The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope (including His Translation of Homer). To which is Prefixed the Life of the Author, by Dr. JohnsonJ.J. Woodward, 1830 - 484 Seiten |
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... land to his denies . imitation . I cannot but wish that , of this inscription , the two last lines had been omitted , as they take away from the energy what they do not add to the sense . ON JAMES CRAGGS , ESQ . In Westminster Abbey ...
... land to his denies . imitation . I cannot but wish that , of this inscription , the two last lines had been omitted , as they take away from the energy what they do not add to the sense . ON JAMES CRAGGS , ESQ . In Westminster Abbey ...
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... land springs of water ; in the habitations where dragons lay , shall be grass , and reeds , and rushes . Ch . lv . ver . 13. Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir - tree , and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle - tree ...
... land springs of water ; in the habitations where dragons lay , shall be grass , and reeds , and rushes . Ch . lv . ver . 13. Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir - tree , and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle - tree ...
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... land appear'd in ages past , A dreary desert , and a gloomy waste , To savage beasts and savage laws a prey , And kings more furious and severe than they ; Who claim'd the skies , dispeopled air and floods , The lonely lords of empty ...
... land appear'd in ages past , A dreary desert , and a gloomy waste , To savage beasts and savage laws a prey , And kings more furious and severe than they ; Who claim'd the skies , dispeopled air and floods , The lonely lords of empty ...
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... land , Antistrophe 2 . Ye gods ! what justice rules the ball ? Freedom and arts together fall ; Fools grant whate'er ambition craves , And men once ignorant are slaves . O cursed effects of civil hate , In every age , in every state ...
... land , Antistrophe 2 . Ye gods ! what justice rules the ball ? Freedom and arts together fall ; Fools grant whate'er ambition craves , And men once ignorant are slaves . O cursed effects of civil hate , In every age , in every state ...
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... land while here the ocean gains , to write ill , and a more dangerous one to the public , In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains ; ver . 1. That a true taste is as rare to be found as a Thus in the soul while memory prevails , true ...
... land while here the ocean gains , to write ill , and a more dangerous one to the public , In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains ; ver . 1. That a true taste is as rare to be found as a Thus in the soul while memory prevails , true ...
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Achilles Ajax Alcinous Antilochus arms Asius Atrides behold beneath bless'd blood bold brave breast breath chariot charms chief coursers cries crown'd dart dead death descends Diomed divine dreadful Dunciad E'en eyes fair falchion fall fame fate fear feast field fierce fight fire fix'd flames flies fury glory goddess gods grace Grecian Greece Greeks hand haste hear heart heaven Hector hero honours Idomeneus Iliad Ilion immortal javelin Jove king labours live lord Lycian maid Menelaus mighty mind monarch mortal muse night numbers nymph o'er Pallas Patroclus Peleus plain poem poet Pope praise press'd Priam prince proud Pylian queen race rage rise round sacred shade shining shore sire skies slain soul spear spoke steeds stood Swift tears Telemachus thee thine thou throne thunder toils trembling Trojan Troy Tydeus Ulysses verse walls warrior woes wound wretched youth