The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Compiled from Original Manuscripts; with a Critical Essay on His Writings and GeniusC. Bathurst, H. Woodfall, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, W. Johnston, B. White, T. Caslon, T. Longman, B. Law, Johnson and Payne, S. Bladon, T. Cadell, and the executors of A. Millar., 1769 - 578 страница |
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... idea . " The Alps rifing on Alps , " is but an echo of " hills peeping o'er hills ; " and there is too much in thefe lines of what the French call Ver- biage : a word which I would not ufe , but that I do not know one in our own ...
... idea . " The Alps rifing on Alps , " is but an echo of " hills peeping o'er hills ; " and there is too much in thefe lines of what the French call Ver- biage : a word which I would not ufe , but that I do not know one in our own ...
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... idea of the rapidity of Camilla's motion , than by defcribing her to have flown fo faft , that the corn did not even bend to the impreffion fhe made in her flight . The fame happiness of ex- preffion is likewife obfervable in the close ...
... idea of the rapidity of Camilla's motion , than by defcribing her to have flown fo faft , that the corn did not even bend to the impreffion fhe made in her flight . The fame happiness of ex- preffion is likewife obfervable in the close ...
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... Idea of the master's mind , " Where a new world leaps out at his com- " mand , " And ready Nature waits upon his hand : " When the ripe colours foften and unite , " And fweetly melt into just shade and light ; " When " When mellowing ...
... Idea of the master's mind , " Where a new world leaps out at his com- " mand , " And ready Nature waits upon his hand : " When the ripe colours foften and unite , " And fweetly melt into just shade and light ; " When " When mellowing ...
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... , " Men , monkeys , lap - dogs , parrots , perish all ! " The lamentation of Belinda is not lefs beauti- With what propriety docs fhe make the 2 follow- following exclamation , which pleasantly expref- fes her idea of 122 THE LIFE OF.
... , " Men , monkeys , lap - dogs , parrots , perish all ! " The lamentation of Belinda is not lefs beauti- With what propriety docs fhe make the 2 follow- following exclamation , which pleasantly expref- fes her idea of 122 THE LIFE OF.
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... idea of a lonely fituation ? " Oh had I rather un - admir'd , remain'd " In fome lone ifle , or diftant Northern land ; " Where the gilt Chariot never marks the way , " Where none learn Ombre , none e'er taste " Bohea ! " It is ufual in ...
... idea of a lonely fituation ? " Oh had I rather un - admir'd , remain'd " In fome lone ifle , or diftant Northern land ; " Where the gilt Chariot never marks the way , " Where none learn Ombre , none e'er taste " Bohea ! " It is ufual in ...
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AARON HILL addreffed admirable affured againſt beautiful becauſe beft beſt cenfure character compofition critic Dean Swift defcribed defcription defign defire difplayed Dunciad Effay effayift efteemed epiftle ev'ry excellent expofed expreffed fafe faid fame fatire fays feems fenfe fenfibility fentiments ferve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fincere firft firſt fome foon fpeaking fpirit friendſhip ftate ftill ftriking fubject fublime fuch fuperior fuppofed fure genius himſelf honour Iliad illuftrates imagination inftance itſelf John Searl judgment juft juſt laft laſt leaft learned lefs letter likewife Lord Lord Bolingbroke merit mind moft moral moſt muft muſt nature never nevertheleſs numbers obferves occafion paffage paffed paffion paftorals perfon philofopher piece pleaſed pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry POPE POPE's prefent profe publiſhed purpoſe racter reafon refpect ridicule ſay ſpeak tafte thefe themſelves theſe lines thofe thoſe thought tion tranflation uſed verfe virtue whofe writings
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Страница 256 - Know then this truth (enough for man to know) 'Virtue alone is happiness below.
Страница 192 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Страница 123 - In some lone isle, or distant northern land; Where the gilt chariot never marks the way, Where none learn ombre, none e'er taste bohea!
Страница 265 - Let not this weak unknowing hand Presume Thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land, On each I judge Thy foe. If I am right, Thy grace impart Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, oh, teach my heart To find that better way...
Страница 299 - Consult the Genius of the Place in all; That tells the Waters or to rise, or fall; Or helps th...
Страница 152 - Oh! happy state! when souls each other draw, When love is liberty, and nature law...
Страница 192 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike; Alike...
Страница 299 - Or helps th' ambitious Hill the heav'ns to scale, Or scoops in circling theatres the Vale; Calls in the Country, catches op'ning glades, Joins willing Woods, and varies shades from shades; Now breaks, or now directs, th' intending Lines; Paints as you plant, and, as you work, designs.
Страница 355 - Me, let the tender office long engage To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death; Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep a while one parent from the sky ! On cares like these, if length of days attend, May Heaven, to bless those days, preserve my friend!
Страница 264 - What conscience dictates to be done. Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than Hell to shun, That more than Heaven pursue.