The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 5J. F. Dove, St. John's Square, 1822 |
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... Author of the Dunciad . A SATIRE upon Dulness is a thing that has been used and allowed in all ages . Out of thine own Mouth will I judge thee , wicked Scribbler ! TESTIMONIES OF AUTHORS CONCERNING OUR POET AND HIS WORKS . 18.
... Author of the Dunciad . A SATIRE upon Dulness is a thing that has been used and allowed in all ages . Out of thine own Mouth will I judge thee , wicked Scribbler ! TESTIMONIES OF AUTHORS CONCERNING OUR POET AND HIS WORKS . 18.
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... thee with our exercitations on this most delectable poem ( drawn from the many volumes of our Adversaria on modern authors ) we shall here , according to the laudable usage of editors , collect the various judgments of the learned ...
... thee with our exercitations on this most delectable poem ( drawn from the many volumes of our Adversaria on modern authors ) we shall here , according to the laudable usage of editors , collect the various judgments of the learned ...
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... thee , and some of as little even to him ; I entreat thee to consider how minutely all true critics and commentators are wont to insist upon such , and how material they seem to them- selves , if to none other . Forgive me , gentle ...
... thee , and some of as little even to him ; I entreat thee to consider how minutely all true critics and commentators are wont to insist upon such , and how material they seem to them- selves , if to none other . Forgive me , gentle ...
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... thee to his shrine , Tho ' ev'ry laurel through the dome be thine , Go to the good and just , an awful train ; Thy soul's delight . " . › Verses to Mr. P. on his translation of Homer . * Poem prefixed to his works . VOL . V. D Recorded ...
... thee to his shrine , Tho ' ev'ry laurel through the dome be thine , Go to the good and just , an awful train ; Thy soul's delight . " . › Verses to Mr. P. on his translation of Homer . * Poem prefixed to his works . VOL . V. D Recorded ...
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... thee by turning to the other side , and shewing his character drawn by those with whom he never conversed , and whose countenances he could not know , though turned against him : first again commencing with the high voiced and never ...
... thee by turning to the other side , and shewing his character drawn by those with whom he never conversed , and whose countenances he could not know , though turned against him : first again commencing with the high voiced and never ...
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Página 291 - Nor public flame, nor private, dares to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine! Lo! thy dread empire, CHAOS! is restored; Light dies before thy uncreating word: Thy hand, great Anarch! lets the curtain fall; And universal darkness buries all.
Página 24 - Boileau has so very well enlarged upon in the preface to his works, that wit and fine writing doth not consist so much in advancing things that are new, as in giving things that are known an agreeable turn.
Página 195 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Página 369 - How fluent nonsense trickles from his tongue ! How sweet the periods, neither said, nor sung! Still break the benches, Henley ! with thy strain, While Sherlock, Hare, and Gibson preach in vain. Oh, great restorer of the good old stage, Preacher at once, and zany of thy age ! Oh, worthy thou of Egypt's wise abodes, A decent priest, where monkeys were the gods...
Página 246 - As fancy opens the quick springs of sense, We ply the memory, we load the brain, Bind rebel wit, and double chain on chain, Confine the thought, to exercise the breath, And keep them in the pale of words till death.
Página 288 - In vain, in vain ! The all-composing hour Resistless falls ; the Muse obeys the power. She comes ! she comes ! the sable throne...
Página 248 - Some gentle JAMES, to bless the land again; To stick the Doctor's Chair into the Throne, Give law to Words, or war with Words alone, Senates and Courts with Greek and Latin rule, And turn the Council to a Grammar School! For sure, if Dulness sees a grateful Day, 'Tis in the shade of Arbitrary Sway.
Página 338 - What City Swans once sung within the walls; Much she revolves their arts, their ancient praise, And sure succession down from Heywood's days.
Página 252 - Thy mighty scholiast, whose unwearied pains Made Horace dull, and humbled Milton's strains. Turn what they will to verse, their toil is vain, Critics like me shall make it prose again.
Página 336 - Here she beholds the chaos dark and deep, Where nameless somethings in their causes sleep, 'Till genial Jacob, or a warm third day, Call forth each mass, a poem, or a play; How hints, like spawn, scarce quick in embryo lie, How new-born nonsense first is taught to cry ; Maggots half-form'd in rhyme exactly meet, And learn to crawl upon poetic feet.