The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the AuthorPhillips & Sampson, 1848 |
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... fellows of a more advanced age , he was so charmed with dramatic representations , that he formed the translation of the Iliad into a play , from several of the speeches in Ogilby's translation , connected with vees of vi LIFE OF POPE .
... fellows of a more advanced age , he was so charmed with dramatic representations , that he formed the translation of the Iliad into a play , from several of the speeches in Ogilby's translation , connected with vees of vi LIFE OF POPE .
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... plays , and , if possible , by comparing all the different copies now to be procured , restore him to his ancient purity : to which our poet made this modest reply , That , not having attempted any thing in the drama , it might in him ...
... plays , and , if possible , by comparing all the different copies now to be procured , restore him to his ancient purity : to which our poet made this modest reply , That , not having attempted any thing in the drama , it might in him ...
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... play ; though it was generally al- lowed to have been one of the best acted plays that had appeared for some years . He was certainly concerned in the comedy which was published in Mr. Gay's name , called Three Hours after Marriage , as ...
... play ; though it was generally al- lowed to have been one of the best acted plays that had appeared for some years . He was certainly concerned in the comedy which was published in Mr. Gay's name , called Three Hours after Marriage , as ...
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... play , And Albion's cliffs resound the rural lay . You that , too wise for pride , too good for power Enjoy the glory to be great no more , And , carrying with you all the world can boast , To all the world illustriously are lost ; O ...
... play , And Albion's cliffs resound the rural lay . You that , too wise for pride , too good for power Enjoy the glory to be great no more , And , carrying with you all the world can boast , To all the world illustriously are lost ; O ...
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... plays , And from the brink his dancing shade surveys . DAPHNIS . And I this bowl , where wanton ivy twines , And swelling clusters bend the curling vines : Four figures rising from the work appear , The various seasons of the rolling ...
... plays , And from the brink his dancing shade surveys . DAPHNIS . And I this bowl , where wanton ivy twines , And swelling clusters bend the curling vines : Four figures rising from the work appear , The various seasons of the rolling ...
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Страница 240 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Страница 9 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Страница 5 - A virgin tragedy, an orphan muse.' If I dislike it, 'Furies, death and rage !' If I approve, 'Commend it to the stage.
Страница 73 - Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years, slide soft away, In health of body, peace of mind, Quiet by day : Sound sleep by night ; study and ease, Together mix'd ; sweet recreation, And innocence which most does please With meditation. Thus let me live, unseen, unknown, Thus unlamented let me die : Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where...
Страница 249 - Know, Nature's children all divide her care; The fur that warms a monarch warm'da bear. While man exclaims, "See all things for my use!
Страница 98 - Soft yielding minds to Water glide away, And sip, with Nymphs, their elemental Tea. The graver Prude sinks downward to a Gnome, In search of mischief still on Earth to roam. The light Coquettes in Sylphs aloft repair, And sport and flutter in the fields of Air.
Страница 246 - Heaven forming each on other to depend, A master, or a servant, or a friend, Bids each on other for assistance call, Till one man's weakness grows the strength of all.
Страница 236 - Why has not man a microscopic eye? For this plain reason, man is not a fly.
Страница 78 - Some beauties yet no precepts can declare, For there's a happiness as well as care. Music resembles poetry ; in each Are nameless graces which no methods teach, And which a master-hand alone can reach. If, where the rules not far enough extend, (Since rules were made but to promote their end) Some lucky license answer to the full Th' intent propos'd, that license is a rule.
Страница 73 - HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground ; Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in Summer yield him shade, In Winter fire.