The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: With Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks,C. and J. Rivington; T. Cadell; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green; J. Cuthell; J. Nunn; ... [and 25 others in London]; and Deighton and Sons, Cambridge; and A. Black, and J. Fairbairn, Edinburgh., 1824 |
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... corrupt , but man can ne'er destroy . Like mighty rivers , with resistless force The passions rage , obstructed in their course ; Swell to new heights , forbidden paths explore , And drown those virtues which they fed before . 60 And ...
... corrupt , but man can ne'er destroy . Like mighty rivers , with resistless force The passions rage , obstructed in their course ; Swell to new heights , forbidden paths explore , And drown those virtues which they fed before . 60 And ...
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... Corruption by her vassals crown'd , 125 Derides fall'n Justice prostrate on the ground , Swift to redress an injured people's groan , Bold SATIRE shakes the tyrant on her throne ; Powerful as Death , defies the sordid train , And slaves ...
... Corruption by her vassals crown'd , 125 Derides fall'n Justice prostrate on the ground , Swift to redress an injured people's groan , Bold SATIRE shakes the tyrant on her throne ; Powerful as Death , defies the sordid train , And slaves ...
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... Corruption , dark and deep , like fate , Saps the foundation of a sinking state ; When giant - vice and irreligion rise , 305 On mountain'd falsehoods to invade the skies : Then warmer numbers glow thro ' SATIRE'S page , And all her ...
... Corruption , dark and deep , like fate , Saps the foundation of a sinking state ; When giant - vice and irreligion rise , 305 On mountain'd falsehoods to invade the skies : Then warmer numbers glow thro ' SATIRE'S page , And all her ...
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... corruption with a calm disdain . 380 385 More ardent eloquence , and boundless rage , Inflame bold JUVENAL'S exalted page ; His mighty numbers awed corrupted Rome , And swept audacious Greatness to its doom ; 390 The headlong torrent ...
... corruption with a calm disdain . 380 385 More ardent eloquence , and boundless rage , Inflame bold JUVENAL'S exalted page ; His mighty numbers awed corrupted Rome , And swept audacious Greatness to its doom ; 390 The headlong torrent ...
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... corruption's shrine ; 520 525 Urge , urge thy power , the black attempt confound , And dash the smoking censer to the ground . Thus awed to fear , instructed bards may see , That guilt is doomed to sink in infamy . 530 SATIRES . ! In ...
... corruption's shrine ; 520 525 Urge , urge thy power , the black attempt confound , And dash the smoking censer to the ground . Thus awed to fear , instructed bards may see , That guilt is doomed to sink in infamy . 530 SATIRES . ! In ...
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