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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... keep it down , Pope expresses a wish to extend the project of Momus , of having windows in our breasts , by making those windows casements . Of this descrip- tion was the bosom of Montaigne , through the casement of which we may read ...
... keep it down , Pope expresses a wish to extend the project of Momus , of having windows in our breasts , by making those windows casements . Of this descrip- tion was the bosom of Montaigne , through the casement of which we may read ...
Page 36
... keep a while one parent from the sky ! " And now this incomparable poem , which holds so much of the DRAMA , and opens with all the disorder and vexation that every kind of impertinence and slander could occasion , concludes with the ...
... keep a while one parent from the sky ! " And now this incomparable poem , which holds so much of the DRAMA , and opens with all the disorder and vexation that every kind of impertinence and slander could occasion , concludes with the ...
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... keep them mad or vain . Arthur , whose giddy son neglects the laws , Imputes to me and my damn'd works the cause : Poor Cornus sees his frantic wife elope , And curses wit , and poetry , and Pope . 1 25 Friend to my life , ( which did ...
... keep them mad or vain . Arthur , whose giddy son neglects the laws , Imputes to me and my damn'd works the cause : Poor Cornus sees his frantic wife elope , And curses wit , and poetry , and Pope . 1 25 Friend to my life , ( which did ...
Page 42
... Keep your piece nine years . " ' Nine years ! " cries he , who high in Drury - lane , Lull'd by soft zephyrs through the broken pane , Rhymes ere he wakes , and prints before Term ends , Obliged by hunger and request of friends : " The ...
... Keep your piece nine years . " ' Nine years ! " cries he , who high in Drury - lane , Lull'd by soft zephyrs through the broken pane , Rhymes ere he wakes , and prints before Term ends , Obliged by hunger and request of friends : " The ...
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... Keep close to ears , and those let asses prick , ' Tis nothing - P . Nothing , if they bite and kick ? Out with it , DUNCIAD ! let the secret pass , That secret to each fool , that he's an ass : 80 The truth once told ( and wherefore ...
... Keep close to ears , and those let asses prick , ' Tis nothing - P . Nothing , if they bite and kick ? Out with it , DUNCIAD ! let the secret pass , That secret to each fool , that he's an ass : 80 The truth once told ( and wherefore ...
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