The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Том 6J. and P. Knapton [and others], 1751 |
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... ancient Book , 130 And there in fweet oblivion drown Thofe Cares that haunt the Court and Town . O charming Noons ! and Nights divine ! Or when I fup , or when I dine , My Friends above , my Folks below , Chatting and laughing all - a ...
... ancient Book , 130 And there in fweet oblivion drown Thofe Cares that haunt the Court and Town . O charming Noons ! and Nights divine ! Or when I fup , or when I dine , My Friends above , my Folks below , Chatting and laughing all - a ...
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... ancient Worm , the Devil . The Learn'd themselves we Book - worms name , The Blockhead is a Slow - worm ; The Nymph whose tail is all on flame , Is aptly term'd a Glow - worm : The Fops are painted Butterflies , That flutter for a day ...
... ancient Worm , the Devil . The Learn'd themselves we Book - worms name , The Blockhead is a Slow - worm ; The Nymph whose tail is all on flame , Is aptly term'd a Glow - worm : The Fops are painted Butterflies , That flutter for a day ...
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... ancient Virtues to our age : Nor let us fay ( thofe English glories gone ) The laft true Briton lies beneath this ftone . X. XX On Mr. ELIJAH FENTON . At Easthamstead in Berks 80 . EPITAPH S.- On General HENRY WITHERS, in Weft- minfter ...
... ancient Virtues to our age : Nor let us fay ( thofe English glories gone ) The laft true Briton lies beneath this ftone . X. XX On Mr. ELIJAH FENTON . At Easthamstead in Berks 80 . EPITAPH S.- On General HENRY WITHERS, in Weft- minfter ...
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... ancient Pedigree of the Scribleri , with all their Alliances and collateral Relations ( among which were reckoned Albertus Magnus , Paracelfus Bombaftus , and the famous Scaligers in old time Princes of Verona ) and deduced even from ...
... ancient Pedigree of the Scribleri , with all their Alliances and collateral Relations ( among which were reckoned Albertus Magnus , Paracelfus Bombaftus , and the famous Scaligers in old time Princes of Verona ) and deduced even from ...
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... Ancient Cuftom . He remembered to have read in Theocritus , that the Cradle of Hercules was a Shield ; and being pof- feffed of an antique Buckler which he held as a most ineftimable Relick , he determined to have the in- fant laid ...
... Ancient Cuftom . He remembered to have read in Theocritus , that the Cradle of Hercules was a Shield ; and being pof- feffed of an antique Buckler which he held as a most ineftimable Relick , he determined to have the in- fant laid ...
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Страница 325 - ... to consider him attentively in comparison with Virgil above all the ancients, and with Milton above all the moderns.
Страница 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...
Страница 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?
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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...
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.