The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volume 6J. and P. Knapton [and others], 1751 |
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... shall see the first warm Weather , Me and the Butterflies together . My Lord , your Favours well I know ; ' Tis with Diftinction you beftow ; 10 15- 20 And not to ev'ry one that comes , Juft as a Scotfman does his Plumbs . " Pray take ...
... shall see the first warm Weather , Me and the Butterflies together . My Lord , your Favours well I know ; ' Tis with Diftinction you beftow ; 10 15- 20 And not to ev'ry one that comes , Juft as a Scotfman does his Plumbs . " Pray take ...
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... Shall ftretch thy conquefts over half the kind : To him each Rival fhall fubmit , Make but his Riches equal to his Wit . * This , and the unfinished imitation of the ninth Ode of the fourth Book which follows , fhew as happy a vein for ...
... Shall ftretch thy conquefts over half the kind : To him each Rival fhall fubmit , Make but his Riches equal to his Wit . * This , and the unfinished imitation of the ninth Ode of the fourth Book which follows , fhew as happy a vein for ...
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... Shall glitter o'er the pendent green , Where Thames reflects the vifionary scene : Thither , the filver - founding lyres Shall call the smiling Loves , and young Defires ; There , ev'ry Grace and Mufe fhall throng , Exalt the dance , or ...
... Shall glitter o'er the pendent green , Where Thames reflects the vifionary scene : Thither , the filver - founding lyres Shall call the smiling Loves , and young Defires ; There , ev'ry Grace and Mufe fhall throng , Exalt the dance , or ...
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... shall die , Which founds the Silver Thames along , Taught , on the wings of Truth to fly Above the reach of vulgar song ; Tho ' daring Milton fits fublime , In Spencer native Muses play ; Nor yet shall Waller yield to time , Nor penfive ...
... shall die , Which founds the Silver Thames along , Taught , on the wings of Truth to fly Above the reach of vulgar song ; Tho ' daring Milton fits fublime , In Spencer native Muses play ; Nor yet shall Waller yield to time , Nor penfive ...
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... shall endless smiles bestow , And foft Belinda's blush for ever glow . 56 60 65 70 Oh lafting as thofe Colours may they fhine , Free as thy ftroke , yet faultless as thy line ; New graces yearly like thy works display , Soft without ...
... shall endless smiles bestow , And foft Belinda's blush for ever glow . 56 60 65 70 Oh lafting as thofe Colours may they fhine , Free as thy ftroke , yet faultless as thy line ; New graces yearly like thy works display , Soft without ...
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Página 325 - ... to consider him attentively in comparison with Virgil above all the ancients, and with Milton above all the moderns.
Página 313 - Who can be so prejudiced in their favour as to magnify the felicity of those ages, when a spirit of revenge and cruelty, joined with the practice of rapine and robbery, reigned through the world ; when no mercy was...
Página 303 - How fertile will that imagination appear which was able to clothe all the properties of elements, the qualifications of the mind, the virtues and vices, in forms and persons, and to introduce them into actions agreeable to the nature of the things they shadowed?
Página 278 - I CANNOT think it extravagant to imagine that mankind are no less in proportion accountable for the ill use of their dominion over creatures of the lower rank of beings than for the exercise of tyranny over their own species.
Página 331 - ... something between penetration and felicity, he hits upon that particular point on which the bent of each argument turns, or the force of each motive depends.
Página 334 - ... upon the judgments of that body of men whereof he was a member. They have ever had a standard to themselves, upon other principles than those of Aristotle.
Página 310 - ... of a trumpet. They roll along as a plentiful river, always in motion, and always full ; while we are borne away by a tide of...
Página 289 - Nay, to that perfection is he arrived, that he stoops as he walks. The figure of the man is odd enough; he is a lively little creature, with long arms and legs : a spider is no ill emblem of him : he has been taken at a distance for a small windmill.
Página 300 - 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 45 - ... twixt reading and Bohea, To muse, and spill her solitary Tea, Or o'er cold coffee trifle with the spoon, Count the slow clock, and dine exact at noon; Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire, Hum half a tune, tell stories to the squire; Up to her godly garret after sev'n, There starve and pray, for that's the way to heav'n.