The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volume 6J. and P. Knapton [and others], 1751 |
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... These things burlesque verfe cannot reconcile , nor indeed any other , that I know of , but the fore - going imitations of our Poet . + C 2 Which Divitiis homines , an fint virtute beati : Quidve ad Sat. VI . OF HORACE . 19.
... These things burlesque verfe cannot reconcile , nor indeed any other , that I know of , but the fore - going imitations of our Poet . + C 2 Which Divitiis homines , an fint virtute beati : Quidve ad Sat. VI . OF HORACE . 19.
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... These rais'd new Empires o'er the Earth , And Thofe , new Heav'ns and Syftems fram'd . Vain was the Chief's , the Sage's pride ! They had no Poet , and they died . In vain they schem'd , in vain they bled ! They had no Poet , and are ...
... These rais'd new Empires o'er the Earth , And Thofe , new Heav'ns and Syftems fram'd . Vain was the Chief's , the Sage's pride ! They had no Poet , and they died . In vain they schem'd , in vain they bled ! They had no Poet , and are ...
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... these Virtues raise ; But candid , free , fincere , as you began , Proceed - a Minifter , but ftill a Man . Be not ( exalted to whate'er degree ) Afham'd of any Friend , not ev'n of Me : The Patriot's plain , but untrod , path pursue ...
... these Virtues raise ; But candid , free , fincere , as you began , Proceed - a Minifter , but ftill a Man . Be not ( exalted to whate'er degree ) Afham'd of any Friend , not ev'n of Me : The Patriot's plain , but untrod , path pursue ...
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... these inftructive leaves , in which conspire Frefnoy's clofe Art , and Dryden's native Fire : And reading wifh , like theirs , our fate and fame , So mix'd our ftudies , and so join'd our name ; Like them to fhine thro ' long fucceeding ...
... these inftructive leaves , in which conspire Frefnoy's clofe Art , and Dryden's native Fire : And reading wifh , like theirs , our fate and fame , So mix'd our ftudies , and so join'd our name ; Like them to fhine thro ' long fucceeding ...
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... thy Bridgewater vie , And these be fung ' till Granville's Myra die ; Alas ! how little from the grave we claim ! Thou but preferv'ft a Face , and I a Name . 75 EPISTLE EPISTLE To Mifs BLOUNT . With the WORKS of VOITURE 40 MICELLANIES .
... thy Bridgewater vie , And these be fung ' till Granville's Myra die ; Alas ! how little from the grave we claim ! Thou but preferv'ft a Face , and I a Name . 75 EPISTLE EPISTLE To Mifs BLOUNT . With the WORKS of VOITURE 40 MICELLANIES .
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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.