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, Band 4 |
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They pierce my thickets , thro ' my Grot they glide , By land , by water , they renew
the charge , They stop the chariot , and shey board the barge . 10 No place is
facred , not the Church is free , Ev'n Sunday shines no Sabbath - day to me : VIR .
They pierce my thickets , thro ' my Grot they glide , By land , by water , they renew
the charge , They stop the chariot , and shey board the barge . 10 No place is
facred , not the Church is free , Ev'n Sunday shines no Sabbath - day to me : VIR .
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I only wear it in a land of Hectors , etc. ] Superior to , tutus ab infestis latronibus ,
which only carries on the metaphor in enfis Vagina te & tus , whereas the
imitation does more ; for , along with the metaphor , it conveys the image of the
subject ...
I only wear it in a land of Hectors , etc. ] Superior to , tutus ab infestis latronibus ,
which only carries on the metaphor in enfis Vagina te & tus , whereas the
imitation does more ; for , along with the metaphor , it conveys the image of the
subject ...
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How , when you nodded , o'er the land and deep , 400 b Peace stole her wing ,
and wrapt the world in sleep " Till earth's extremes your mediation own , And i
Afia's Tyrants tremble at your Throne Butk Verse , alas ! your Majesty disdains ;
And ...
How , when you nodded , o'er the land and deep , 400 b Peace stole her wing ,
and wrapt the world in sleep " Till earth's extremes your mediation own , And i
Afia's Tyrants tremble at your Throne Butk Verse , alas ! your Majesty disdains ;
And ...
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Shortly ( as th ' sea ) , he'll compass all the land , From Scots to Wight , from
Mount to Dover strand . And spying heirs melting with Luxury , Satan will not joy
at their fins as he : For ( as a thrifty wench scrapes kitchen - stuffe , And barrelling
the ...
Shortly ( as th ' sea ) , he'll compass all the land , From Scots to Wight , from
Mount to Dover strand . And spying heirs melting with Luxury , Satan will not joy
at their fins as he : For ( as a thrifty wench scrapes kitchen - stuffe , And barrelling
the ...
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Where are these spread woods which cloath'd heretofore Those bought lands ?
not built , not burnt within door . VER . 104. Șo Lutber etc. ] Our Poet , by
judiciously transposing this fine fimilitude , has given new lustre to his Author's
thought .
Where are these spread woods which cloath'd heretofore Those bought lands ?
not built , not burnt within door . VER . 104. Șo Lutber etc. ] Our Poet , by
judiciously transposing this fine fimilitude , has given new lustre to his Author's
thought .
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Seite 49 - Hear this, and tremble! you, who 'scape the Laws. Yes, while I live, no rich or noble knave ^/ Shall walk the World, in credit, to his grave.
Seite 27 - 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!
Seite 12 - Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Seite 14 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Seite 4 - They pierce my thickets, through my grot they glide, By land, by water, they renew the charge, They stop the chariot, and they board the barge.
Seite 13 - And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Seite 167 - Bright through the rubbish of some hundred years ; Command old words, that long have slept, to wake, Words that wise Bacon or...
Seite 6 - A virgin tragedy, an orphan muse.' If I dislike it, 'Furies, death and rage!' If I approve, 'Commend it to the stage.
Seite 20 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence...
Seite 41 - My head and heart thus flowing thro' my quill, Verse-man or prose-man, term me which you will, Papist or Protestant, or both between, Like good Erasmus in an honest mean, In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory.