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...Contents THE GENIUS AND POETRY OF POPE........................................................................................ 7 MORAL ESSAYS ........................................................................................................................

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...THE POETICAL WORKS OF ALEXANDER POPE Volume T wo With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes,... ...te Electronic Classics Series Publication The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume Two is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. Thi... ...as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume T wo, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics S... ...ity is an equal opportunity university. Contents THE GENIUS AND POETRY OF POPE.......................................................................... ....................................................... 131 VERSES LEFT BY MR POPE.......................................................................... ...s...................................306 7 The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: V ol. 2 THE POETICAL WORKS OF ALEXANDER POPE With Memoir, Critical Di... ...IUS AND POETR THE GENIUS AND POETRY OF POP Y OF POP Y OF POP Y OF POP Y OF POPE E E E E Few poets during their lifetime have been at once so much admi... ...ing their lifetime have been at once so much admired and so much abused as Pope. Some writers, des- tined to oblivion in after-ages, have been loaded ... ...he grave neglected, if not decried and depreciated. But it was the fate of Pope to combine in his single experience the extremes of detraction and fla...

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... she favour’d first the high exploit Of Joshua on the holy land, whereof The Pope recks little now. Thy city, plant Of him, that on his Maker turn’d t... ... laid aside, The decretals, as their stuft margins show, Are the sole study. Pope and Cardinals, Intent on these, ne’er journey but in thought To Naza... ... of Philip III of France, who was sent for, about this time, into Italy by Pope Boniface, with the promise of being made emperor? See G. Villani, 1... ...received a number of fugitives from Ferrara, who were in opposition to the Pope, under a promise of protection, afterwards gave them up, so that the... ...a river of the same name, that falls into the lake of Bolsena, in which the Pope was accustomed to imprison such as had been guilty of an irremissib... ... 56 This priest.] The bishop, who, to show himself a zealous partisan of the Pope, had committed the above mentioned act of treachery. v. 58. We des... ...ls.] The canon law. v. 134. The Vatican.] He alludes either to the death of Pope Boniface VIII. or, as Venturi supposes, to the coming of the Empero... ...and Jarrow, in the bishopric of Durham, and died in 735. Invited to Rome by Pope Sergius I., he preferred passing almost the whole of his life in t... ...ernardone.] A man in an humble station of life at Assisi. v. 86. Innocent.] Pope Innocent III. v. 90. Honorius.] His successor Honorius III who gran...

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...Theaet.) To such disputes the humour, whether of Plato in the ancient, or of Pope and Swift in the modern world, is the natural enemy. Nor must we for...

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...are and Beaumont and Fletcher, and that of Donne and Cowley, or Dryden, or Pope. I will not take upon me to determine the exact import of the promise ... ...rse will be read a hundred times where the prose is read once. We see that Pope by the power of verse alone, has contrived to render the plainest comm...

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...tance, and contin- ues until our entrance into the kingdom of heaven. 5. The pope does not intend to remit, and cannot remit any pen- alties other tha... ... he has imposed either by his own authority or by that of the Canons. 6. The pope cannot remit any guilt, except by declaring that it has been remitte... ... nothing should be imposed on the dying. 9. Therefore the Holy Spirit in the pope is kind to us, because in his decrees he always makes exception of t... ... quite certain of it. 20. Therefore by full remission of all penalties the pope means not actually of all, but only of those imposed by himself. 2... .... Therefore those preachers of indulgences are in error, who say that by the pope s indulgences a man is freed from every penalty, and saved; 22. Wher... ...te and highsounding promise of release from penalty. 25. The power which the pope has, in a general way, over purga- tory, is just like the power whic... ...p or curate has, in a special way, within his own diocese or parish. 26. The pope does well when he grants remission to souls [in purgatory], not by t... ...ers of pardon. 33. Men must be on their guard against those who say that the pope s pardons are that inestimable gift of God by which man is reconcile... ...nd participation [in the bless- ings of the Church] which are granted by the pope are in no way to be despised, for they are, as I have said, the decl...

