The works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements; together with all his notes: pr. verbatim from the octavo ed. of mr. Warburton, Volume 11754 |
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... fince , if it be given to his face , it can fcarce be diftinguish'd from flattery , and if in his abfence , it is hard to be certain of it . Were he fure to be commended by the best and most knowing , he is as fure of being envied by ...
... fince , if it be given to his face , it can fcarce be diftinguish'd from flattery , and if in his abfence , it is hard to be certain of it . Were he fure to be commended by the best and most knowing , he is as fure of being envied by ...
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... fince my writ- ings have had their fate already , and it is too late to think of prepoffeffing the reader in their favour . I would plead it as fome merit in me , that the world has never been prepared for thefe Trifles by Prefaces ...
... fince my writ- ings have had their fate already , and it is too late to think of prepoffeffing the reader in their favour . I would plead it as fome merit in me , that the world has never been prepared for thefe Trifles by Prefaces ...
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... fince the life of fhepherds was attended with more tranquillity than any other rural employment , the Poets chofe to introduce their Perfons , from whom it received the name of Pastoral . A Paftoral is an imitation of the action of a ...
... fince the life of fhepherds was attended with more tranquillity than any other rural employment , the Poets chofe to introduce their Perfons , from whom it received the name of Pastoral . A Paftoral is an imitation of the action of a ...
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... fince the inftructions given for any art are to be delivered as that art is in perfection , they must of neceffity be derived from those in whom it is acknowledged fo to be . It is therefore from the practice of Theocritus and Virgil ...
... fince the inftructions given for any art are to be delivered as that art is in perfection , they must of neceffity be derived from those in whom it is acknowledged fo to be . It is therefore from the practice of Theocritus and Virgil ...
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... fince the time of Virgil " , Not but that he may be thought imperfect in fome few points . His Eclogues are fomewhat too long , if we compare them with the ancients . He is fometimes too allegorical , and treats of matters of religion ...
... fince the time of Virgil " , Not but that he may be thought imperfect in fome few points . His Eclogues are fomewhat too long , if we compare them with the ancients . He is fometimes too allegorical , and treats of matters of religion ...
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Page 117 - Which lives as long as fools are pleas'd to laugh. Some valuing those of their own side or mind, Still make themselves the measure of mankind : Fondly we think we honour merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men.
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Page 148 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all. This nymph, to the destruction of mankind, Nourished two locks, which graceful hung behind In equal curls, and well conspired to deck With...
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