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 6A. 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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... task , to lead them as it were by the hand , and step by step , the gentle down - hill way to the Bathos ; the bottom , the end , the central point , the non plus ultra 03 MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS Пepi Báles, or the of finking in Poetry.
... task , to lead them as it were by the hand , and step by step , the gentle down - hill way to the Bathos ; the bottom , the end , the central point , the non plus ultra 03 MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS Пepi Báles, or the of finking in Poetry.
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... Bathos itself , had it not been for that mistaken opinion they all entertained , that the Rules of the Ancients were equally neceffary to the Moderns ; than which there cannot be a more grievous Error , as will be amply proved in the ...
... Bathos itself , had it not been for that mistaken opinion they all entertained , that the Rules of the Ancients were equally neceffary to the Moderns ; than which there cannot be a more grievous Error , as will be amply proved in the ...
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... Bathos , or Profund , is the na- tural Tafte of Man , and in particular , of the prefent Age . TH HE Taste of the Bathos is implanted by Nature itself in the foul of man ; till , perverted by custom or example , he is taught , orrather ...
... Bathos , or Profund , is the na- tural Tafte of Man , and in particular , of the prefent Age . TH HE Taste of the Bathos is implanted by Nature itself in the foul of man ; till , perverted by custom or example , he is taught , orrather ...
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... Bathos , phyfically confidered . F Arthermore , it were great cruelty and in- juftice , if all fuch Authors as cannot write in the other way , were prohibited from writing at all . Against this I draw an argument from what seems to me ...
... Bathos , phyfically confidered . F Arthermore , it were great cruelty and in- juftice , if all fuch Authors as cannot write in the other way , were prohibited from writing at all . Against this I draw an argument from what seems to me ...
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... Bathos , or Profund . WE E come now to prove , that there is an Art of Sinking in Poetry . Is there not an Architecture of Vaults and Cellars , as well as of lofty Domes and Pyramids ? Is there not as much skill and labour in making ...
... Bathos , or Profund . WE E come now to prove , that there is an Art of Sinking in Poetry . Is there not an Architecture of Vaults and Cellars , as well as of lofty Domes and Pyramids ? Is there not as much skill and labour in making ...
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Página 407 - 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 340 - The figure of the man is odd enough ; he is a lively little creature, with long arms and legs; a Spider is no ill emblem of him; he has been taken at a distance for a small windmill.
Página 318 - ... in all the simplicity proper to the country; his names are borrowed from Theocritus and Virgil, which are improper to the scene of his pastorals.
Página 392 - Players are just such judges of what is right, as tailors are of what is graceful. And in this view it will be but fair to allow, that most of our author's faults are less to be ascribed to his wrong judgment as a poet, than to his right judgment as a player.
Página 382 - ... to consider him attentively in comparison with Virgil above all the ancients, and with Milton above all the moderns.
Página 352 - If some things are too luxuriant it is owing to the richness of the soil; and if others are not arrived to perfection or maturity, it is only because they are overrun and oppressed by those of a stronger nature.
Página 15 - Not thinking it is levee-day, And find his honour in a pound, Hemm'd by a triple circle round, Chequer'd with ribbons blue and green: How should I thrust myself between?
Página 332 - If thou shalt find a bird's nest in the way, thou shalt not take the dam with the young ; But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go ; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.
Página 19 - How think you of our friend the Dean? I wonder what some people mean; My lord and he are grown so great, Always together tete-d-tete. What ! they admire him for his jokes — See but the fortune of some folks...
Página 364 - ... graces it was capable of; and in particular never failed to bring the sound of his line to a beautiful agreement with its sense.