The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Том 6J. and P. Knapton [and others], 1751 |
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... Languages , and especially the Greek ; in which he conftantly eat and drank , according to Homer . But what most conduced ... language above the reft , he attained fo great a proficiency therein , that Gronovius ingenuously confeffes he ...
... Languages , and especially the Greek ; in which he conftantly eat and drank , according to Homer . But what most conduced ... language above the reft , he attained fo great a proficiency therein , that Gronovius ingenuously confeffes he ...
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... language , as the younger + Pliny had done before him . He learned the Oriental Languages of Erpenius , who refided fome time with his father for that pur- pofe . He had fo early a Relifh for the Eaftern way of writing , that even at ...
... language , as the younger + Pliny had done before him . He learned the Oriental Languages of Erpenius , who refided fome time with his father for that pur- pofe . He had fo early a Relifh for the Eaftern way of writing , that even at ...
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... language spoke , And part of Flanders hath receiv'd our Yoke . On a Warrior . + And thou Dalbouffy the great God of War . Lieutenant Colonel to the Earl of Mar. On the Valour of the English . Nor Art nor Nature has the force To top its ...
... language spoke , And part of Flanders hath receiv'd our Yoke . On a Warrior . + And thou Dalbouffy the great God of War . Lieutenant Colonel to the Earl of Mar. On the Valour of the English . Nor Art nor Nature has the force To top its ...
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... language is perfectly pure , and he often forgets he is among peasants . I have frequently wondered , that fince he was fo con- verfant in the writings of Ennius , he had not imi- tated the rufticity of the Doric as well by the help of ...
... language is perfectly pure , and he often forgets he is among peasants . I have frequently wondered , that fince he was fo con- verfant in the writings of Ennius , he had not imi- tated the rufticity of the Doric as well by the help of ...
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... language of the Gods to men . His ex- preffion is like the colouring of fome great masters , which diftovers itself to be laid on boldly , and exe- cuted with rapidity . It is indeed the ftrongeft and moft glowing imaginable , and ...
... language of the Gods to men . His ex- preffion is like the colouring of fome great masters , which diftovers itself to be laid on boldly , and exe- cuted with rapidity . It is indeed the ftrongeft and moft glowing imaginable , and ...
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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.