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, Том 6J. Rivington, 1824 |
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... contributes to elucidate this point . It relates to another story , Addison's arresting Steele : the words are by the Editor of Johnson's works , viz . " The late Dr. Stin- ton Poems I heeded ( now berhym'd so long ) No 68 PROLOGUE TO.
... contributes to elucidate this point . It relates to another story , Addison's arresting Steele : the words are by the Editor of Johnson's works , viz . " The late Dr. Stin- ton Poems I heeded ( now berhym'd so long ) No 68 PROLOGUE TO.
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... late imitator of Horace , in the manner of Mr. Pope , has turned this with great elegance and spirit ; which , because it so well suits the occasion , I shall here transcribe : But should the man in whom ( rare union ! ) shine Wit's ...
... late imitator of Horace , in the manner of Mr. Pope , has turned this with great elegance and spirit ; which , because it so well suits the occasion , I shall here transcribe : But should the man in whom ( rare union ! ) shine Wit's ...
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... late Dean of Carlisle , a friend of Pope ; from Mr. Pottinger . ) The burying - place and monuments of the family of the Popes , Earls of Downe , is at Wroxton , Oxfordshire . The Earl of Guildford says , that he has seen and examined ...
... late Dean of Carlisle , a friend of Pope ; from Mr. Pottinger . ) The burying - place and monuments of the family of the Popes , Earls of Downe , is at Wroxton , Oxfordshire . The Earl of Guildford says , that he has seen and examined ...
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... late Mr. James Harris , his relation , was the source of per- petual discontent and dispute betwixt him and his pupil Lord Shaftesbury ; who , in many parts of his Characteristics , and Let- ters to a Clergyman , has ridiculed Locke's ...
... late Mr. James Harris , his relation , was the source of per- petual discontent and dispute betwixt him and his pupil Lord Shaftesbury ; who , in many parts of his Characteristics , and Let- ters to a Clergyman , has ridiculed Locke's ...
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... late had rest , And children sacred held a martin's nest , Till becaficos sold so devilish dear To one that was , or would have been , a peer . 40 " Let me extol a cat , on oysters fed , I'll have a party at the Bedford - head ; Or e'en ...
... late had rest , And children sacred held a martin's nest , Till becaficos sold so devilish dear To one that was , or would have been , a peer . 40 " Let me extol a cat , on oysters fed , I'll have a party at the Bedford - head ; Or e'en ...
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Страница 177 - For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight; His can't be wrong whose life is in the right...
Страница 41 - A clerk, foredoom'd his father's soul to cross, Who pens a stanza, when he should engross?
Страница 40 - tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land. What walls can guard me, or what shades can hide? They pierce my thickets, through my grot they glide, By land, by water, they renew the charge, They stop the chariot, and they board the barge.
Страница 36 - Me, let the tender office long engage, To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death, Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep a while one parent from the sky!
Страница 75 - Oh let me live my own, and die so too ! (To live and die is all I have to do:) Maintain a Poet's dignity and ease, And see what friends, and read what books I please : Above a Patron, tho...
Страница 464 - So bright is thy beauty, so charming thy song, As had drawn both the beasts and their Orpheus along : But such is thy avarice, and such is thy pride, That the beasts must have starved, and the poet have died. VOL. V. K THE BALANCE OF EUROPE. Now Europe balanced, neither side prevails ; For nothing's left in either of the scales.
Страница 81 - Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt that stinks and stings...
Страница 63 - 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, Alike...
Страница 46 - He spins the slight, self-pleasing thread anew: Destroy his fib, or sophistry, in vain, The creature's at his dirty work again...
Страница 388 - Yes, I am proud ; I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God, afraid of me : Safe from the bar, the pulpit, and the throne, Yet touched and shamed by ridicule alone. O sacred weapon ! left for Truth's defence, Sole dread of folly, vice, and insolence ! To all but Heaven-directed hands denied, The Muse may give thee, but the gods must guide.