The poetical works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements. From the text of dr. Warburton. With the life of the author [by T. Cibber].C. Cooke, Paternoster Row, 1807 |
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... head of which was the earl of Downe , whose sole heiress married the earl of Lindsey . His father , a man of primitive simplicity and integrity of manners , was a merchant of London ; who , upon the Revolu- tion , quitted trade , and ...
... head of which was the earl of Downe , whose sole heiress married the earl of Lindsey . His father , a man of primitive simplicity and integrity of manners , was a merchant of London ; who , upon the Revolu- tion , quitted trade , and ...
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... head of poetry and criticism ; and both in such a state of elevation , that , like the two rivals in the Roman state , one could no longer bear an equal , nor the other a supe- rior . Of the gradual abatement of kindness between friends ...
... head of poetry and criticism ; and both in such a state of elevation , that , like the two rivals in the Roman state , one could no longer bear an equal , nor the other a supe- rior . Of the gradual abatement of kindness between friends ...
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... head of the Whig in- . terest . A professed Jacobite one day remonstrated to Mr. Pope , that the people of his party took it ill that he should write with Mr. Steele upon ever so indifferent a subject ; at which he could not help ...
... head of the Whig in- . terest . A professed Jacobite one day remonstrated to Mr. Pope , that the people of his party took it ill that he should write with Mr. Steele upon ever so indifferent a subject ; at which he could not help ...
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... head with them , and the consequence was , I found myself a Papist or a Protestant by turns , ac- cording to the last book I read . I am afraid most seekers are in the same case , and when they stop , they are not so properly ...
... head with them , and the consequence was , I found myself a Papist or a Protestant by turns , ac- cording to the last book I read . I am afraid most seekers are in the same case , and when they stop , they are not so properly ...
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... head of Cibber ; a man whom it cannot be supposed that Pope could regard with much kindness or esteem , though in one of the imitations of Horace he has liberally praised the Careless Husband . ' In the Dunciad , among other worthless ...
... head of Cibber ; a man whom it cannot be supposed that Pope could regard with much kindness or esteem , though in one of the imitations of Horace he has liberally praised the Careless Husband . ' In the Dunciad , among other worthless ...
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Страница 156 - To man's low passions, or their glorious ends, Teach me, like thee, in various nature wise, To fall with dignity, with temper rise; Form'd by thy converse, happily to steer, From grave to gay, from lively to severe ; Correct with spirit, eloquent with ease, Intent to reason, or polite to please.
Страница 100 - Tis hard to say if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill ; But of the two less dangerous is th' offence To tire our patience than mislead our sense : Some few in that, but numbers err in this, Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss ; A fool might once himself alone expose, Now one in verse makes many more in prose.
Страница 164 - Perhaps prosperity becalm'd his breast, Perhaps the wind just shifted from the east. Not therefore humble he who seeks retreat ; Pride guides his steps, and bids him shun the great.
Страница 130 - 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 166 - Wharton, the scorn and wonder of our days, Whose ruling passion was the lust of praise: Born with whate'er could win it from the wise, Women and fools must like him or he dies; Though wondering senates hung on all he spoke, The club must hail him master of the joke.
Страница 139 - replies a pamper'd goose : And just as short of reason he must fall, Who thinks all made for one, not one for all.
Страница 128 - Were we to press, inferior might on ours; Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroy'd: From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike. And, if each system in gradation roll Alike essential to th' amazing whole, The least confusion but in one, not all That system only, but the whole must fall.