The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death, Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warburton, Volume 5A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, C. Bathurst, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, J. Richardson, B. Law, S. Crowder, T. Longman, T. Field, and T. Caslon, 1760 |
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... thought , fince the danger was common to all , the concern ought to be fo ; and that it was an act of justice to detect the Authors , not only on this account , but as many of them are the fame who for several years paft have made free ...
... thought , fince the danger was common to all , the concern ought to be fo ; and that it was an act of justice to detect the Authors , not only on this account , but as many of them are the fame who for several years paft have made free ...
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... thought the leaft valuable part of his character ) but the honeft , open , and bene- ficent man , that we most esteemed , and loved in him . Now , if what these people fay were believed , I must appear to all my friends either a fool ...
... thought the leaft valuable part of his character ) but the honeft , open , and bene- ficent man , that we most esteemed , and loved in him . Now , if what these people fay were believed , I must appear to all my friends either a fool ...
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... thought of : Law can pronounce judgment only on open facts ; Morality alone can pass cenfure on inten- tions of mischief ; fo that for fecret calumny , or the arrow flying in the dark , there is no public punishment left , but what a ...
... thought of : Law can pronounce judgment only on open facts ; Morality alone can pass cenfure on inten- tions of mischief ; fo that for fecret calumny , or the arrow flying in the dark , there is no public punishment left , but what a ...
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... thoughts are crude and abortive , his ex- preffions abfurd , his numbers harsh and un- mufical , his rhymes trivial and common ; - " instead of majefty , we have fomething that " is very mean ; inftead of gravity , fomething " that is ...
... thoughts are crude and abortive , his ex- preffions abfurd , his numbers harsh and un- mufical , his rhymes trivial and common ; - " instead of majefty , we have fomething that " is very mean ; inftead of gravity , fomething " that is ...
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... thoughts over again , making them still " " 66 more trite . Moft of their pieces are nothing " but a pert , infipid heap of common - place . Ho- " race has even in his Art of Poetry thrown " out feveral things which plainly fhew , he ...
... thoughts over again , making them still " " 66 more trite . Moft of their pieces are nothing " but a pert , infipid heap of common - place . Ho- " race has even in his Art of Poetry thrown " out feveral things which plainly fhew , he ...
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Página 262 - As Fancy opens the quick springs of Sense, We ply the Memory, we load the brain, Bind rebel Wit, and double chain on chain; Confine the thought, to exercise the breath; And keep them in the pale of Words till death.
Página xxiv - That wit and fine writing doth not consist so much in advancing things that are new, as in giving things that are known an agreeable turn.
Página 211 - My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho' deep, yet clear ; tho' gentle, yet not dull ; Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Página 236 - The person who acted Polly, till then obscure, became all at Once the favourite of the town; her pictures were engraved, and sold in great numbers; her life written, books of letters and...
Página 317 - Night primaeval and of Chaos old ! Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sick'ning stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus
Página 277 - We only furnish what he cannot use, Or wed to what he must divorce, a muse: Full in the midst of Euclid dip at once, And petrify a genius to a dunce: Or set on metaphysic ground to prance, Show all his paces, not a step advance.
Página 245 - The moon-struck prophet felt the madding hour : Then rose the seed of Chaos, and of Night, To blot out order, and extinguish light, Of dull and venal a new world to mould, And bring Saturnian days of lead and gold.
Página 100 - Should Dennis publish, you had stabb'd your Brother, Lampoon'd your Monarch, or debauch'd your Mother ; Say, what revenge on Dennis can be had ? Too dull for laughter, for reply too mad : On one so poor you cannot take the law; On one so old your sword you scorn to draw : Uncag'd then let the harmless monster rage, Secure in dulness, madness, want, and age.
Página 96 - In merry old England it once was a rule, The King had his Poet, and also his Fool : But now we're so frugal, I'd have you to know it, That Cibber can serve both for Fool and for Poet.
Página 328 - ... persons and names being utterly secret and obscure. ' This gave Mr. Pope the thought that he had now...