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 11
... moral fhall ye understond , From fchoole - boy's tale of fayre Irelond ; Which to the fennes hath him betake , To filche the grey ducke fro the lake . Right then there paffen by the way His aunt , and eke her daughters tway . Ducke in ...
... moral fhall ye understond , From fchoole - boy's tale of fayre Irelond ; Which to the fennes hath him betake , To filche the grey ducke fro the lake . Right then there paffen by the way His aunt , and eke her daughters tway . Ducke in ...
Page 20
... morals , and family , whereof , to thofe who know me not , a truer information may be requifite . Being divided between the neceffity to fay fomething of myself , and my own lazinefs to undertake fo awkward a task , I thought it the ...
... morals , and family , whereof , to thofe who know me not , a truer information may be requifite . Being divided between the neceffity to fay fomething of myself , and my own lazinefs to undertake fo awkward a task , I thought it the ...
Page 29
... morals blacken'd when the writings ' fcape , The libell'd perfon , and the pictur'd shape ; Abuse on all he lov'd or lov'd him fpread , A friend in exile , or a father dead ; The whisper that , to greatness ftill too near , Perhaps yet ...
... morals blacken'd when the writings ' fcape , The libell'd perfon , and the pictur'd shape ; Abuse on all he lov'd or lov'd him fpread , A friend in exile , or a father dead ; The whisper that , to greatness ftill too near , Perhaps yet ...
Page 77
... that their morals were much improved , and the licence of thofe ancient poets reftrained ; that Satire and Comedy were beH 3 come come more just and useful ; that whatever extravagancies were HORACE , BOOK II . EPIST . I.
... that their morals were much improved , and the licence of thofe ancient poets reftrained ; that Satire and Comedy were beH 3 come come more just and useful ; that whatever extravagancies were HORACE , BOOK II . EPIST . I.
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... morals , arts , and laws amend ; 2 How fhall the Mufe , from fuch a monarch , fteal 5 An hour , and not defraud the public weal ? 3 Edward and Henry , now the boast of fame , And virtuous Alfred , a more 4 facred name , After a life of ...
... morals , arts , and laws amend ; 2 How fhall the Mufe , from fuch a monarch , fteal 5 An hour , and not defraud the public weal ? 3 Edward and Henry , now the boast of fame , And virtuous Alfred , a more 4 facred name , After a life of ...
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