The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. in Six Volumes Complete: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and proseC. Bathurst, 1787 |
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... laft true Briton lies beneath this ftone . X. ' On Mr. ELIJAH FENTON , At Eafthamfted in Berks , 1730 . THIS modeft Stone , what few vain Marbles can , May truly fay , Here lies an honest Man : A Poet , bleft beyond the Poet's fate ...
... laft true Briton lies beneath this ftone . X. ' On Mr. ELIJAH FENTON , At Eafthamfted in Berks , 1730 . THIS modeft Stone , what few vain Marbles can , May truly fay , Here lies an honest Man : A Poet , bleft beyond the Poet's fate ...
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... laft Tribute of a Saint to Heav'n . XV . For One who would not be buried in Westminster - Abbey . HEROES and KINGS ! your distance keep ; In peace let one poor Poet sleep , Who never flatter'd Folks like you : Let Horace blush , and ...
... laft Tribute of a Saint to Heav'n . XV . For One who would not be buried in Westminster - Abbey . HEROES and KINGS ! your distance keep ; In peace let one poor Poet sleep , Who never flatter'd Folks like you : Let Horace blush , and ...
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... thofe fountains of " fresh water , that are at the bottom of the Ocean . ” -At thefe laft words Mrs. Scriblerus fell into a trem- - bling The defcription of this terrible Scene made too violent E 3 . MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS . 77.
... thofe fountains of " fresh water , that are at the bottom of the Ocean . ” -At thefe laft words Mrs. Scriblerus fell into a trem- - bling The defcription of this terrible Scene made too violent E 3 . MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS . 77.
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... laft parted from the family , on his ordering her for dinner the Paps of a Sow with Pig ; taking it as the highest indignity , and a direct infult upon her Sex and Calling . Four years of young Martin's life paffed away in fquabbles of ...
... laft parted from the family , on his ordering her for dinner the Paps of a Sow with Pig ; taking it as the highest indignity , and a direct infult upon her Sex and Calling . Four years of young Martin's life paffed away in fquabbles of ...
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... laft ope- ' rations of the intellect were very weak in Martin , and almoft totally extinguished in Crambe ; however , he used to fay , that Rules of Logick are Spectacles to a purblind understanding , and therefore he refolved to ...
... laft ope- ' rations of the intellect were very weak in Martin , and almoft totally extinguished in Crambe ; however , he used to fay , that Rules of Logick are Spectacles to a purblind understanding , and therefore he refolved to ...
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againſt alfo almoſt alſo ancient animals Bathos becauſe befides bleft caft caufe cauſe compofed Cornelius courſe Crambe Criticks defcribe defcription defign defire diſcover Eclogues expreffion exprefs faid fame fatire feems feveral fhall fhort fhould fimplicity fince fingle firft firſt fome fometimes fpirit Friend ftill fubject fuch genius greateſt hath himſelf Homer honour Horfes Horſe houſe Iliad inftance itſelf juft Juftice Julius Pollux juſt Lady laft laſt learned leaſt lefs Lord mafter manner Martin meaſure modern moft moſt muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obferved occafion Paffion Paftoral perfon pleaſe pleaſure Poem Poet poetry praiſe prefent promiſe publick purpoſe quoth raiſe Reaſon rife Scriblerus ſeems ſeveral Shakeſpear ſhall ſhe ſmall ſome ſpeak ſuch Terpander thee thefe themſelves Theocritus theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought tion tranflated univerfal uſed verfe verſe Virgil whofe whole whoſe words writers
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