The works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements; together with all his notes: pr. verbatim from the octavo ed. of mr. Warburton, Том 51754 |
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Сторінка xxxviii
... cause , " From thy own life tranfcribe th ' unerring laws . ” And , to close all , hear the reverend dean of St. Pa- trick's : " A Soul with ev'ry virtue fraught , " By Patriots , Priefts , and Poets taught . " Whofe filial Piety ...
... cause , " From thy own life tranfcribe th ' unerring laws . ” And , to close all , hear the reverend dean of St. Pa- trick's : " A Soul with ev'ry virtue fraught , " By Patriots , Priefts , and Poets taught . " Whofe filial Piety ...
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... cause which moved our poet to this particular work . He lived in thofe days , when ( after Providence had per- mitted the invention of Printing as a fcourge for the fins of the learned ) Paper alfo became fo cheap , and Printers fo ...
... cause which moved our poet to this particular work . He lived in thofe days , when ( after Providence had per- mitted the invention of Printing as a fcourge for the fins of the learned ) Paper alfo became fo cheap , and Printers fo ...
Сторінка lxx
... cause , he being there represented as fast asleep ; fo misbeseeming the eye of empire , which , like that of Providence , fhould never doze nor flumber . " Hah ! ( faith he ) faft afleep , " it seems ! that's a little too strong . Pert ...
... cause , he being there represented as fast asleep ; fo misbeseeming the eye of empire , which , like that of Providence , fhould never doze nor flumber . " Hah ! ( faith he ) faft afleep , " it seems ! that's a little too strong . Pert ...
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... cause , in vain decry'd and curft , Still IMITATIONS . Say , great Patricians ! fince yourselves inspire Thefe wondrous works -Dii cœptis ( nám vos mutaftis & illas . ) REMARKS , Ovid . Met . i . THE DUNCIAD . ] It is an inconvenience ...
... cause , in vain decry'd and curft , Still IMITATIONS . Say , great Patricians ! fince yourselves inspire Thefe wondrous works -Dii cœptis ( nám vos mutaftis & illas . ) REMARKS , Ovid . Met . i . THE DUNCIAD . ] It is an inconvenience ...
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... cause of the fayr and " honeft termes & wordes in frenche , whiche I never fawe to " fore lyke , ne none fo playfant ne fo well ordred ; whiche " booke as me femed fhold be moch requyfite to noble men " to fee , as wel for the eloquence ...
... cause of the fayr and " honeft termes & wordes in frenche , whiche I never fawe to " fore lyke , ne none fo playfant ne fo well ordred ; whiche " booke as me femed fhold be moch requyfite to noble men " to fee , as wel for the eloquence ...
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Сторінка xxv - ... mankind in more strong, more beautiful, or more uncommon lights. If a reader examines Horace's Art of Poetry, he will find but few precepts in it which...
Сторінка xxiv - And here give me leave to mention what Monsieur 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.
Сторінка 221 - Thence a new world to Nature's laws unknown, Breaks out refulgent, with a heav'n its own : Another Cynthia her new journey runs, And other planets circle other suns. The forests dance, the rivers upward rise 245 Whales sport in woods, and dolphins in the skies ; And last, to give the whole creation grace, Lo ! one vast egg produces human race. Joy fills his soul, joy innocent of thought ; What pow'r, he cries, what pow'r these wonders wrought?
Сторінка 171 - Ditch with disemboguing streams Rolls the large tribute of dead dogs to Thames, The king of dykes ! than whom no sluice of mud With deeper sable blots the silver flood.
Сторінка 233 - Polly, till then obscure, became all at once the favourite of the town ; her pictures were engraved, and sold in great numbers ; her life written, books of letters and verses to her published, and pamphlets made even of her sayings and jests.
Сторінка 95 - How Time himself stands still at her command, Realms shift their place, and Ocean turns to land. Here gay Description...
Сторінка 103 - Should Dennis publish, you had stabb'd your brother, Lampoon'd your Monarch, or debauch'd your mother ; Say, what revenge on Dennis can be had ? Too dull for laughter, for reply too mad : On one so poor you cannot take the law ; On one so old your sword you scorn to draw ; Uncag'd then let the harmless monster rage, Secure in dulness, madness, want, and age.
Сторінка 114 - And pond'rous slugs cut swiftly through the sky; As clocks to weight their nimble motion owe, The wheels above urg'd by the load below; Me Emptiness and Dulness could inspire, And were my elasticity and fire. Some díEnion stole my pen (forgive th...
Сторінка xxiv - The Art of Criticism, which was published some months since, and is a master-piece in its kind. The observations follow one another like those in Horace's Art of Poetry, without that methodical regularity which would have been requisite in a prose author.
Сторінка 233 - This piece was received with greater applause than was ever known. Besides being acted in London sixtythree days without interruption, and renewed the next season with equal applause, it spread into all the great towns of England; was played in many places to the thirtieth and fortieth time ; at Bath and Bristol fifty, &c.