The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volume 6J. and P. Knapton [and others], 1751 |
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Página 66
... judgment , lo a pudden ! Roaft beef , tho ' old , proclaims him ftout , And grace , altho ' a bard , devout . NOTES . VER . 6. Atable ] He was invited to dine on his birth- day with this Nobleman , who had prepared for him the ...
... judgment , lo a pudden ! Roaft beef , tho ' old , proclaims him ftout , And grace , altho ' a bard , devout . NOTES . VER . 6. Atable ] He was invited to dine on his birth- day with this Nobleman , who had prepared for him the ...
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... judgment , that the Authors chofe rather to ridicule the modern relator of this ridiculous practice , than the Antients from whence he took it . As it is a fure inftance of folly , when a- mongst the many excellent things that may be ...
... judgment , that the Authors chofe rather to ridicule the modern relator of this ridiculous practice , than the Antients from whence he took it . As it is a fure inftance of folly , when a- mongst the many excellent things that may be ...
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... judgments , do fo infinitely excel the faid An- cients . Nevertheless , too true it is , that while a plain and direct road is paved to their ↓ os , or Sublime ; no tract has been yet chalk'd out , to arrive at our Balos , or Profund ...
... judgments , do fo infinitely excel the faid An- cients . Nevertheless , too true it is , that while a plain and direct road is paved to their ↓ os , or Sublime ; no tract has been yet chalk'd out , to arrive at our Balos , or Profund ...
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... judgment , and whofe Applaufe we can never en- joy . It must be confeffed our wifer authors have a prefent end , Et prodeffe volunt et delectare Poeta . Their true defign is Profit or Gain ; in order to acquire which , ' tis neceffary ...
... judgment , and whofe Applaufe we can never en- joy . It must be confeffed our wifer authors have a prefent end , Et prodeffe volunt et delectare Poeta . Their true defign is Profit or Gain ; in order to acquire which , ' tis neceffary ...
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... Judgment fuit donne pour le 1. nifi caufa . Motion in Arreft of Judgment , that the pyed Horses were Mares ; and thereupon an Inspection was prayed . Et fur ceo le Court advifare vult . MEMOIRS MEMOIRS of P. P. CLERK of this PARISH ...
... Judgment fuit donne pour le 1. nifi caufa . Motion in Arreft of Judgment , that the pyed Horses were Mares ; and thereupon an Inspection was prayed . Et fur ceo le Court advifare vult . MEMOIRS MEMOIRS of P. P. CLERK of this PARISH ...
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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.