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 6 |
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Pity ! the charm works only in our wall , 165 Loft , loft too soon in yonder House or
Hall . There truant WYNDHAM ev'ry Muse gave o'er , There Talbot funk , and was
a Wit no more ! How sweet an Ovid , MURRAY was our boaft ! How many ...
Pity ! the charm works only in our wall , 165 Loft , loft too soon in yonder House or
Hall . There truant WYNDHAM ev'ry Muse gave o'er , There Talbot funk , and was
a Wit no more ! How sweet an Ovid , MURRAY was our boaft ! How many ...
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247. tbe beavy Canon ] Canon here , if spoken of Artil . lery , is in the plural
number ; if of the Canons of the House , in the singular , and meant only of one :
in which case I suspect the Pole to be a false reading , and that it should be the
Poll or ...
247. tbe beavy Canon ] Canon here , if spoken of Artil . lery , is in the plural
number ; if of the Canons of the House , in the singular , and meant only of one :
in which case I suspect the Pole to be a false reading , and that it should be the
Poll or ...
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Be rich in ancient brass , tbo ' not in gold , 365 And keep his Lares , tho ' his
house be sold ; To headless Phæbe his fair bride poftpone , Honour a Syrian
Prince above his own ; Lord of an Otho , if I vouch it true ; Bleft in one Niger , till
he knows ...
Be rich in ancient brass , tbo ' not in gold , 365 And keep his Lares , tho ' his
house be sold ; To headless Phæbe his fair bride poftpone , Honour a Syrian
Prince above his own ; Lord of an Otho , if I vouch it true ; Bleft in one Niger , till
he knows ...
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A Weasel once made shift to flink In at a Corn - loft thro ' a Chink ; But having
amply stuff'd his skin , Could not get out as he got in ; Which one belonging to the
House ( ' Twas not a Man , it was a Mouse ) Observing , cry'd , “ You scape not so
...
A Weasel once made shift to flink In at a Corn - loft thro ' a Chink ; But having
amply stuff'd his skin , Could not get out as he got in ; Which one belonging to the
House ( ' Twas not a Man , it was a Mouse ) Observing , cry'd , “ You scape not so
...
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A little House , with Trees a - row , & And , like its Master , very low . There dy'd
my Father , no man's Debtor , And there I'll die , nor worse nor better . To set this
matter full before ye , Our old Friend Swift will tell his Story . “ Harley , the Nation's
...
A little House , with Trees a - row , & And , like its Master , very low . There dy'd
my Father , no man's Debtor , And there I'll die , nor worse nor better . To set this
matter full before ye , Our old Friend Swift will tell his Story . “ Harley , the Nation's
...
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Seite 216 - A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the Proud and Great : Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life ; and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear ; From Nature's temperate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had liv'd, and that he died.
Seite 75 - Night primaeval and of Chaos old ! Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sick'ning stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus
Seite 84 - ... what contemptible men were the authors of it. He was not without hopes that, by...
Seite 151 - Tis (let me see) three years and more (October next, it will be four) Since Harley bid me first attend, And chose me for an humble friend; Would take me in his coach to chat, And question me of this and that; As 'What's o-clock?
Seite 151 - And chose me for an humble friend; Would take me in his coach to chat, And question me of this and that; As,' What's o'clock?' and,
Seite 176 - Bid her be all that cheers or softens life, The tender sister, daughter, friend, and wife; Bid her be all that makes mankind adore, Then view this marble, and be vain no more!
Seite 151 - To-morrow my appeal comes on ; Without your help the cause is gone.' — ' The duke expects my lord and you, About some great affair, at two. ' — ' Put my Lord Bolingbroke in mind, To get my warrant quickly sign'd : Consider tis my first request.
Seite 145 - I'VE often wish'd that I had clear For life six hundred pounds a year, A handsome house to lodge a friend, A river at my garden's end, A terrace-walk, and half a rood Of land set out to plant a wood.
Seite 207 - Form ; a firm yet cautious Mind ; Sincere, tho" prudent; conftant, yet refign'd: Honour unchang'd, a Principle profeft, Fix'd to one fide, but...
Seite 177 - Helen thy Bridgewater vie, And these be sung till Granville's Myra die: Alas ! how little from the grave we claim ! Thou but preserv'st a face, and I a name.