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 69
... the endless divisibility of it , etc. Ver . 48. Mere curious pleasure , or ingenious pain ; ] That is , when Admiration sets the mind on the rack . Expunge the whole , or lop th ' excrescent parts Ep . II . 69 ESSAY ON MAN .
... the endless divisibility of it , etc. Ver . 48. Mere curious pleasure , or ingenious pain ; ] That is , when Admiration sets the mind on the rack . Expunge the whole , or lop th ' excrescent parts Ep . II . 69 ESSAY ON MAN .
Page 85
... Admires the jay the insect's gilded wings ? Or hears the hawk when Philomela sings ? Man cares for all : to birds he gives his woods , To beasts his pastures , and to fish his floods ; For some his int'rest prompts him to provide , For ...
... Admires the jay the insect's gilded wings ? Or hears the hawk when Philomela sings ? Man cares for all : to birds he gives his woods , To beasts his pastures , and to fish his floods ; For some his int'rest prompts him to provide , For ...
Page 132
... admire , 190 And now the Punk applaud , and now the Friar . Ver . 172 , 173. Manners with Fortunes , Humours turn with Climes , -Tenets with Books , and Principles with Times . ] The Poet had hitherto reckoned up the several simple ...
... admire , 190 And now the Punk applaud , and now the Friar . Ver . 172 , 173. Manners with Fortunes , Humours turn with Climes , -Tenets with Books , and Principles with Times . ] The Poet had hitherto reckoned up the several simple ...
Page 173
... admires our Knight ; He marries , bows at court , and grows polite 360 365 370 375 S80 385 from the inhumanity of the inhabitants to those to whom that mis- fortune arrives : when a ship happens to be stranded there , they have been ...
... admires our Knight ; He marries , bows at court , and grows polite 360 365 370 375 S80 385 from the inhumanity of the inhabitants to those to whom that mis- fortune arrives : when a ship happens to be stranded there , they have been ...
Page 182
... admiration call , On ev'ry side you look , behold the Wall ! No pleasing Intricacies intervene , 105 110 115 No artful wildness to perplex the scene ; Grove nods at grove , each Alley has a brother , And half the platform just reflects ...
... admiration call , On ev'ry side you look , behold the Wall ! No pleasing Intricacies intervene , 105 110 115 No artful wildness to perplex the scene ; Grove nods at grove , each Alley has a brother , And half the platform just reflects ...
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