The Works of the English Poets: PopeH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... Some VARIATION . Ver . 1. Oh Happiness ! & c . ] in the MS . thus , Oh Happiness , to which we all aspire , Wing'd with ftrong hope , and borne by full defire ; That eafe , for ... Some place the bliss in action , some in ease F 3 [ 69 ]
... Some VARIATION . Ver . 1. Oh Happiness ! & c . ] in the MS . thus , Oh Happiness , to which we all aspire , Wing'd with ftrong hope , and borne by full defire ; That eafe , for ... Some place the bliss in action , some in ease F 3 [ 69 ]
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... Some felt the filent stroke of mouldering age , Some hoftile fury , fome religious rage . Barbarian blindness , Chriftian zeal conspire , And Papal piety , and Gothic fire . Perhaps , by its own ruins fav'd from flame . Some bury'd ...
... Some felt the filent stroke of mouldering age , Some hoftile fury , fome religious rage . Barbarian blindness , Chriftian zeal conspire , And Papal piety , and Gothic fire . Perhaps , by its own ruins fav'd from flame . Some bury'd ...
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... some traces of our m ruftic vein And fplayfoot verse remain'd , and will remain . Late , very late , correctness grew our care , When the tir'd Nation ʼn breath'd from civil war . Exact Racine , and Corneille's noble fire , Show'd us ...
... some traces of our m ruftic vein And fplayfoot verse remain'd , and will remain . Late , very late , correctness grew our care , When the tir'd Nation ʼn breath'd from civil war . Exact Racine , and Corneille's noble fire , Show'd us ...
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Of the End and Efficacy of Satire | 9 |
Of the nature and ſtate of man with | 27 |
Of the nature and ſtate of man with | 40 |
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