The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With a Life, Volume 3Little, Brown, 1854 - 363 pages |
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Page 36
... Writ underneath the country signs ; Or , ' Have you nothing new to - day From Pope , from Parnelle , or from Gay ? ' Such tattle often entertains My lord and me as far as Staines , As once a week we travel down To Windsor , and again to ...
... Writ underneath the country signs ; Or , ' Have you nothing new to - day From Pope , from Parnelle , or from Gay ? ' Such tattle often entertains My lord and me as far as Staines , As once a week we travel down To Windsor , and again to ...
Page 60
... writ ; How Shadwell hasty , Wycherley was slow ; But for the passions , Southerne sure , and Rowe ! These , only these , support the crowded stage , From eldest Heywood down to Cibber's age . ' All this may be ; the people's voice is ...
... writ ; How Shadwell hasty , Wycherley was slow ; But for the passions , Southerne sure , and Rowe ! These , only these , support the crowded stage , From eldest Heywood down to Cibber's age . ' All this may be ; the people's voice is ...
Page 62
... writ romance . Then marble , soften'd into life , grew warm , And yielding metal flow'd to human form : Lely on animated canvas stole The sleepy eye , that spoke the melting soul . No wonder then , when all was love and sport , The ...
... writ romance . Then marble , soften'd into life , grew warm , And yielding metal flow'd to human form : Lely on animated canvas stole The sleepy eye , that spoke the melting soul . No wonder then , when all was love and sport , The ...
Page 67
... writ ! How Van wants grace , who never wanted wit ! The stage how loosely does Astrea tread , Who fairly puts all characters to bed ! And idle Cibber , how he breaks the laws , To make poor Pinkey eat with vast applause ! But fill their ...
... writ ! How Van wants grace , who never wanted wit ! The stage how loosely does Astrea tread , Who fairly puts all characters to bed ! And idle Cibber , how he breaks the laws , To make poor Pinkey eat with vast applause ! But fill their ...
Page 72
... writ of kings , ) Clothe spice , line trunks , or , fluttering in a row , Befringe the rails of Bedlam and Soho . THE SECOND EPISTLE OF THE SECOND BOOK OF HORACE . Ludentis speciem dabit , et torquebitur . HOR . DEAR colonel , 1 ...
... writ of kings , ) Clothe spice , line trunks , or , fluttering in a row , Befringe the rails of Bedlam and Soho . THE SECOND EPISTLE OF THE SECOND BOOK OF HORACE . Ludentis speciem dabit , et torquebitur . HOR . DEAR colonel , 1 ...
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