The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death, Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warburton, Volume 1A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, C. Bathurst, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, J. Richardson, B. Law, S. Crowder, T. Longman, T. Field, and T. Caslon, 1760 |
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Pagina xix
... most authors have for themselves ; and that I have facrificed much of my own felf - love for its fake , in preventing not only many mean things from seeing i 1 the light , but many which I thought tolerable C 2 PREFAC E. xix.
... most authors have for themselves ; and that I have facrificed much of my own felf - love for its fake , in preventing not only many mean things from seeing i 1 the light , but many which I thought tolerable C 2 PREFAC E. xix.
Pagina xxxii
... see him fly O'er hills and dales , and now I lose the course , Nor can the rapid fight pursue the flying horse . Oh could thy Virgil from his orb look down , 85 He'd view a courfer that might match his own ! Fir'd with the sport , and ...
... see him fly O'er hills and dales , and now I lose the course , Nor can the rapid fight pursue the flying horse . Oh could thy Virgil from his orb look down , 85 He'd view a courfer that might match his own ! Fir'd with the sport , and ...
Pagina xliii
... see the Chief ! before him laurels born ; 15 Trophies from undeferving temples torn ; Here rage enchain'd reluctant raves , and there Pale Envy dumb , and fick'ning with despair , Prone to the earth fhe bends her loathing eye , Weak to ...
... see the Chief ! before him laurels born ; 15 Trophies from undeferving temples torn ; Here rage enchain'd reluctant raves , and there Pale Envy dumb , and fick'ning with despair , Prone to the earth fhe bends her loathing eye , Weak to ...
Pagina 54
... any art are to be delivered as that art is in per- fection , they must of neceffity be derived from Fontenelle's Difc . of Paftorals . P. See the forementioned Preface . P. those in whom it is acknowledged fo to be . 54 A DISCOURSE.
... any art are to be delivered as that art is in per- fection , they must of neceffity be derived from Fontenelle's Difc . of Paftorals . P. See the forementioned Preface . P. those in whom it is acknowledged fo to be . 54 A DISCOURSE.
Pagina 64
... see me search around , 55 And by that laugh the willing fair is found . VARIATION S. VER . 49. Originally thus in the MS . Pan , let my numbers equal Strephon's lays , Of Parian ftone thy ftatue will I raise ; But if I conquer and ...
... see me search around , 55 And by that laugh the willing fair is found . VARIATION S. VER . 49. Originally thus in the MS . Pan , let my numbers equal Strephon's lays , Of Parian ftone thy ftatue will I raise ; But if I conquer and ...
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