The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Essay on man. Moral essays. An essay on satireJ. Johnson, 1806 |
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... fatire , of ridicule , as alfo lines 204. 223. 276 , however poignant and witty , are ill placed and difgufting , are violations of that propriety which Pope in general fo strictly observed . Lucretius preferves throughout , the dignity ...
... fatire , of ridicule , as alfo lines 204. 223. 276 , however poignant and witty , are ill placed and difgufting , are violations of that propriety which Pope in general fo strictly observed . Lucretius preferves throughout , the dignity ...
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... fatire against the misapplication of them ' ; illuftrated by pictures , characters , and examples . The Third book regarded civil regimen , or the science of poli- tics ; in which the feveral forms of a Republic were to be exa- mined ...
... fatire against the misapplication of them ' ; illuftrated by pictures , characters , and examples . The Third book regarded civil regimen , or the science of poli- tics ; in which the feveral forms of a Republic were to be exa- mined ...
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... fatire against the mifapplication of wit and learning ) may be found in the fourth book of the Dunciad ; and up and down , occafionally , in the other three . The THIRD BOOK , in like manner , was to re - affume the subject of the third ...
... fatire against the mifapplication of wit and learning ) may be found in the fourth book of the Dunciad ; and up and down , occafionally , in the other three . The THIRD BOOK , in like manner , was to re - affume the subject of the third ...
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... fatire were too fubtle and delicate to be felt by the generality of the audience , who expected only the grofs diverfion of laughing ; fo that , at the fourth time of its being acted , the author was forced to add to it one of his ...
... fatire were too fubtle and delicate to be felt by the generality of the audience , who expected only the grofs diverfion of laughing ; fo that , at the fourth time of its being acted , the author was forced to add to it one of his ...
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... fatire . WARTON . VER . 231. Lanefb'row ] An ancient Nobleman , who continued this practice long after his legs were disabled by the gout . Upon the death of Prince George of Denmark , he demanded an audience of the Queen , to advife ...
... fatire . WARTON . VER . 231. Lanefb'row ] An ancient Nobleman , who continued this practice long after his legs were disabled by the gout . Upon the death of Prince George of Denmark , he demanded an audience of the Queen , to advife ...
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abfurd againſt anſwer Author beauty becauſe beſt bleffing Cæfar caufe cauſe character CHIG COMMENTARY confequence confifts defcribed defign Effay Epiftle ev'ry evil expreffion faid falfe fame fatire fays fecond feems feen fhall fhews fhould fince firft firſt fome fool foul ftate ftill fubject fublime fuch fuppofed fupport fure fyftem give Happineſs hath Heav'n himſelf honour human illuftrate inftance itſelf juft juſt laft laſt leaſt lefs Lord Lord Hervey Lordship Lucretius mankind miſtake moft moral moſt muft muſt Nature neceffary NOTES obferved occafion paffage perfon Philofopher pleaſe pleaſure Poet Pope pow'r praiſe prefent pride publiſhed purpoſe purſue raiſe Reaſon refpect rife Ruling Paffion Sappho ſays ſee Self-love Senfe ſenſe ſhall ſpeaking ſtate ſtill ſuch ſyſtem Tafte taſte thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thouſand tranflation truth UNIV Univerſe uſe verfe verſe Vice Virtue WARBURTON WARTON whofe whole whoſe wiſdom
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Página 56 - All discord, harmony not understood ; All partial evil, universal good : And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, WHATEVER is, is RIGHT.
Página 52 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent ; Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect in a hair as heart ; As full, as perfect in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns. To Him no high, no low, no great, no small ; He fills, He bounds, connects and equals all.
Página 64 - Know then thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is man. Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great: With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest; In doubt to deem himself a God, or beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err...
Página 147 - Parnassian laurels yield, Or reap'd in iron harvests of the field ? • Where grows ? — where grows it not? If vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the soil...
Página 247 - I must paint it. Come then, the colours and the ground prepare ! Dip in the Rainbow, trick her off in Air ; Choose a firm Cloud, before it fall, and in it Catch, ere she change, the Cynthia of this minute.
Página 48 - To serve mere engines to the ruling mind ? Just as absurd for any part to claim To be another in this...
Página 105 - Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn, For him as kindly spread the flow'ry lawn : Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings.
Página 306 - Or in proud falls magnificently lost, But clear and artless, pouring through the plain Health to the sick, and solace to the swain.
Página 15 - Say first, of God above, or man below, What can we reason, but from what we know ? Of man, what see we but his station here, From which to reason, or to which refer ? Thro' worlds unnumber'd tho' the God be known, "Tis ours to trace him only in our own.
Página 65 - Created half to rise, and half to fall: Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory jest, and riddle of the world!