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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There sunk Thalia , nerveless , cold , and dead , Had not her Sister Satire held
her head : Nor could'At thou , Chesterfield ! a tear refuse , Thou wept it , and with
thee wept each gentle Muse . 40 REMARK S. perverting general Reflections ...
There sunk Thalia , nerveless , cold , and dead , Had not her Sister Satire held
her head : Nor could'At thou , Chesterfield ! a tear refuse , Thou wept it , and with
thee wept each gentle Muse . 40 REMARK S. perverting general Reflections ...
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Nor wert thou , Isis ! wanting to the day , [ Tho ' Christ - church long kept prudishiy
away . ] Each staunch Polemic , stubborn as a rock , 195 Each fierce Logician ,
still expelling Locke , Came whip and spur , and dalh d thro ' thin and thick On ...
Nor wert thou , Isis ! wanting to the day , [ Tho ' Christ - church long kept prudishiy
away . ] Each staunch Polemic , stubborn as a rock , 195 Each fierce Logician ,
still expelling Locke , Came whip and spur , and dalh d thro ' thin and thick On ...
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Thou gav'lt that Ripeness , which so soon began , And ceas'd so foon , he ne'er
was Boy , nor Man , Thro ' School and College , thy kind cloud o'ercaft , Safe and
unseen the young Æneas paft : 290 Thence bursting glorious , all at once let ...
Thou gav'lt that Ripeness , which so soon began , And ceas'd so foon , he ne'er
was Boy , nor Man , Thro ' School and College , thy kind cloud o'ercaft , Safe and
unseen the young Æneas paft : 290 Thence bursting glorious , all at once let ...
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376 Speak'st thou of Syrian Princes ? Traitor base ! Mine , Goddess ! mine is all
the horned race . True , he had wit , to make their value rise ; From foolish :
Greeks to steal them , was as wise ; More glorious yet , from barb'rous hands to
keep ...
376 Speak'st thou of Syrian Princes ? Traitor base ! Mine , Goddess ! mine is all
the horned race . True , he had wit , to make their value rise ; From foolish :
Greeks to steal them , was as wise ; More glorious yet , from barb'rous hands to
keep ...
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... the time , in all public affairs . SCRIEL , VIR . 610. The Convocation gap'd , but
could not speak : ] Implying a great desire so to do , as the learned Scholiaft on
the place rightly observes . Therefore , beware Reader , left thou take this Gape ...
... the time , in all public affairs . SCRIEL , VIR . 610. The Convocation gap'd , but
could not speak : ] Implying a great desire so to do , as the learned Scholiaft on
the place rightly observes . Therefore , beware Reader , left thou take this Gape ...
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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.