The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and proseJ. and P. Knapton, 1752 |
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... but Liberty and Ease . NOTES . 55 60 65 VER . 50. As when B linda ] A compliment he pays himself and the public on his Rape of the Lock . Audifti coram , nec verbo parcius abfens : Infpice , B 4 Ep . VII . 7 OF HORACE .
... but Liberty and Ease . NOTES . 55 60 65 VER . 50. As when B linda ] A compliment he pays himself and the public on his Rape of the Lock . Audifti coram , nec verbo parcius abfens : Infpice , B 4 Ep . VII . 7 OF HORACE .
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... NOTES . 70 75 80 VER . 66. Craggs and Child , ] Mr. Craggs gave him fome South fea fubfcriptions . He was fo indifferent about them as to neglect making any benefit of them . He used to fay it was a fatisfaction to him that he did not ...
... NOTES . 70 75 80 VER . 66. Craggs and Child , ] Mr. Craggs gave him fome South fea fubfcriptions . He was fo indifferent about them as to neglect making any benefit of them . He used to fay it was a fatisfaction to him that he did not ...
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... NOTES . 125 , 130 VER . 125. Thus in a fea , etc. ] Our Poet excells his friend in his own way of modernizing Horace . But this way is infi itely inferior to his own . For tho ' Horace be eafy , e is not famí- liar ; or , if he be , it ...
... NOTES . 125 , 130 VER . 125. Thus in a fea , etc. ] Our Poet excells his friend in his own way of modernizing Horace . But this way is infi itely inferior to his own . For tho ' Horace be eafy , e is not famí- liar ; or , if he be , it ...
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... NOTES . This , and the unfinish'd imitation of the ninth Ode of the fourth Book which follows , fhew as happy a vein for ma naging the Odes of Horace as the Epiftes . Et centum puer artium , Late figna feret militiae tuae Ode I. OF ...
... NOTES . This , and the unfinish'd imitation of the ninth Ode of the fourth Book which follows , fhew as happy a vein for ma naging the Odes of Horace as the Epiftes . Et centum puer artium , Late figna feret militiae tuae Ode I. OF ...
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... notes thy once - lov'd Poet fung , SUCH 5 ' Till Death untimely ftop'd his tuneful tongue . Oh just beheld ! and loft ! admir'd and mourn'd ! With fofteft manners , gentleft arts adorn'd ! Bleft in each science , bleft in ev'ry strain ...
... notes thy once - lov'd Poet fung , SUCH 5 ' Till Death untimely ftop'd his tuneful tongue . Oh just beheld ! and loft ! admir'd and mourn'd ! With fofteft manners , gentleft arts adorn'd ! Bleft in each science , bleft in ev'ry strain ...
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Página 94 - A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the proud and great: Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life, and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear; From nature's temperate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had lived, and that he died.
Página 327 - Locke takes notice of a mother who permitted them to her children, but rewarded or punished them as they treated them well or ill. This was no other than entering them betimes into a daily exercise of humanity, and improving their very diversion to a virtue.
Página 370 - Odyssey above the ^Eneis; as that the hero is a wiser man, and the action of the one more beneficial to his country than that of the other; or else they blame him for not doing what he never...
Página 403 - Prose from verse they did not know, and they accordingly printed one for the other throughout the volume.
Página 393 - Hamlet, enlarged to almost as much again as at first, and many others. I believe the common opinion of his want of learning proceeded from no better ground. This, too, might be thought a praise by some, and to this his errors have as injudiciously been ascribed by others.
Página 357 - ... evidently, affeCt us not in proportion to thofe of Homer. His characters of valour are much alike...
Página 355 - This is a field in which no succeeding poets could dispute with Homer; and whatever commendations have been allowed them on this head, are by no means for their invention in having enlarged his circle, but for their judgment in having contracted it. For when the mode of learning changed in following ages, and...
Página 409 - I will conclude by saying of Shakespeare, that with all his faults, and with all the irregularity of his drama, one may look upon his works, in comparison of those that are more finished and regular, as upon an ancient majestic piece of Gothic architecture, compared with a neat modern building.
Página 397 - Vati noceat . But however this contention might be carried on by the Partizans on either side, I cannot help thinking these two great Poets were good friends, and lived on amicable terms and in offices of society with each other.
Página 49 - Love, rais'd on beauty, will like that decay, Our hearts may bear its slender...