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... praise as well as of blame . Queen Anne , whose childish depend- ence upon others was no secret even to herself , is addressed in strains of uncom- promising panegyric before which even the tributes of the Cavaliers to the Rose of 1 ...
... praise as well as of blame . Queen Anne , whose childish depend- ence upon others was no secret even to herself , is addressed in strains of uncom- promising panegyric before which even the tributes of the Cavaliers to the Rose of 1 ...
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... praise bestowed upon the entire work had been too cordial to allow this exception to rankle in Pope's mind . In 1712 appeared in a volume of miscellanies published by Lintot the first edition of the young poet's fresh and sparkling Rape ...
... praise bestowed upon the entire work had been too cordial to allow this exception to rankle in Pope's mind . In 1712 appeared in a volume of miscellanies published by Lintot the first edition of the young poet's fresh and sparkling Rape ...
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... praise ; since , if it be given to his face , it can scarce be dis- tinguished from flattery , and if in his absence , it is hard to be certain of it . Were he sure to be commended by the best and most knowing , he is as sure of being ...
... praise ; since , if it be given to his face , it can scarce be dis- tinguished from flattery , and if in his absence , it is hard to be certain of it . Were he sure to be commended by the best and most knowing , he is as sure of being ...
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... praise , insulted no adversary with ill language ; or when I could not attack a Rival's works , encouraged reports against his Morals . To conclude , if this volume perish , let it serve as a warning to the Critics , not to take too ...
... praise , insulted no adversary with ill language ; or when I could not attack a Rival's works , encouraged reports against his Morals . To conclude , if this volume perish , let it serve as a warning to the Critics , not to take too ...
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... praise due to an exceptionally bold originality , is more convenient than that of Spenser's Shepherd's Kalendar , in which , as has been pointed out , it was impossible to sustain in each case the character attaching or supposed to ...
... praise due to an exceptionally bold originality , is more convenient than that of Spenser's Shepherd's Kalendar , in which , as has been pointed out , it was impossible to sustain in each case the character attaching or supposed to ...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: Ed., with Notes and Introductory Memoir Alexander Pope,Sir Adolphus William Ward Visualização integral - 1924 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
Addison Æneid Alluding ancient beauty blest Boileau Bolingbroke Book Carruthers character charms Cibber Colley Cibber Court Critics cry'd Dæmons death died divine Dr Johnson Dryden Dulness Dunciad e'er edition Epistle Essay on Criticism ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame famous fate flames flow'rs fool genius grace happy heart heav'n hero Homer honour Horace Iliad imitation King Lady learned letters literary live Lord Lord Hervey mind Moral Essays Muse Nature never night numbers nymph o'er once Ovid Passion Pastorals pleas'd poem poet Poet's poetry Pope Pope's pow'r praise pride published Queen rage reign rise sacred Sappho Satire sense shade shine sing skies soul Swift Sylphs taste thee things thou thought thro translated trembling Twas Twickenham verse Virg Virgil Virtue Warburton Warton Whig wife write youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 44 - Hark ! they whisper ; angels say, " Sister spirit, come away ! " What is this absorbs me quite ? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my...
Página 196 - All Nature is but art, unknown to thee All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good: And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right.
Página 273 - 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...
Página 90 - How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.
Página 202 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen: Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Página 75 - Form a strong line about the silver bound, And guard the wide circumference around. 'Whatever spirit, careless of his charge, His post neglects, or leaves the fair at large, Shall feel sharp vengeance soon o'ertake his sins, Be...
Página 55 - Some to Conceit alone their taste confine, And glitt'ring thoughts struck out at ev'ry line; Pleas'd with a work where nothing's just or fit; One glaring Chaos and wild heap of wit. Poets, like painters, thus, unskill'd to trace The naked nature and the living grace, With gold and jewels cover ev'ry part, And hide with ornaments their want of art.
Página 223 - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This, teach me more than Hell to shun, That, more than Heaven pursue.
Página 191 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Página 196 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent : Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns : To him no high, no low, no great, no small ; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.