But all our praises why should lords engross

DMI number:

22428

Poem Aliases

Pope. Moral Essays. Epistle 3. To Bathurst.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

First Line:

But all our praises why should lords engross

Last Line:

Proved by the ends of being to have been

Poem Genre / Form:

Extract / snippet from longer work and Couplet

Themes:

Charity and Virtue / vice

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Author:

Alexander Pope

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Extract from Moral Essays, Epistle III To Bathurst. Twickenham edition III ii.

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Content/Publication

Title:

Memoirs of the life and writings of Alexander Pope, esq. [ESTC T88302]

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pp.65-66

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Mr. Pope

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

Title:

The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry, extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets [T115504] [ECCO]

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pp.123-124

Poem Title:

The Man of Ross.

Attribution:

Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

Title:

The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry, extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets. [T119553] [ECCO]

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pp.110-111

Poem Title:

The Man of Ross. [Pope.]

Attribution:

Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

Title:

The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry; extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets ... The fourth edition [T121136] [ECCO]

Page No(s):

pp.110-111

Poem Title:

The Man of Ross. [Pope.]

Attribution:

Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

Title:

The poetical preceptor; or, a collection of select pieces of poetry; extracted from the works of the most eminent English poets. ... The fifth edition [T202612] [ECCO]

Page No(s):

pp.110-111

Poem Title:

The Man of Ross. [Pope.]

Attribution:

Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope