The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volume 6J. and P. Knapton [and others], 1751 |
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... Bards triumphant born in happier Day Immortal Heirs of universal Praise ! Oh may some . Spark of your celestial Fire The last , the meanest of your Sons inspire Essay on fr THE WORKS O F Alexander Pope Efq . VOLUME VI Vol . VI . facing p .
... Bards triumphant born in happier Day Immortal Heirs of universal Praise ! Oh may some . Spark of your celestial Fire The last , the meanest of your Sons inspire Essay on fr THE WORKS O F Alexander Pope Efq . VOLUME VI Vol . VI . facing p .
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... praise ) 36 Ev'n now , obfervant of the parting ray , Eyes the calm Sun - set of thy various Day , Thro ' Fortune's cloud one truly great can fee , Nor fears to tell , that MORTIMER is he . 40 EPISTLE ΤΟ JAMES CRA G G S , Esq . 36 ...
... praise ) 36 Ev'n now , obfervant of the parting ray , Eyes the calm Sun - set of thy various Day , Thro ' Fortune's cloud one truly great can fee , Nor fears to tell , that MORTIMER is he . 40 EPISTLE ΤΟ JAMES CRA G G S , Esq . 36 ...
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... praise confpire , One dip the pencil , and one ftring the lyre . Yet fhould the Graces all thy figures place , And breathe an air divine on ev'ry face ; Yet should the Muses bid my numbers roll Strong as their charms , and gentle as ...
... praise confpire , One dip the pencil , and one ftring the lyre . Yet fhould the Graces all thy figures place , And breathe an air divine on ev'ry face ; Yet should the Muses bid my numbers roll Strong as their charms , and gentle as ...
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... . " Has fhe no faults then ( Envy fays ) Sir ? " Yes , fhe has one , I must aver ; When all the World confpires to praise her , The Woman's deaf , and does not hear . On ( 63 ) On his GROTTO at Twickenham , COMPOSED ( 62 )
... . " Has fhe no faults then ( Envy fays ) Sir ? " Yes , fhe has one , I must aver ; When all the World confpires to praise her , The Woman's deaf , and does not hear . On ( 63 ) On his GROTTO at Twickenham , COMPOSED ( 62 )
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... praise the Work would ne'er be done : Each Mother afks it for her booby Son : Each Widow afks it for the best of Men ; For him the weeps , for him the weds again . Yet when thefe elegiac movements came freely from the heart , he mourns ...
... praise the Work would ne'er be done : Each Mother afks it for her booby Son : Each Widow afks it for the best of Men ; For him the weeps , for him the weds again . Yet when thefe elegiac movements came freely from the heart , he mourns ...
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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.