The Works of Alexander Popekesq., with Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others: To which Were Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks, Volume 4C. and J. Rivington, 1824 |
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... Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks Alexander Pope. THE WORKS OF ALEXANDER POPE , ESQ . VOL . IV . THE WORKS OF ALEXANDER POPE , ESQ . WITH NOTES.
... Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks Alexander Pope. THE WORKS OF ALEXANDER POPE , ESQ . VOL . IV . THE WORKS OF ALEXANDER POPE , ESQ . WITH NOTES.
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... Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks Alexander Pope. J. McCreery . Tooks Court , Chancery Lane . London . CONTENTS OF THE FOURTH VOLUME . THE DUNCIAD , in.
... Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks Alexander Pope. J. McCreery . Tooks Court , Chancery Lane . London . CONTENTS OF THE FOURTH VOLUME . THE DUNCIAD , in.
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... Remarks Alexander Pope. WHEN Atterbury , on reading Pope's character of Atticus , told the author that he had now discovered where the strength of his talents lay , and advised him not to neglect the cultivation of them , he was probably ...
... Remarks Alexander Pope. WHEN Atterbury , on reading Pope's character of Atticus , told the author that he had now discovered where the strength of his talents lay , and advised him not to neglect the cultivation of them , he was probably ...
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... Remarks Alexander Pope. Innumerable incidents and passages in the ancient authors , are thus brought to our recollection , after having suffered a change Into something new and strange ; How greatly the effect is heightened by this ...
... Remarks Alexander Pope. Innumerable incidents and passages in the ancient authors , are thus brought to our recollection , after having suffered a change Into something new and strange ; How greatly the effect is heightened by this ...
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... Remarks Alexander Pope. cern , I have already confessed I had a private one . I am one of that number , who have long loved and esteemed Mr. POPE ; and had often declared it was not his capacity or writings ( which we ever thought the ...
... Remarks Alexander Pope. cern , I have already confessed I had a private one . I am one of that number , who have long loved and esteemed Mr. POPE ; and had often declared it was not his capacity or writings ( which we ever thought the ...
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Página 12 - A perfect judge will read each work of wit With the same spirit that its author writ ; Survey the whole, nor seek slight faults to find Where nature moves, and rapture warms the mind ; Nor lose, for that malignant dull delight, The generous pleasure to be charm'd with wit.
Página 339 - Night primaeval and of Chaos old ! Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sick'ning stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus
Página 343 - Religion blushing veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires. Nor public flame, nor private, dares to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine! Lo! thy dread empire, Chaos! is restored; Light dies before thy uncreating word; Thy hand, great Anarch! lets the curtain fall, And universal Darkness buries all.
Página 296 - The critic Eye, that microscope of Wit, Sees hairs and pores, examines bit by bit...
Página 232 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Página 301 - Show all his paces, not a step advance. With the same cement, ever sure to bind, We bring to one dead level every mind. Then take him to develop, if you can, And hew the block off, and get out the man. 270 But wherefore waste I words? I see advance Whore, pupil, and laced governor from France. Walker! our hat' nor more he deigned to say, But, stern as Ajax
Página 247 - I turn my ravish'd eyes, gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise, poetic fields encompass me around, and still I seem to tread on classic ground; for here the Muse so oft her harp has strung, that not a mountain rears its head unsung, renown'd in verse each shady thicket grows, and every stream in heavenly numbers flows.
Página 38 - The observations follow one another like those in Horace's Art of Poetry, without that methodical regularity which would have been requisite in a prose author.
Página 295 - While towering o'er your alphabet, like Saul, Stands our Digamma, and o'ertops them all. Tis true, on words is still our whole debate, Disputes of me or te, of aut or at, To sound or sink in cano, O or A, Or give up Cicero to C or K.
Página 350 - He was not without hopes that, by manifesting the dulness of those who had only malice to recommend them, either the booksellers would not find their account in employing them, or the men themselves, when discovered, want courage to proceed in so unlawful an occupation. This it was that gave birth to the Dunciad...