The Works of Alexander Pope: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and proseJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... ancient Book , 130 And there in fweet oblivion drown Thofe Cares that haunt the Court and Town . O charming Noons ! and Nights divine ! Or when I fup , or when I dine , My Friends above , my Folks below , Chatting and laughing all - a ...
... ancient Book , 130 And there in fweet oblivion drown Thofe Cares that haunt the Court and Town . O charming Noons ! and Nights divine ! Or when I fup , or when I dine , My Friends above , my Folks below , Chatting and laughing all - a ...
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... ancient Worm , the Devil . The Learn'd themfelves we Book - worms name , The Blockhead is a Slow - worm ; The Nymph whofe tail is all on flame , Is aptly term'd a Glow - worm : The Fops are painted Butterflies , That flutter for a day ...
... ancient Worm , the Devil . The Learn'd themfelves we Book - worms name , The Blockhead is a Slow - worm ; The Nymph whofe tail is all on flame , Is aptly term'd a Glow - worm : The Fops are painted Butterflies , That flutter for a day ...
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... Corruption , Luxury , and Rage , Still leave fome ancient Virtues to our age . Nor let us fay ( thofe English glories gone ) The laft true Briton lies beneath this ftone . X. X. On Mr. ELIJAH FENTON . At Easthamstead in Berks 80 EPITAPH S.
... Corruption , Luxury , and Rage , Still leave fome ancient Virtues to our age . Nor let us fay ( thofe English glories gone ) The laft true Briton lies beneath this ftone . X. X. On Mr. ELIJAH FENTON . At Easthamstead in Berks 80 EPITAPH S.
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... ancient Pedigree of the Scribleri , with all their Alliances and collateral Relations ( among which were reckoned Albertus Magnus , Paracelfus Bombaftus , and the famous Scaligers in old time Princes of Verona ) and deduced even from ...
... ancient Pedigree of the Scribleri , with all their Alliances and collateral Relations ( among which were reckoned Albertus Magnus , Paracelfus Bombaftus , and the famous Scaligers in old time Princes of Verona ) and deduced even from ...
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... Ancient Custom . He remembered to have read in Theocritus , that the Cradle of Hercules was a Shield ; and being pof- felied of an antique Buckler which he held as a most ineftimable Relick , he determined to have the in- fant laid ...
... Ancient Custom . He remembered to have read in Theocritus , that the Cradle of Hercules was a Shield ; and being pof- felied of an antique Buckler which he held as a most ineftimable Relick , he determined to have the in- fant laid ...
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againſt alfo almoft alſo ancient animals Bathos beauty becauſe cafe caft cafus caufe cauſe compofed confifts Cornelius Crambe defcribe defcription defign defire difcover Eclogues Engliſh ev'ry excellent expreffion eyes faid fame feems fenfe feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould filly fince fingle firft firſt fome fometimes Friend ftill fubject fuch Genius greateſt hath himſelf Homer honour Horfes Horſe Iliad inftance itſelf juft juſt laft leaft learned leaſt lefs Lord mafter manner Martin modern moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature never obferved occafion paffages Paffion pafs Paftoral perfon pleafing pleaſe pleaſure Poems Poet poetry praiſe prefent Profund publick quam quoth racter raiſe reafon reft rife ſay Scriblerus ſeem Shakeſpear ſhall ſhe ſpeak Terpander thee thefe themſelves Theocritus theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought thro tranflated univerfal uſe verfe verſes Virgil whofe whole words writers
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Página 290 - Homer makes us hearers, and Virgil leaves us readers. If in the next place we take a view of the sentiments, the same presiding faculty is eminent in the sublimity and spirit of his thoughts. Longinus has given his opinion, that it was in this part Homer principally excelled.
Página 81 - 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 196 - Ye gods, annihilate but space and time, And make two lovers happy!
Página 280 - I know an eminent cook, who beautified his country seat with a coronation dinner in greens ; where you see the champion flourishing on horseback at one end of the table, and the queen in perpetual youth at the other.
Página 309 - ... to consider him attentively in comparison with Virgil above all the ancients, and with Milton above all the moderns.
Página 284 - 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 327 - Prose from verse they did not know, and they accordingly printed one for the other throughout the volume.
Página 288 - Every one has something so singularly his own, that no painter could have distinguished them more by their features, than the poet has by their manners.
Página 289 - Idomeneus a plain, direct soldier ; in Sarpedon, a gallant and generous one. Nor is this judicious and...
Página 331 - I will conclude by saying of Shakespear, 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...