The Works of Alexander Pope: With Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks, Volume 6C. a J. Rivington, 1824 |
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... gives to every object every dye . 230 235 240 Beware the mad adventurer : bold and blind She hoists her sail , and drives with every wind ; Deaf as the storm to sinking virtue's groan , Nor heeds a friend's destruction , or her own ...
... gives to every object every dye . 230 235 240 Beware the mad adventurer : bold and blind She hoists her sail , and drives with every wind ; Deaf as the storm to sinking virtue's groan , Nor heeds a friend's destruction , or her own ...
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... give , impart ; And pour a moral transport o'er the heart . Fantastic wit shoots momentary fires , 485 And , like a meteor , while we gaze , expires ; Wit kindled by the sulphurous breath of vice , Like the blue lightning , while it ...
... give , impart ; And pour a moral transport o'er the heart . Fantastic wit shoots momentary fires , 485 And , like a meteor , while we gaze , expires ; Wit kindled by the sulphurous breath of vice , Like the blue lightning , while it ...
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... give us too lofty an idea of his own achievements , importance , and dignity , he sometimes be- trays a weakness which counteracts his purpose ; whilst his more successful Countryman , by a free and unguarded acknowledgment of his ...
... give us too lofty an idea of his own achievements , importance , and dignity , he sometimes be- trays a weakness which counteracts his purpose ; whilst his more successful Countryman , by a free and unguarded acknowledgment of his ...
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... give the name of Satires . From these we find , that his constitution and state of health was little better than that of our Poet , and that without the strictest regi- men , he could not have guarded against danger : " Ogni alterazione ...
... give the name of Satires . From these we find , that his constitution and state of health was little better than that of our Poet , and that without the strictest regi- men , he could not have guarded against danger : " Ogni alterazione ...
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... gives occasion to the following Dialogue ; where , in a natural and familiar detail of all his provocations , both from flatterers and slanderers , our author has artfully interwoven an apology for his moral and poetic character . For ...
... gives occasion to the following Dialogue ; where , in a natural and familiar detail of all his provocations , both from flatterers and slanderers , our author has artfully interwoven an apology for his moral and poetic character . For ...
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