this on to age ; While pleasure , gratitude , and hope , combin'd , Still spread the interest , and preserv'd the kind . 4. Nor think in Nature's state they blindly trod ; The state of Nature was the reign of God : Self - love ...
... youth , this on to age ; While pleasure , gratitude , and hope , combin'd , Still spread the interest , and preserv'd the kind . 4. Nor think in Nature's state they blindly trod ; The state of Nature was the reign of God : Self - love ...
Page 42
... d to her silent bed The morning - dream that hover'd o'er her head : A youth more glittering than a birth - night beau , ( That e'en in slumber caus'd her cheek to glow ) Seem'd to her ear his winning lips to lay , The Rape of the Lock.
... d to her silent bed The morning - dream that hover'd o'er her head : A youth more glittering than a birth - night beau , ( That e'en in slumber caus'd her cheek to glow ) Seem'd to her ear his winning lips to lay , The Rape of the Lock.
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