The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ... To which is Prefixed a Life of the AuthorJ. Walker, 1806 - 651 pages |
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... e'er spoil'd so much as they : Some drily plain , without invention's aid , Write dull receipts how poems may be made . These leave the sense , their learning to display , And those explain the meaning quite away . You then , whose ...
... e'er spoil'd so much as they : Some drily plain , without invention's aid , Write dull receipts how poems may be made . These leave the sense , their learning to display , And those explain the meaning quite away . You then , whose ...
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... e'er shall be . In every work regard the writer's end , Since none can compass more than they intend ; And if the means be just , the conduct true , Applause , in spite of trivial faults , is due . As men of breeding , sometimes men of ...
... e'er shall be . In every work regard the writer's end , Since none can compass more than they intend ; And if the means be just , the conduct true , Applause , in spite of trivial faults , is due . As men of breeding , sometimes men of ...
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... e'er could Dennis , of the Grecian stage ; Concluding all were desperate sots and fools , Who durst depart from Aristotle's rules . Our author , happy in a judge so nice , Produc'd his play , and begg'd the knight's advice ; Made him ...
... e'er could Dennis , of the Grecian stage ; Concluding all were desperate sots and fools , Who durst depart from Aristotle's rules . Our author , happy in a judge so nice , Produc'd his play , and begg'd the knight's advice ; Made him ...
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... e'er one vision touch'd thy infant thought , Of all the nurse and all the priest have taught ; Of airy elves by moonlight shadows scen , The silver token , and the circled green , Or virgins visited by angel - powers . With golden ...
... e'er one vision touch'd thy infant thought , Of all the nurse and all the priest have taught ; Of airy elves by moonlight shadows scen , The silver token , and the circled green , Or virgins visited by angel - powers . With golden ...
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Alexander Pope. This day , black omens threat the brightest fair That e'er deserv'd a watchful spirit's care : Some dire disaster , or by force , or slight ; But what , or where , the Fates have wrapp'd in night . Whether the nymph shall ...
Alexander Pope. This day , black omens threat the brightest fair That e'er deserv'd a watchful spirit's care : Some dire disaster , or by force , or slight ; But what , or where , the Fates have wrapp'd in night . Whether the nymph shall ...
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