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...n light upon the planet by the Spirits.—Denunciation of the avarice of the Popes. ...................................................... 70 CANTO XIX.... ...ory of Joshua within the Holy Land, which little touches the memory of the Pope. “Thy city, which is plant of him who first turned his back on his Mak... ... only of the Decretals, 34 as is appar- ent by their margins. On this the Pope and the Cardinals are intent; their thoughts go not to Nazareth, there... ...ed of texts of Scripture, of the Canons of the Church, of Decretals of the Popes, and of extracts from the Fathers, designed to show the agreement of ... ...aps, because his father was neither noble nor famous. 21 In or about 1210 Pope Innocent III. approved the Rule of St. Francis. 22 “The head of the f... ...e of Rome is due not to the fault of the Church itself, but to that of the Pope. 22 Not for license to compound for unjust acquisitions by de. voting... ... repute. He was made Cardinal Bishop of T usculum in 1273, and was elected Pope in 1276, taking the name of John XXI. He was killed in May, 1277, by t... ...er in which he was sleeping in the Papal palace at Viterbo. He is the only Pope of recent times whom Dante meets in Paradise. 35 The famous doctor of... ...her of Bartolommeo, and finally his successor as lord of Verona. 7 Before Pope Clement V., under whom the Papal seat was established at Avignon, shal...

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...o the church Were separate those, that with no hairy cowls Are crown’d, both Popes and Cardinals, o’er whom Av’rice dominion absolute maintains.” ... ... monument we stood retir’d, Whereon this scroll I mark’d: “I have in charge Pope Anastasius, whom Photinus drew From the right path.—Ere our descent ... ...into divers waves. Spenser, F.Q. b. iv. c. 1. st. 42. v. 48. Popes and cardinals.] Ariosto, having personified Avarice as a strange a... ... Worse did she in the court of Rome, for there She had slain Popes and Cardinals. v. 91. By necessity.] This sentiment called forth t... ...s for the Ghibellini. v. 132. Her gracious beam.] Beatrice. CANTO XI v. 9. Pope Anastasius.] The commentators are not agreed concerning the identity... ...rbo in Italy (whither he was come about business which he had to do with the Pope) by the hand of Guy de Montfort, the son of Simon de Montfort, Earl... ... Frederick believe that he held a secret and traitorous intercourse with the Pope, who was then at enmity with the Emperor. In consequence of this sup... ...pace was quicker than ours. v. 29. E’en thus the Romans.] In the year 1300, Pope Boniface VIII., to remedy the inconvenience occasioned by the press ... ...quence, as it should seem, of a prophecy, which predicted the death of that Pope at a later period. Boniface died in 1303. v. 58. In guile.] “Thou ...

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...ndragola of Machiavelli, are evidence enough, and these were played before Popes, who were not a whit 9 Rabelais embarrassed. Even in England the dra... ...er matters, the Apostolic Pastorals in his favour. Of course, in these the popes had not to introduce his books of diversions, which, nevertheless, wo... ...his age. I think many are at this day emperors, kings, dukes, princes, and popes on the earth, whose extraction is from some por- ters and pardon-pedl... ...ct Buff, let us talk of our drink: I never drink but at my hours, like the Pope’s mule. And I never drink but in my breviary, like a fair father guard... ...n. O my jolly dapper boy, thou hast given us a gudgeon; I hope to see thee Pope before I die. I think so, said he, myself; and then shall you be a pup... ...led myself six or seven turns in my bed before I rose. Is not that enough? Pope Alexander did so, by the advice of a Jew his physician, and lived till... ... Genoa, Florence, Lucca, and then God b’w’ye, Rome. (Our poor Monsieur the Pope dies now for fear.) By my faith, said Picrochole, I will not then kiss... ...inalium mulis. The said Author’s Apology against those who allege that the Pope’s mule doth eat but at set times. Prognosticatio quae incipit, Silvii ... ...that the Pragmatical Sanction did make no mention of it, and that the holy Pope to everyone gave liberty to fart at his own ease, if that the blankets...

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...nte dreams of the Siren.—The Angel of the Pass.—Ascent to the Fifth Ledge.—Pope Adrian V. ............................................................... ...NTO XXIV . Sixth Ledge: the Gluttonous.—Forese Donati.—Bonagiunta of Lucca—Pope Martin IV— Ubaldin dalla Pila. —Bonifazio.—Messer Marchese.—Prophecy o... ...1258 he was crowned King of Sicily. In 1263 Charles of Anjou was called by Pope Urban IV . to contend against him, and in 1266 Manfred was killed at t... ...nto VII., towards the end. 7 The Archbishop of Cosenza, at command of the Pope, Clement IV ., took the body of Manfred from his grave near Benevento,... ...de. 8 Not with candles burning as in proper funeral rites. 9 That is, of Pope or Bishop. 10 Outside the gate of Purgatory. 16 Purgatory that he ha... ...end of Trajan had great vogue during the Middle Ages. It was believed that Pope Gregory the Great interceded for him, praying that he might be deliver... ... 6 The shepherd who precedes the flock, and should lead it aright, is the Pope. A mystical interpretation of the injunc- tion upon the children of Is... ... as signifying the meditation of wisdom. Dante seems here to mean that the Pope has the true doctrine, but makes not the true use of it for his own gu... ...r his own guidance and the govern- ment of the world. 7 Material good. 8 Pope and Emperor. 9 The results that follow this forced union. 10 Before ...

