An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2Gregg, 1782 |
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... some lasting curse entail , Which o'er their children's children shall prevail , Place on their heads that crown distain'd with gore , Which these dire hands from my flain father tore . OVID is also another writer of a bad taste , on ...
... some lasting curse entail , Which o'er their children's children shall prevail , Place on their heads that crown distain'd with gore , Which these dire hands from my flain father tore . OVID is also another writer of a bad taste , on ...
Page 64
... some person entirely a stranger to navigation , and ignorant of the nature of the fea or waters , how great his astonishment would be , when finding him- self on board some vessel anchoring at sea , remote from all land - prospect ...
... some person entirely a stranger to navigation , and ignorant of the nature of the fea or waters , how great his astonishment would be , when finding him- self on board some vessel anchoring at sea , remote from all land - prospect ...
Page 68
... Some safer world in depth of woods embrac'd , Some happier island in the wat'ry waste , Where slaves once more their native land behold , No fiends torment , no Christians thirst for gold . ' TO BE content's his natural defire , He asks ...
... Some safer world in depth of woods embrac'd , Some happier island in the wat'ry waste , Where slaves once more their native land behold , No fiends torment , no Christians thirst for gold . ' TO BE content's his natural defire , He asks ...
Page 88
... some high cliff , superior , and enjoys The elemental war . But Waller longs All on the margin of some flow'ry stream . To spread his careless limbs , amid the cool Of plantane shades .--- We have here a striking example of that poetic ...
... some high cliff , superior , and enjoys The elemental war . But Waller longs All on the margin of some flow'ry stream . To spread his careless limbs , amid the cool Of plantane shades .--- We have here a striking example of that poetic ...
Page 192
... Some black - foul'd Fiend , some Fury ris'n from hell Has darken'd all discernment . Thro ' night's eye Saw the pale murderer stalk ! MEROPE . Ibid . Some hint's officious reach had touch'd her ear . One is surprized that such a writer ...
... Some black - foul'd Fiend , some Fury ris'n from hell Has darken'd all discernment . Thro ' night's eye Saw the pale murderer stalk ! MEROPE . Ibid . Some hint's officious reach had touch'd her ear . One is surprized that such a writer ...
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