The Works Of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Ten Volumes Complete, With His Last Corrections, Additions, And Improvements. Containing His Juvenile Poems. 1Nicolai, 1762 - 200 pages |
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Page ix
... pride ! when the utmost we can hope , is but to be read in one Ifland , and to be thrown afide at the end of one Age . All that is left us is to recommend our pro- ductions by the imitation of the Ancients : and it will be found true ...
... pride ! when the utmost we can hope , is but to be read in one Ifland , and to be thrown afide at the end of one Age . All that is left us is to recommend our pro- ductions by the imitation of the Ancients : and it will be found true ...
Page xviii
... pride of Perfia glitter'd on our strand , And China's Earth was caft on common fand : Tofs'd up and down the gloffy fragments lay , And drefs'd the rocky fhelves , and pav'd the painted bay . Thy treasures next arriv'd and now we boaft ...
... pride of Perfia glitter'd on our strand , And China's Earth was caft on common fand : Tofs'd up and down the gloffy fragments lay , And drefs'd the rocky fhelves , and pav'd the painted bay . Thy treasures next arriv'd and now we boaft ...
Page xix
... pride . 30 40 Happy the man , who ftrings his tuneful lyre , Where woods , and brooks , and breathing fields in- fpire ! Thrice happy you ! and worthy beft to dwell 45 Amidst the rural joys you fing fo well . I in a cold , and in a ...
... pride . 30 40 Happy the man , who ftrings his tuneful lyre , Where woods , and brooks , and breathing fields in- fpire ! Thrice happy you ! and worthy beft to dwell 45 Amidst the rural joys you fing fo well . I in a cold , and in a ...
Page 12
... pride , too good for pow'r , Enjoy the glory to be great no more , And carrying with you all the world can boast , To All the world illuftriouffy are ' loft ! O let my Mufe her fender reed inspire , Till in your native fhades you tune ...
... pride , too good for pow'r , Enjoy the glory to be great no more , And carrying with you all the world can boast , To All the world illuftriouffy are ' loft ! O let my Mufe her fender reed inspire , Till in your native fhades you tune ...
Page 57
... pride furvey'lt our lofty woods ; Where tow'ring oaks their growing honours rear , And future navies on thy fhores appear , Not Neptune's felf from all her ftreams receives A wealthier tribute , than to thine he gives . No feas fo rich ...
... pride furvey'lt our lofty woods ; Where tow'ring oaks their growing honours rear , And future navies on thy fhores appear , Not Neptune's felf from all her ftreams receives A wealthier tribute , than to thine he gives . No feas fo rich ...
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