The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volume 6J. and P. Knapton [and others], 1751 |
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... common care ; And prudent Nymphs against that change prepare : The KNAVE OF CLUBS thrice loft : Oh ! who could guefs This fatal ftroke , this unforeseen Distress ? SMILIND A. See . BETTY LOVET ! very à propos , She all the cares of Love ...
... common care ; And prudent Nymphs against that change prepare : The KNAVE OF CLUBS thrice loft : Oh ! who could guefs This fatal ftroke , this unforeseen Distress ? SMILIND A. See . BETTY LOVET ! very à propos , She all the cares of Love ...
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... common Soldier , who but clubb'd his Mite ? NOTES . 5 VER . 6. But pitied Belifarius , etc. ] Nothing was ever more happily imagined than this allufion , or finelier con- ducted . And the continued pleafantry fo delicately touch- ed ...
... common Soldier , who but clubb'd his Mite ? NOTES . 5 VER . 6. But pitied Belifarius , etc. ] Nothing was ever more happily imagined than this allufion , or finelier con- ducted . And the continued pleafantry fo delicately touch- ed ...
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... common . Dr. Arbuthnot was skilled in every thing which related to fcience ; Mr. Pope was a mafter in the fine arts ; and Br Swift excelled in the knowledge of the world . Wir they had all in equal measure , and that fo large , as no ...
... common . Dr. Arbuthnot was skilled in every thing which related to fcience ; Mr. Pope was a mafter in the fine arts ; and Br Swift excelled in the knowledge of the world . Wir they had all in equal measure , and that fo large , as no ...
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... common frailty of old men , to conceal his age : as to the fecond , I only remember to have heard him fay , that he firft faw the light in St. Giles's Pa- rish . But in the investigation of this point , For- tune hath favoured our ...
... common frailty of old men , to conceal his age : as to the fecond , I only remember to have heard him fay , that he firft faw the light in St. Giles's Pa- rish . But in the investigation of this point , For- tune hath favoured our ...
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... common to all the seven streets ! which muft be that on which the column is now erected . And it is with infinite pleasure that I fince find my Con- jecture confirmed , by the following paffage in the Codicil to Mr. Neale's Will . I ...
... common to all the seven streets ! which muft be that on which the column is now erected . And it is with infinite pleasure that I fince find my Con- jecture confirmed , by the following paffage in the Codicil to Mr. Neale's Will . I ...
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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.