The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the Author |
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... death the printer brought cipher more , he had come nearer to the truth . " * and resigned a complete edition of fifteen hundred The person of Pope is well known not to have copies , which Pope had ordered him to print , and been formed ...
... death the printer brought cipher more , he had come nearer to the truth . " * and resigned a complete edition of fifteen hundred The person of Pope is well known not to have copies , which Pope had ordered him to print , and been formed ...
Page xxvi
... death of Pope was imputed by after the middle of life . He was then so weak as some of his friends to a silver saucepan , in which to stand in perpetual need of female attendance ; it was his delight to heat potted lampreys . extremely ...
... death of Pope was imputed by after the middle of life . He was then so weak as some of his friends to a silver saucepan , in which to stand in perpetual need of female attendance ; it was his delight to heat potted lampreys . extremely ...
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... death : He said : ' Alexis , take this pipe , the same That taught the groves my Rosalinda's name . " But now the reed shall hang on yonder tree , For ever silent , since despis'd by thee . O ! were I made by some transforming power ...
... death : He said : ' Alexis , take this pipe , the same That taught the groves my Rosalinda's name . " But now the reed shall hang on yonder tree , For ever silent , since despis'd by thee . O ! were I made by some transforming power ...
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... death , the poet led To the pale nations of the dead , What sounds were heard , What scenes appear'd , O'er all the dreary coasts ! Dreadful gleams , Dismal screams , Fires , that glow , Shrieks of woe , Sullen moans , Hollow groans ...
... death , the poet led To the pale nations of the dead , What sounds were heard , What scenes appear'd , O'er all the dreary coasts ! Dreadful gleams , Dismal screams , Fires , that glow , Shrieks of woe , Sullen moans , Hollow groans ...
Page 57
... death ? The world recedes ; it disappears ! Heaven opens on my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring : Lend , lend your wings ! I mount ! I fly ? Oh grave ! where is thy victory ? Oh death ! where is thy sting ? But of the two , less ...
... death ? The world recedes ; it disappears ! Heaven opens on my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring : Lend , lend your wings ! I mount ! I fly ? Oh grave ! where is thy victory ? Oh death ! where is thy sting ? But of the two , less ...
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