The Poetical Works: Of Alexander Pope, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements. From the Text of Dr. Warburton. With the Life of the Author. Cooke's Pocket Edition. ... Embellished with Superb Engravings, Volume 2C. Cooke, 1795 |
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... Shew'd erring Pride whatever is is right ; That virtue only makes our blifs below , And all our knowledge is ourselves to know . Effay on Man . London. : PRINTED AND EMBELLISHED Under the Direction of C. COOKE . i FROM THE FOURTEENTH ...
... Shew'd erring Pride whatever is is right ; That virtue only makes our blifs below , And all our knowledge is ourselves to know . Effay on Man . London. : PRINTED AND EMBELLISHED Under the Direction of C. COOKE . i FROM THE FOURTEENTH ...
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... shew me one who has it in his pow'r To act confiftent with himself an hour . 135 Sir Job fail'd forth , the ev'ning bright and still , " No place on earth ( he cry'd ) like Greenwich hill ! " 7 Up starts a palace ; lo , th ' obedient ...
... shew me one who has it in his pow'r To act confiftent with himself an hour . 135 Sir Job fail'd forth , the ev'ning bright and still , " No place on earth ( he cry'd ) like Greenwich hill ! " 7 Up starts a palace ; lo , th ' obedient ...
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... shew the learned world to have fallen into two mistakes : one , that Augustus was a patron of Poets in general ; whereas he not only prohibited all but the best writers to name him , but recommended that care even to the civil ...
... shew the learned world to have fallen into two mistakes : one , that Augustus was a patron of Poets in general ; whereas he not only prohibited all but the best writers to name him , but recommended that care even to the civil ...
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... shew a court in wax ! It ought to bring all courtiers on their backs ; Such painted puppets ! fuch a varnish'd race Of hollow gewgaws , only dress and face ! 190 195 200 205 Of fuitors at Court to mourn , and a trance Like his who ...
... shew a court in wax ! It ought to bring all courtiers on their backs ; Such painted puppets ! fuch a varnish'd race Of hollow gewgaws , only dress and face ! 190 195 200 205 Of fuitors at Court to mourn , and a trance Like his who ...
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... shew , or need to hide , Which nor to guilt nor fear its caution owes , And boasts a warmth that from no paffion flows . A face untaught to feign ; a judging eye , That darts fevere upon a rifing lie , And strikes a blush thro ...
... shew , or need to hide , Which nor to guilt nor fear its caution owes , And boasts a warmth that from no paffion flows . A face untaught to feign ; a judging eye , That darts fevere upon a rifing lie , And strikes a blush thro ...
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