The Works of Alexander Pope, Том 6J. F. Dove, St. John's Square, 1822 |
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... as to neg- lect making any benefit of them . He used to say it was a satisfac- tion to him that he did not grow rich ( as he might have done ) by the public calamity . W. SATIRA VI . Hoc erat in votis : modus agri EP . VII . 11 OF HORACE .
... as to neg- lect making any benefit of them . He used to say it was a satisfac- tion to him that he did not grow rich ( as he might have done ) by the public calamity . W. SATIRA VI . Hoc erat in votis : modus agri EP . VII . 11 OF HORACE .
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... used in a transla- tion of this very Ode ; in which translation , by the way , are some lines smoother than our old bard's usual strains . Folio , p . 268 . Namque et nobilis , et decens , Et pro solicitis ODE I. 53 OF HORACE .
... used in a transla- tion of this very Ode ; in which translation , by the way , are some lines smoother than our old bard's usual strains . Folio , p . 268 . Namque et nobilis , et decens , Et pro solicitis ODE I. 53 OF HORACE .
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... tion , formed the project of a satire on the abuses of human learn- ing ; and to make it the better received , proposed to execute it in the manner of Cervantes ( the original author of this species of satire ) under a continued ...
... tion , formed the project of a satire on the abuses of human learn- ing ; and to make it the better received , proposed to execute it in the manner of Cervantes ( the original author of this species of satire ) under a continued ...
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... tion ; and were I to breed some Ottoman Emperor , or Founder of a Military Commonwealth , perhaps I might indulge thee in this carnivorous Appetite . " - What , interrupted the Núrse , Beef spoil the under- standing ? that's fine indeed ...
... tion ; and were I to breed some Ottoman Emperor , or Founder of a Military Commonwealth , perhaps I might indulge thee in this carnivorous Appetite . " - What , interrupted the Núrse , Beef spoil the under- standing ? that's fine indeed ...
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... ; it was no where preserved pure and uncorrupt but amongst School - boys ; whose games and plays are delivered down invariably the same , from one genera- tion to another . W. " I would not have Martin as yet to scourge 94 MEMOIRS OF.
... ; it was no where preserved pure and uncorrupt but amongst School - boys ; whose games and plays are delivered down invariably the same , from one genera- tion to another . W. " I would not have Martin as yet to scourge 94 MEMOIRS OF.
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Страница 369 - And strike to dust th' imperial tow'rs of Troy; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground. What wonder then, fair nymph! thy hairs should feel The conqu'ring force of unresisted steel?
Страница 364 - Methinks already I your tears survey, Already hear the horrid things they say, Already see you a degraded toast, And all your honour in a whisper lost! How shall I then your helpless fame defend? 'Twill then be infamy to seem your friend! And shall this prize, th...
Страница 376 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void...
Страница 372 - Her great great grandsire wore about his neck, In three seal-rings; which after, melted down, Form'da vast buckle for his widow's gown: Her infant grandame's whistle next it grew, The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew; Then in a bodkin grac'd her mother's hairs, Which long she wore, and now Belinda wears. ) "Boast not my fall
Страница 365 - Or o'er the glebe distil the kindly rain; Others on earth o'er human race preside, Watch all their ways, and all their actions guide: Of these the chief the care of nations own, And guard with arms divine the British throne. 'Our humbler province is to tend the fair, Not a less pleasing, though less glorious care; To save the powder from too rude a gale, Nor let th...
Страница 257 - THE DESCRIPTIONS. For a tempest.—" Take Eurus, Zephyr, Auster and Boreas, and cast them together in one verse. Add to these of rain, lightning, and of thunder, the loudest you can, quantum sufficit.
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Страница 304 - Jerusalem with iniquity: the heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, "Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us.