The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, Band 1C. Cooke, 1796 |
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... never out of his hands ; they became his model , and from them alone he learned the whole magic of his versification . The first of our Author's compofitions now extant in print is an " Ode on Solitude , " written before he was twelve ...
... never out of his hands ; they became his model , and from them alone he learned the whole magic of his versification . The first of our Author's compofitions now extant in print is an " Ode on Solitude , " written before he was twelve ...
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... for public employment , but never propofed a penfion . While the tranflation of " Homer " was in its pro- grefs , Mr. Craggs , then fecretary of state , offered to procure procure him a penfion , which , at leaft during vi LIFE OF POPE .
... for public employment , but never propofed a penfion . While the tranflation of " Homer " was in its pro- grefs , Mr. Craggs , then fecretary of state , offered to procure procure him a penfion , which , at leaft during vi LIFE OF POPE .
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... never folicited for money by Pope , who difdained to beg what he did not want . With the product of this fubfcription , which he had too much difcretion to fquander , he fecured his future life from want , by codable annuities . The ...
... never folicited for money by Pope , who difdained to beg what he did not want . With the product of this fubfcription , which he had too much difcretion to fquander , he fecured his future life from want , by codable annuities . The ...
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... never marry an old man again . " I cannot " help remarking , that fickness , which often destroys " both wit and wifdom , yet feldom has power to re- “ move that talent we call humour : Mr. Wycherley " fhewed this even in this last ...
... never marry an old man again . " I cannot " help remarking , that fickness , which often destroys " both wit and wifdom , yet feldom has power to re- “ move that talent we call humour : Mr. Wycherley " fhewed this even in this last ...
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... never made public till by Curl , in his Mifcellanies , 12mo , 1727 . The lines , indeed , are elegantly fatirical , and , in the opinion of many unprejudiced judges , who had oppor- tunities of knowing the character of Mr. Addifon , are ...
... never made public till by Curl , in his Mifcellanies , 12mo , 1727 . The lines , indeed , are elegantly fatirical , and , in the opinion of many unprejudiced judges , who had oppor- tunities of knowing the character of Mr. Addifon , are ...
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Seite 61 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all.
Seite 161 - 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...
Seite 170 - Of all the Causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is Pride, the never-failing vice of fools. Whatever Nature has in worth...
Seite 70 - Here living tea-pots stand, one arm held out, One bent ; the handle this, and that the spout...
Seite 66 - What boots the regal circle on his head, His giant limbs, in state unwieldy spread; That long behind he trails his pompous robe, And, of all monarchs, only grasps the globe? The baron now his diamonds pours apace; Th...
Seite 43 - See a long race thy spacious courts adorn ; See future sons, and daughters yet unborn, In crowding ranks on every side arise, Demanding life, impatient for the skies ! See barbarous nations at thy gates attend, Walk in thy light, and in thy temple bend...
Seite 68 - A thousand wings, by turns, blow back the hair ; And thrice they twitch'd the diamond in her ear ; Thrice she look'd back, and thrice the foe drew near.
Seite 99 - If ever chance two wand'ring lovers brings, To Paraclete's white walls, and silver springs, O'er the pale marble shall they join their heads, And drink the...
Seite 171 - The gen'rous pleasure to be charmed with wit. But in such lays as neither ebb, nor flow, Correctly cold, and regularly low, That shunning faults, one quiet tenor keep; We cannot blame indeed - but we may sleep. In wit, as nature, what affects our hearts Is not th...
Seite 97 - Stain all my soul, and wanton in my eyes. I waste the Matin lamp in sighs for thee, Thy image steals between my God and me, Thy voice I seem in...