The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. in Six Volumes Complete: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and proseC. Bathurst, 1787 |
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... reader into a fenfe which takes it quite away . XII . Intended for Sir ISAAC NEWTON , In Westminster - Abbey . ISAACUS NEWTONUS : Quem Immortalem Teftantur Tempus , Natura , Cælum : Mortalem Hoc marmor fatetur . Nature and Nature's Laws ...
... reader into a fenfe which takes it quite away . XII . Intended for Sir ISAAC NEWTON , In Westminster - Abbey . ISAACUS NEWTONUS : Quem Immortalem Teftantur Tempus , Natura , Cælum : Mortalem Hoc marmor fatetur . Nature and Nature's Laws ...
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... Reader , have seen a certain venerable Person who frequented the outfide of the Palace of St. James's , and who , by the gravity of his Deportment and Habit , was generally taken for a decayed Gentleman of Spain . His ftature was tall ...
... Reader , have seen a certain venerable Person who frequented the outfide of the Palace of St. James's , and who , by the gravity of his Deportment and Habit , was generally taken for a decayed Gentleman of Spain . His ftature was tall ...
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... merits to mankind ; in which I dare promise the Reader , that , whenever he begins to think any one Chapter dull , the ftyle will be immediately changed in the next . MEMOIRS OF MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS . BOOK I. CHAP . I. INTRODUCTION . 76.
... merits to mankind ; in which I dare promise the Reader , that , whenever he begins to think any one Chapter dull , the ftyle will be immediately changed in the next . MEMOIRS OF MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS . BOOK I. CHAP . I. INTRODUCTION . 76.
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... Reader any account of his wonderful progress , fince it is already known to the learned world by his Treatife on this fub- ject : I mean the admirable Discourse Пg Babes , which he wrote at this time , but concealed from his Father ...
... Reader any account of his wonderful progress , fince it is already known to the learned world by his Treatife on this fub- ject : I mean the admirable Discourse Пg Babes , which he wrote at this time , but concealed from his Father ...
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... Reader's patience already , I cannot help taking notice of one thing more extraordinary than any yet mention- ed ; which was Crambe's Treatife on Syllogifms . He fuppofed that a Philosopher's brain was like a great Foreft , where Ideas ...
... Reader's patience already , I cannot help taking notice of one thing more extraordinary than any yet mention- ed ; which was Crambe's Treatife on Syllogifms . He fuppofed that a Philosopher's brain was like a great Foreft , where Ideas ...
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againſt alfo almoſt alſo ancient animals Bathos becauſe befides bleft caft caufe cauſe compofed Cornelius courſe Crambe Criticks defcribe defcription defign defire diſcover Eclogues expreffion exprefs faid fame fatire feems feveral fhall fhort fhould fimplicity fince fingle firft firſt fome fometimes fpirit Friend ftill fubject fuch genius greateſt hath himſelf Homer honour Horfes Horſe houſe Iliad inftance itſelf juft Juftice Julius Pollux juſt Lady laft laſt learned leaſt lefs Lord mafter manner Martin meaſure modern moft moſt muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obferved occafion Paffion Paftoral perfon pleaſe pleaſure Poem Poet poetry praiſe prefent promiſe publick purpoſe quoth raiſe Reaſon rife Scriblerus ſeems ſeveral Shakeſpear ſhall ſhe ſmall ſome ſpeak ſuch Terpander thee thefe themſelves Theocritus theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought tion tranflated univerfal uſed verfe verſe Virgil whofe whole whoſe words writers
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Página 278 - When we read Homer, we ought to reflect that we are reading the...
Página 214 - Jerusalem with iniquity: the heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, "Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us.
Página 154 - Cuzzona. * fineft fineft thread. There are Amplifiers who can extend half a dozen thin thoughts over a whole Folio...
Página 8 - 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 291 - That the Earl of Halifax was one of the first to favour me; of whom it is hard to say whether the advancement of the polite arts is more owing to his generosity or his example...
Página 280 - Homer, and that of his work ; but when they come to assign the causes of the great reputation of the Iliad, they found it upon the ignorance of his times and the prejudice of...
Página 298 - 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 187 - Here therefore, in the name of all our Brethren, let me return our sincere and humble Thanks to the most August Mr.
Página 52 - 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 liv'd, and that he died.
Página 281 - ... enchantment. Homer not only appears the inventor of poetry, but excels all the inventors of other arts in this, that he has swallowed up the honour of those who succeeded him.