Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Alexander Pope (1745)Garland Pub., 1974 - Biography & Autobiography |
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Page 29
... Since Bleffings , as they go for more divine , Shou'd more be gain'd by Pray'r , or Praise , than Coin . This Description of Love I take to be very good : Know , Know , Love is not by Precept taught , Ner of ALEXANDER POPE , Efq ; 29 ...
... Since Bleffings , as they go for more divine , Shou'd more be gain'd by Pray'r , or Praise , than Coin . This Description of Love I take to be very good : Know , Know , Love is not by Precept taught , Ner of ALEXANDER POPE , Efq ; 29 ...
Page 63
... Since living Virtue is with Envy curft , And the best Men are treated like the worst , Do thou , juft Goddess , call our Merits forth , And give each Deed th ' exact intrinsic Worth . Not with bare Juftice fhall your Act be crown'd ...
... Since living Virtue is with Envy curft , And the best Men are treated like the worst , Do thou , juft Goddess , call our Merits forth , And give each Deed th ' exact intrinsic Worth . Not with bare Juftice fhall your Act be crown'd ...
Page 105
... Since as good a Poet as I believe the French Language capable of , and as fharp a Critic as any Nation can produce , has by too much censuring Ho- mer fubjected a Tranflation to Cenfure , that would have otherwife ftood the Teft of the ...
... Since as good a Poet as I believe the French Language capable of , and as fharp a Critic as any Nation can produce , has by too much censuring Ho- mer fubjected a Tranflation to Cenfure , that would have otherwife ftood the Teft of the ...
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