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A Discourse on Pastoral Poetry Ιο Epistle V. ( to Mr Addison . ... of Dryope 171
Martinus Scriblerus of the Poem Vertumnus and Pomona 173 By Authority
Imitations of English Poets 363 176 The Dunciad : Book is Chaucer 364 • 177
Book II .
A Discourse on Pastoral Poetry Ιο Epistle V. ( to Mr Addison . ... of Dryope 171
Martinus Scriblerus of the Poem Vertumnus and Pomona 173 By Authority
Imitations of English Poets 363 176 The Dunciad : Book is Chaucer 364 • 177
Book II .
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That the elder Pope was a devoted member of the Church of Rome , is equally
undoubted ; we find his son in his earlier letters referring to the pious habits
prevailing in his family ; and passages in the poetry of the son picture the father '
s life ...
That the elder Pope was a devoted member of the Church of Rome , is equally
undoubted ; we find his son in his earlier letters referring to the pious habits
prevailing in his family ; and passages in the poetry of the son picture the father '
s life ...
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French he seems to have learnt to read with ease ; whether he conversed in it
may be doubted , and his invariable habit in his poetry of accentuating French
words according to the English rule would seem to lead to a contrary conclusion .
French he seems to have learnt to read with ease ; whether he conversed in it
may be doubted , and his invariable habit in his poetry of accentuating French
words according to the English rule would seem to lead to a contrary conclusion .
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Of his appreciation of the distinctive styles of several English poets his Imitations
offer sufficient proofs ; that the genius of Chaucer only in part , and that of
Spenser hardly at all , revealed itself to him , seems equally clear , if equally
natural .
Of his appreciation of the distinctive styles of several English poets his Imitations
offer sufficient proofs ; that the genius of Chaucer only in part , and that of
Spenser hardly at all , revealed itself to him , seems equally clear , if equally
natural .
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The best of the modern poets in all languages , ' wrote Walsh to Pope in 1706 , '
are those that have the nearest ... in society or letters : —to George Granville
afterwards Lord Lansdowne , a poet and patron of poets , modest on the head of
his ...
The best of the modern poets in all languages , ' wrote Walsh to Pope in 1706 , '
are those that have the nearest ... in society or letters : —to George Granville
afterwards Lord Lansdowne , a poet and patron of poets , modest on the head of
his ...
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Seite 40 - Hark ! they whisper ; angels say, " Sister spirit, come away ! " What is this absorbs me quite ? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my...
Seite 274 - Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; 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 he speaks, And, as...
Seite 74 - The Berries crackle, and the Mill turns round ; On shining Altars of Japan they raise The silver Lamp ; the fiery Spirits blaze. From silver Spouts the grateful Liquors glide, While China's Earth receives the smoking Tide.
Seite 49 - A perfect judge will read each work of wit With the same spirit that its author writ : Survey the whole, nor seek slight faults to find Where Nature moves, and rapture warms the mind ; Nor lose, for that malignant dull delight, The gen'rous pleasure to be charm'd with wit.
Seite 68 - And decks the goddess with the glitt'ring spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box. The tortoise here and elephant unite, Transform'd to combs, the speckled, and the white.
Seite 52 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Seite 65 - Muse! is due: This, ev'n Belinda may vouchsafe to view: Slight is the subject, but not so the praise, If she inspire, and he approve my lays. Say what strange motive, Goddess! could compel A well-bred lord t
Seite 78 - She said ; then raging to Sir Plume repairs, And bids her beau demand the precious hairs : (Sir Plume of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane,) With earnest eyes, and round unthinking face, He first the snuff-box...
Seite 277 - Be no unpleasing melancholy mine : 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 awhile one parent from the sky...
Seite 275 - Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis. Amphibious thing! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart; Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord.