The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1J.F. Dove, St. John's Square, 1822 - 436 páginas |
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... that they used to call him the little nightingale . He was taught to read by an aunt that was particu- larly fond of him , and learnt to write by copying VOL . I. B printed books , which he did with exquisite skill and PART.
... that they used to call him the little nightingale . He was taught to read by an aunt that was particu- larly fond of him , and learnt to write by copying VOL . I. B printed books , which he did with exquisite skill and PART.
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Alexander Pope Joseph Warton. printed books , which he did with exquisite skill and dexterity . He was placed , at eight years old , under the care of Taverner , a Romish priest ( as his father and mother were rigid Catholics ) , who ...
Alexander Pope Joseph Warton. printed books , which he did with exquisite skill and dexterity . He was placed , at eight years old , under the care of Taverner , a Romish priest ( as his father and mother were rigid Catholics ) , who ...
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... books that he could procure , especially poetical works . To indulge this darling passion , he left no calling nor profession , as so many eminent poets and painters appear to have done : He was invariably and solely a poet , from the ...
... books that he could procure , especially poetical works . To indulge this darling passion , he left no calling nor profession , as so many eminent poets and painters appear to have done : He was invariably and solely a poet , from the ...
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... book of the Thebais of Statius , and in modernis- ing the January and May of Chaucer ; the Prologue of the Wife of Bath ; and also in translating the Epistle of Sappho to Phaon , in order to complete the careless version published under ...
... book of the Thebais of Statius , and in modernis- ing the January and May of Chaucer ; the Prologue of the Wife of Bath ; and also in translating the Epistle of Sappho to Phaon , in order to complete the careless version published under ...
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... book has been written , " said a man of wit , " De mor- bis artificum . Among authors , jealousy and envy are incurable diseases . " When we consider the just taste , the strong sense , the knowledge of men , books , and opinions , that ...
... book has been written , " said a man of wit , " De mor- bis artificum . Among authors , jealousy and envy are incurable diseases . " When we consider the just taste , the strong sense , the knowledge of men , books , and opinions , that ...
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Página 144 - race thy spacious courts adorn; See future sons, and daughters yet unborn, In crowding ranks on ev'ry side arise, Demanding life, impatient for the skies! 90 See barb'rous 3 nations at thy gates attend, Walk in thy light, and in thy temple bend; See thy bright altars throng'd with prostrate kings, And heap'd with products of 4
Página 329 - I omit that exquisite song, in which his favourite and peculiar pastime is expressed. " Where the bee sucks, there suck I, In a cowslip's bell I lie ; There I couch where owls do cry, On the bat's back I do fly, After
Página 203 - 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 I lie. Scaliger, Voltaire, and Grotius, were but eighteen years old when they produced, the two first their
Página 143 - ut omnia seeclo!" The reader needs only to turn to the passages of Isaiah, here cited. P. See, a long * race thy spacious courts adorn; See future sons, and daughters yet unborn, In crowding ranks on ev'ry side arise, Demanding life, impatient for the skies! 90 See barb'rous
Página 203 - 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
Página 257 - Others for Language all their care express 305 And value books, as women men, for dress : Their praise is still,—The Style is excellent; The Sense, they humbly take upon content. Words are like leaves ; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found : 310 False eloquence, like the prismatic glass, Its gaudy colours spreads on ev'ry place
Página 225 - first good tragedy, was played. Corneille was more than thirty Unerring NATURE, still divinely bright, 70 One clear, unchang'd, and universal light, Life, force, and beauty, must to all impart, At once the source, and end, and test, of Art. Art from that fund each just supply provides;
Página 322 - cuspide cuspis," &c. Stat. W. Twas then, Belinda, if report say true, Thy eyes first open'd on a Billet-doux; Wounds, Charms, and Ardours, were no sooner read, But all the vision vanish'd from thy head. 120 And now, unveil'd, the Toilet stands display'd, Each silver Vase in mystic order laid. NOTES. Ver. 121. And now,
Página 137 - baccare, tellus, Mixtaque ridenti colocasia fundet acantho Ipsa tibi blandos fundent cunabula flores." See lofty Lebanon 6 his head advance, 25 See nodding forests on the mountains dance: See spicy clouds from lowly Saron rise, And Carmel's flow'ry top perfumes the skies! Hark! a glad voice the lonely desert cheers; Prepare the
Página 259 - vanity display What the fine gentleman wore yesterday ; 330 And but so mimic ancient wits at best, As apes our grandsires, in their doublets drest, In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold ; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old