The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. in Six Volumes Complete: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and proseC. Bathurst, 1787 |
No interior do livro
Resultados 1-5 de 17
Página 59
... less noisy Fame Attend the shade of gentle BUCKINGHAM : In whom a Race , for Courage fam'd and Art , Ends in the milder Merit of the Heart ; And Chiefs or Sages long to Britain giv'n , Pays the laft Tribute of a Saint to Heav'n . XV ...
... less noisy Fame Attend the shade of gentle BUCKINGHAM : In whom a Race , for Courage fam'd and Art , Ends in the milder Merit of the Heart ; And Chiefs or Sages long to Britain giv'n , Pays the laft Tribute of a Saint to Heav'n . XV ...
Página 63
... less any linen ) under it , I fhall not fay ; but his fword appeared a full yard behind him , and his manner of wearing it was fo ftiff , that it seemed grown to his Thigh . His whole figure was fo utterly unlike any . thing of this ...
... less any linen ) under it , I fhall not fay ; but his fword appeared a full yard behind him , and his manner of wearing it was fo ftiff , that it seemed grown to his Thigh . His whole figure was fo utterly unlike any . thing of this ...
Página 98
... less argumentations . Cornelius quickly discovered , that these two laft ope- ' rations of the intellect were very weak in Martin , and almoft totally extinguished in Crambe ; however , he used to fay , that Rules of Logick are ...
... less argumentations . Cornelius quickly discovered , that these two laft ope- ' rations of the intellect were very weak in Martin , and almoft totally extinguished in Crambe ; however , he used to fay , that Rules of Logick are ...
Página 140
... less nice than our an- cestors . If an Art is to be estimated by its fuccefs , I appeal to experience whether there have not been , in proportion to their number , as many ftarving good Poets as bad ones . Nevertheless , in making Gain ...
... less nice than our an- cestors . If an Art is to be estimated by its fuccefs , I appeal to experience whether there have not been , in proportion to their number , as many ftarving good Poets as bad ones . Nevertheless , in making Gain ...
Página 141
... less than thofe Princes , who pass their vacant hours in some ingenious mecha- nical or manual Art . And to fuch as thefe , it would be ingratitude not to own , that our Art has been often infinitely indebted . CHAP . III . The ...
... less than thofe Princes , who pass their vacant hours in some ingenious mecha- nical or manual Art . And to fuch as thefe , it would be ingratitude not to own , that our Art has been often infinitely indebted . CHAP . III . The ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
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
Passagens conhecidas
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.