“The” Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Ten Volumes Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements; ... Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warburton, Volume 1Fredrick Nicolai, 1762 |
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... ftill lie under a further misfortune : they writ in languages that became univerfal and everlasting , while ours are extremely limited both in extent and in duration . A mighty foundation for our pride ! when the utmost we can hope , is ...
... ftill lie under a further misfortune : they writ in languages that became univerfal and everlasting , while ours are extremely limited both in extent and in duration . A mighty foundation for our pride ! when the utmost we can hope , is ...
Page xvii
... ftill unchang'd the form and mode remain , Shap'd like the homely ruffet of the fwain Your rural Mufe appears to justify The long loft graces of Simplicity : So rural beauties captivate our fenfe With Virgin charms , and native ...
... ftill unchang'd the form and mode remain , Shap'd like the homely ruffet of the fwain Your rural Mufe appears to justify The long loft graces of Simplicity : So rural beauties captivate our fenfe With Virgin charms , and native ...
Page xxii
... forefee , will make reprisals there , " And the Tranflator's Palm to me transfer . With lets regret my claim I now decline , " The World will think his English Iliad mine . " E. FENTON . To Mr. POPE . O praife , and ftill with XXII.
... forefee , will make reprisals there , " And the Tranflator's Palm to me transfer . With lets regret my claim I now decline , " The World will think his English Iliad mine . " E. FENTON . To Mr. POPE . O praife , and ftill with XXII.
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... ftill with juft refpect to praise Tard triumphant in immortal bays , The Learn'd to fhow , the Sensible commend , Yer ftill preserve the province of the Friend ; What life , what vigour must the lines require ? What Mufic tune them ...
... ftill with juft refpect to praise Tard triumphant in immortal bays , The Learn'd to fhow , the Sensible commend , Yer ftill preserve the province of the Friend ; What life , what vigour must the lines require ? What Mufic tune them ...
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... th ' harmonious ftring , Be ours all Homer ! ftill Ulyffes sing , How long that Hero a ) , by unfkilful hands , Strip'd of his robes , a beggar trod our lands ? Odyffey , lib . xvi . 1 Such as he wander'd o'er his native coast , XXVII.
... th ' harmonious ftring , Be ours all Homer ! ftill Ulyffes sing , How long that Hero a ) , by unfkilful hands , Strip'd of his robes , a beggar trod our lands ? Odyffey , lib . xvi . 1 Such as he wander'd o'er his native coast , XXVII.
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