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...o the church Were separate those, that with no hairy cowls Are crown’d, both Popes and Cardinals, o’er whom Av’rice dominion absolute maintains.” ... ... monument we stood retir’d, Whereon this scroll I mark’d: “I have in charge Pope Anastasius, whom Photinus drew From the right path.—Ere our descent ... ...into divers waves. Spenser, F.Q. b. iv. c. 1. st. 42. v. 48. Popes and cardinals.] Ariosto, having personified Avarice as a strange a... ... Worse did she in the court of Rome, for there She had slain Popes and Cardinals. v. 91. By necessity.] This sentiment called forth t... ...s for the Ghibellini. v. 132. Her gracious beam.] Beatrice. CANTO XI v. 9. Pope Anastasius.] The commentators are not agreed concerning the identity... ...rbo in Italy (whither he was come about business which he had to do with the Pope) by the hand of Guy de Montfort, the son of Simon de Montfort, Earl... ... Frederick believe that he held a secret and traitorous intercourse with the Pope, who was then at enmity with the Emperor. In consequence of this sup... ...pace was quicker than ours. v. 29. E’en thus the Romans.] In the year 1300, Pope Boniface VIII., to remedy the inconvenience occasioned by the press ... ...quence, as it should seem, of a prophecy, which predicted the death of that Pope at a later period. Boniface died in 1303. v. 58. In guile.] “Thou ...

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...cs.—T etics.—T etics.—T etics.—Tomb of P omb of P omb of P omb of P omb of Pope A ope A ope A ope A ope Anastasins.—Discourse of nastasins.—Disco... ...it: simonists.—P d pit: simonists.—P d pit: simonists.—P d pit: simonists.—Pope N ope N ope N ope N ope Nicholas III icholas III icholas III icholas I... ..., who were mainly Ghibellines. The “one who even now is tack- ing” was the Pope, Boniface VIII., who was playing fast and loose with both. Who the “tw... ...ides them. These were clerks who have no hairy covering on their head, and Popes and Cardinals, in whom avarice practices its excess.” And I, “Master,... ...CANT CANTO XI. O XI. O XI. O XI. O XI. The Sixth Circle: Heretics.—Tomb of Pope Anastasins.—Discourse of Virgil on the divisions of the lower Hell. UP... ... behind the lid of a great tomb, whereon I saw an inscription which said, “Pope Anastasius I hold, he whom Photinus drew from the right way.” “Our des... ...CANTO XIX. O XIX. O XIX. O XIX. O XIX. Eighth Circle third pit: simonists.—Pope Nicho- las III. OH SIMON MAGUS! Oh ye his wretched followers, who, ra-... ...ards, in a hole in which they were buried alive. 5 This is Nicholas III., pope from 1277 to 1280; he takes Dante to be Boniface VIII., but Boniface w... ...ood from King Antiochus, is told in 2 Maccabees iv. Its application to the Pope was plain. 10 “He who rules France” was Philip the Fair. 11 Charles ...

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...unce sentence upon prisoners. As to ecclesiastical jurisdiction, after the Popes had assigned a church and parish to every priest, Honorius, Archbisho... ...the Catholics were no more than Church-Papists,* but now, commanded by the Pope’s express Catholic Church, their mother, they separate them- selves; s... ...Catholic Church, their mother, they separate them- selves; so it seems the Pope had then his aims to take a true number of his children; but the Queen... ...med Establishment in many points of doctrine, and still acknowl- edged the Pope’s infallibility and supremacy, yet they looked not upon these doctrine... ...reign was not idle, nor rocked asleep with security, for she had been *The Pope. 65 very provident in the reparation and augmentation of her ship- pi...

