The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the Author |
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Page xix
... honour of a moral poet . great solicitude . He had now many open , and In the conclusion it is sufficiently ... honours on the new - born poet , and poetry have not often the same readers ; and the hinting that Pope was never so ...
... honour of a moral poet . great solicitude . He had now many open , and In the conclusion it is sufficiently ... honours on the new - born poet , and poetry have not often the same readers ; and the hinting that Pope was never so ...
Page xxxv
... honour his readers are equally ignorant . But he gives us which he had lost , by crushing his opponent . Theo- one comfort , which without his help he supposes bald was not of bulk enough to fill a poem , and unattainable , in the ...
... honour his readers are equally ignorant . But he gives us which he had lost , by crushing his opponent . Theo- one comfort , which without his help he supposes bald was not of bulk enough to fill a poem , and unattainable , in the ...
Page xxxix
... honour clear ! Who broke no promise , served no private end Who gain'd no title , and who lost no friend ; Ennobled by himself , by all approved , Praised , wept , and honour'd , by the Muse he loved . The lines on Craggs were not ...
... honour clear ! Who broke no promise , served no private end Who gain'd no title , and who lost no friend ; Ennobled by himself , by all approved , Praised , wept , and honour'd , by the Muse he loved . The lines on Craggs were not ...
Page xl
... honours , Poets ' lays , Due to his merit and brave thirst of praise . Living , great Nature fear'd he might outvie Her works ; and dying , fears herself may die . Of this epitaph the first couplet is good , the se cond not bad , the ...
... honours , Poets ' lays , Due to his merit and brave thirst of praise . Living , great Nature fear'd he might outvie Her works ; and dying , fears herself may die . Of this epitaph the first couplet is good , the se cond not bad , the ...
Page xli
... honours not that here thy bust Is mix'd with heroes , or with kings thy dust ! But that the Worthy and the Good shall say , Striking their pensive bosoms - Here lies Gay ! As Gay was the favourite of our author , this epi- taph was ...
... honours not that here thy bust Is mix'd with heroes , or with kings thy dust ! But that the Worthy and the Good shall say , Striking their pensive bosoms - Here lies Gay ! As Gay was the favourite of our author , this epi- taph was ...
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