The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1J.F. Dove, St. John's Square, 1822 - 436 páginas |
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... Virgil's Pollio WINDSOR FOREST Ode on St. Cecilia's Day , 1708 Two Choruses to the Tragedy of Brutus Ode on Solitude An Essay on Criticism The Dying Christian to his Soul The Rape of the Lock Elegy to the Memory of an unfortunate Lady ...
... Virgil's Pollio WINDSOR FOREST Ode on St. Cecilia's Day , 1708 Two Choruses to the Tragedy of Brutus Ode on Solitude An Essay on Criticism The Dying Christian to his Soul The Rape of the Lock Elegy to the Memory of an unfortunate Lady ...
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... Virgil's Ec- logues , and from Fontenelle ; whose dissertation is as full of affected thoughts as his own Eclogues ; and whom I wish our young poet had proscribed for his paradoxical doctrines against the ancients , which he first ...
... Virgil's Ec- logues , and from Fontenelle ; whose dissertation is as full of affected thoughts as his own Eclogues ; and whom I wish our young poet had proscribed for his paradoxical doctrines against the ancients , which he first ...
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... published by subscription was Dryden's Virgil ; but the folio edition of Para- dise Lost was so published some years before . VOL . I. с annuities above - mentioned ; to which he removed , ALEXANDER POPE , ESQ . xvii.
... published by subscription was Dryden's Virgil ; but the folio edition of Para- dise Lost was so published some years before . VOL . I. с annuities above - mentioned ; to which he removed , ALEXANDER POPE , ESQ . xvii.
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... Virgil , describing to him the uncommonly kind and friendly manner in which he was received and treated . By the favour of Dr. Lowth , the late excel- lent Bishop of London ' , I have seen a copy of this Essay on the Odyssey , with ...
... Virgil , describing to him the uncommonly kind and friendly manner in which he was received and treated . By the favour of Dr. Lowth , the late excel- lent Bishop of London ' , I have seen a copy of this Essay on the Odyssey , with ...
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... Virgil blush , and Horace too ! " His death , though it might have been expected , was not lamented by any of his contemporary Poets , till Mr. Mason made amends by his Musæus . Considering the debility , deformity , and distortion of ...
... Virgil blush , and Horace too ! " His death , though it might have been expected , was not lamented by any of his contemporary Poets , till Mr. Mason made amends by his Musæus . Considering the debility , deformity , and distortion of ...
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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