The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: In Three Volumes Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, Together with All His Notes as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death, Volume 2S.A. Bascom, 1819 |
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Page 27
... Ridicule , whose Province is , not to explore unknown but to enforce known Truths , ver . 191. Proper Subjects of Satire are the Man- ners of present Times , ver . 239. Decency of expression recom- mended , ver . 255. The different ...
... Ridicule , whose Province is , not to explore unknown but to enforce known Truths , ver . 191. Proper Subjects of Satire are the Man- ners of present Times , ver . 239. Decency of expression recom- mended , ver . 255. The different ...
Page 31
... ridicule , And whispers close , " the World will call you Fool . " Behold yon Wretch , by impious fashion driv❜n , Believes and trembles , while he scoffs at Heav'n . By weakness strong , and bold thro ' fear alone , He dreads the ...
... ridicule , And whispers close , " the World will call you Fool . " Behold yon Wretch , by impious fashion driv❜n , Believes and trembles , while he scoffs at Heav'n . By weakness strong , and bold thro ' fear alone , He dreads the ...
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... Let SATIRE then her proper object know , And ere she strike , be sure she strike a foe . Nor fondly deem the real fool confest , Because blind Ridicule conceives a jest : 195 Before whose altar Virtue oft hath bled , And oft.
... Let SATIRE then her proper object know , And ere she strike , be sure she strike a foe . Nor fondly deem the real fool confest , Because blind Ridicule conceives a jest : 195 Before whose altar Virtue oft hath bled , And oft.
Page 36
... Ridicule's all - conqu❜ring hand Shall work Herculean wonders thro ' the Land : Bound in the magic of her cobweb - chain , You , mighty WARBURTON , shall rage in vain , In vain the trackless maze of Truth you scan , And lend th ...
... Ridicule's all - conqu❜ring hand Shall work Herculean wonders thro ' the Land : Bound in the magic of her cobweb - chain , You , mighty WARBURTON , shall rage in vain , In vain the trackless maze of Truth you scan , And lend th ...
Page 130
... ridicule . VARIATIONS . Ver . 129 , in the former Editions , Ask why from Britain Cæsar made retreat ? Cæsar himself would tell you he was beat . The mighty Czar what mov'd to wed a Punk ? The mighty Czar would tell you he was drunk ...
... ridicule . VARIATIONS . Ver . 129 , in the former Editions , Ask why from Britain Cæsar made retreat ? Cæsar himself would tell you he was beat . The mighty Czar what mov'd to wed a Punk ? The mighty Czar would tell you he was drunk ...
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