The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: In Four Volumes, Volume 2Charles Whittingham, 1808 |
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... without show , and without pomp presides :: In some fair body thus the ' informing soul With spirits feeds , with vigour fills , the whole ; Each motion guides , and every nerve sustains , Itself ESSAY ON CRITICISM .
... without show , and without pomp presides :: In some fair body thus the ' informing soul With spirits feeds , with vigour fills , the whole ; Each motion guides , and every nerve sustains , Itself ESSAY ON CRITICISM .
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... proportion'd to their light or place , Due distance reconciles to form and grace . A prudent chief not always must display His powers in equal ranks and fair array , But with the ' occasion and the place comply , 6 ESSAY ON CRITICISM .
... proportion'd to their light or place , Due distance reconciles to form and grace . A prudent chief not always must display His powers in equal ranks and fair array , But with the ' occasion and the place comply , 6 ESSAY ON CRITICISM .
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... full perfection give , And each bold figure just begins to live , The treacherous colours the fair art betray , And all the bright.creation fades away ! Unhappy wit , like most mistaken things , Atones not 16 ESSAY ON CRITICISM .
... full perfection give , And each bold figure just begins to live , The treacherous colours the fair art betray , And all the bright.creation fades away ! Unhappy wit , like most mistaken things , Atones not 16 ESSAY ON CRITICISM .
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... fair flower the early spring supplies , That gaily blooms , but ev'n in blooming dies . What is this wit , which must our cares employ ? The owner's wife that other men enjoy ; Then most our trouble still when most admir'd , And still ...
... fair flower the early spring supplies , That gaily blooms , but ev'n in blooming dies . What is this wit , which must our cares employ ? The owner's wife that other men enjoy ; Then most our trouble still when most admir'd , And still ...
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... fair sat panting at a courtier's play , And not a mask went unimprov'd away ; The modest fan was lifted up no more , And virgins smil'd at what they blush'd before . The following licence of a foreign reign Did all the dregs of bold ...
... fair sat panting at a courtier's play , And not a mask went unimprov'd away ; The modest fan was lifted up no more , And virgins smil'd at what they blush'd before . The following licence of a foreign reign Did all the dregs of bold ...
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