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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Page 12
... against the wall , And as they crouchen low for bread and butter call . II . And on the broken pavement , here and there , Doth many a stinking sprat and herring lie ; A brandy and tobacco shop is near , And hens , and dogs , and hogs ...
... against the wall , And as they crouchen low for bread and butter call . II . And on the broken pavement , here and there , Doth many a stinking sprat and herring lie ; A brandy and tobacco shop is near , And hens , and dogs , and hogs ...
Page 16
... against thee join'd , In one more various animal combin'd , And fram'd the clam'rous race of bufy human - kind . IV . The tone mov'd gently first , and speech was low , Till wrangling Science taught it noise and show , And wicked Wit ...
... against thee join'd , In one more various animal combin'd , And fram'd the clam'rous race of bufy human - kind . IV . The tone mov'd gently first , and speech was low , Till wrangling Science taught it noise and show , And wicked Wit ...
Page 47
... against a war ? " 125 3 Thus Bethel spoke , who always fpeaks his thought , And always thinks the very thing he ought : 130 His equal mind I copy what I can , And as I love would imitate the man . In South - fea days , not happier ...
... against a war ? " 125 3 Thus Bethel spoke , who always fpeaks his thought , And always thinks the very thing he ought : 130 His equal mind I copy what I can , And as I love would imitate the man . In South - fea days , not happier ...
Page 77
... against the taste of the town , whose humour it was to magnify the authors of the preceding age ; fecondly , against the court and nobility , who en- couraged only the writers for the theatre ; and , lastly , against the Emperor himself ...
... against the taste of the town , whose humour it was to magnify the authors of the preceding age ; fecondly , against the court and nobility , who en- couraged only the writers for the theatre ; and , lastly , against the Emperor himself ...
Page 98
... Against the foe , himself , and all mankind , He leap'd the trenches , scal'd a castle - wall , Tore down a standard , took the fort and all . " Prodigious well ! " his great commander cry'd ; Gave him much praise , and some reward ...
... Against the foe , himself , and all mankind , He leap'd the trenches , scal'd a castle - wall , Tore down a standard , took the fort and all . " Prodigious well ! " his great commander cry'd ; Gave him much praise , and some reward ...
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