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... the sin of stealing fire from the altar: a sin so impudently practised by popes, parents, and pedagogues, that one can hardly ex- pect the nurserymai... ... it would rid us at once of that scourge of 47 Shaw humanity, the amateur Pope. As an Irish Protestant, I raise the cry of No Popery with hereditary ... ...nt, I raise the cry of No Popery with hereditary zest. We are overrun with Popes. From curates and governesses, who may claim a sort of professional s...

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...it a favor that this man receives a daughter the Caesars into his bed; the Pope, the guardian of all that the nations hold sacred, utilizes religion ... ..., minis- 80 War and Peace – Epilogues ters, generals, authors, reformers, popes, and journalists, to the extent to which in their opinion these perso... ...the deliverance of Jerusalem—had been clearly defined by historic leaders. Popes, kings, and knights incited the peoples to free the Holy Land; but th...

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...adre Paolo, the great unmasker of the Trentine Council. After which time the Popes of Rome, engrossing what they pleased of political rule into their ... ... of truth which we enjoy, especially in those main points between us and the Pope, with his appurtenances the prelates: but he who thinks we are to pi... ...n, that many be tolerated, rather than all compelled. I mean not toler ated popery, and open superstition, which, as it extir pates all religions an...

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...t was who made the dissolution of his marriage a condition of sup- port to Pope Alexander VI; which leads Machiavelli to refer those who urge that suc... ...blic life was largely occupied with events arising out of the ambitions of Pope Alexander VI and his son, Cesare Borgia, the Duke Valentino, and these... ...entures, owing chiefly to his impetu- ous character. It is in reference to Pope Julius that Machiavelli moralizes on the resemblance between Fortune a... ... in 1508 between the three great European powers already mentioned and the pope, with the object of crush- ing the Venetian Republic. This result was ... ...e events, complicated as they were by the feud which broke out between the pope and the French, because friendship with France had dictated the entire... ... the Swiss drove the French out of Italy, Florence lay at the mercy of the Pope, and had to submit to his terms, one of which was that the Medici shou... ...tation to his patron, Giuliano de’ Medici, who had in the meanwhile become pope un- der the title of Clement VII. It is somewhat remarkable that, as, ... ...could not have withstood the attacks of the Venetians in ’84, nor those of Pope Julius in ’10, unless he had been long established in his dominions. F... ...erful. But he was no sooner in Milan than he did the contrary by assisting Pope Alexander to oc- cupy the Romagna. It never occurred to him that by th...

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.... They say that the Jewesses are mak- ing themselves petticoats out of our popes’ vestments. Such are the deeds that are taking place in the Ukraine, ... ...rough the crowd. “They shall not make petticoats for their Jewesses out of popes’ vestments! They shall not place their signs upon the holy wafers! Dr... ...ussian priests who were in the little town had not saved him. When all the popes, in their brilliant gold vestments, went out to meet the Cossacks, be... ...clesiastics will be present at that wedding. The black crow instead of the pope will caw over me; the bare plain will be my dwelling; the dark blue cl...

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...an Catholicism, in my opinion at least. ‘All has been given by Thee to the Pope,’ they say, ‘and all, therefore, is still in the Pope’s hands, and the... ... movement. Who knows, there may have been some such even among the Ro- man Popes. Who knows, perhaps the spirit of that accursed old man who loves man...

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...te defect. Clerks those were who no hairy covering Have on the head, and Popes and Cardinals, In whom doth Avarice practise its excess.” And I: “M... ... behind the cover Of a great tomb, whereon I saw a writing, Which said: “Pope Anastasius I hold, Whom out of the right way Photinus drew.” “Slow i... ...deed Of Joshua upon the Holy Land, That little stirs the memory of the Pope. Thy city, which an offshoot is of him Who first upon his Maker turn... ...y the Decretals So studied that it shows upon their margins. On this are Pope and Cardinals intent; Their meditations reach not Nazareth, There ...

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...a winter, when we had thus to work our way through Bower’s “History of the Popes.” It was a terrible time, as little or noth- ing that occurs in eccle... ...y which was then very much the order of the day ,—the comic heroical poem. Pope’s “Rape of the Lock” had called forth many imi- tations: Zachariä cult... ... in such contrast with his own. He studied the English writers diligently: Pope, if not his model, was his aim; and, in opposition to that author’s “E... ...t slowly, to conform to him. Comic heroic poems, mostly after the model of Pope’s “Rape of the Lock,” did not serve to bring in a better time. I must ...