The works of Alexander Pope. Containing the principal notes of drs. Warburton and Warton [&c.]. To which are added, some original letters, with additional observations, and memoirs, by W.L. Bowles, Band 41806 |
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... Shall we not cenfure all the motley train , Whether with ale irriguous or Champain ? Whether they tread the vale of profe , or climb And whet their appetite on cliffs of rhyme ; The college floven , or embroider'd spark , The purple ...
... Shall we not cenfure all the motley train , Whether with ale irriguous or Champain ? Whether they tread the vale of profe , or climb And whet their appetite on cliffs of rhyme ; The college floven , or embroider'd spark , The purple ...
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... Addifon's life and character , and if I fhould make it appear , as I trust I shall , that part is untrue , we ought furely to give little credit to the reft . Bleft with each talent and each art to please , D 2 TO THE SATIRES . 35.
... Addifon's life and character , and if I fhould make it appear , as I trust I shall , that part is untrue , we ought furely to give little credit to the reft . Bleft with each talent and each art to please , D 2 TO THE SATIRES . 35.
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... shall see the light ? Heav'ns ! was I born for nothing but to write ? Has Life no joys for me ? or ( to be grave ) Have I no friend to ferve , no foul to fave ? 66 270 274 " I found him clofe with Swift - Indeed ? no doubt ( Cries ...
... shall see the light ? Heav'ns ! was I born for nothing but to write ? Has Life no joys for me ? or ( to be grave ) Have I no friend to ferve , no foul to fave ? 66 270 274 " I found him clofe with Swift - Indeed ? no doubt ( Cries ...
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... shall dread , But all fuch babling blockheads in his stead . Let Sporus tremble - A . What ? that thing of filk , Sporus , that mere white curd of Afs's milk ? NOTES . 306 Satire VER . 299. Who to the Dean , and filver bell , & c ...
... shall dread , But all fuch babling blockheads in his stead . Let Sporus tremble - A . What ? that thing of filk , Sporus , that mere white curd of Afs's milk ? NOTES . 306 Satire VER . 299. Who to the Dean , and filver bell , & c ...
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... shall know less joy than I. O Friend ! may each domestic bliss be thine ! Be no unpleafing Melancholy mine : Me , let the tender office long engage , To rock the cradle of repofing Age , With lenient arts extend a Mother's breath , 404 ...
... shall know less joy than I. O Friend ! may each domestic bliss be thine ! Be no unpleafing Melancholy mine : Me , let the tender office long engage , To rock the cradle of repofing Age , With lenient arts extend a Mother's breath , 404 ...
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Addiſon againſt alfo alludes alſo Author becauſe beſt Biſhop Boileau Brutus cauſe character circumftance Court defire Dryden Dunciad Engliſh Epiftle Ev'n ev'ry expreffion faid fame fatire fays feems fenfe fentiments feveral fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fome fool fpeaking ftill ftyle fubject fublime fuch fuperior genius greateſt himſelf Homer honour Horace Houſe Iliad imitation juft juſt King laft laſt lefs lines Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Hervey manners maſter moft moſt muft muſt nature NOTES numbers obferved occafion paffage paffions perfon pleaſe pleaſure Poem Poet poetry Pope Pope's praiſe prefent profe publiſhed purpoſe quæ quid quod raiſed reaſon Satire ſays ſeems Shakeſpear ſhe Sir Robert Sir Robert Walpole ſome ſpeak ſpirit ſtate ſtill ſtyle ſuch taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thouſand tranflation uſed verfe verſe Virgil Virtue Walpole WARBURTON WARTON whofe whoſe words write
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 93 - There my Retreat, the best Companions grace, Chiefs out of War, and Statesmen out of Place. There ST JOHN mingles with my friendly Bowl, The Feast of Reason, and the Flow of Soul. And HE, whose Lightning pierc'd th...
Seite 36 - 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 21 - I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Seite 413 - His similes are like pictures, where the principal figure has not only its proportion given agreeable to the original, but is also set off with occasional ornaments and prospects.
Seite 215 - Nassau to Kneller's hand decreed To fix him graceful on the bounding Steed; So well in paint and stone they judg'd of merit: But Kings in Wit may want discerning spirit.
Seite 11 - I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.
Seite 89 - What? arm'd for virtue when I point the pen, Brand the bold front of shameless guilty men; Dash the proud gamester in his gilded car ; Bare the mean heart that lurks beneath a star ; Can there be wanting, to defend her cause, Lights of the Church, or guardians of the laws ? no Could pension'd Boileau lash in honest strain Flatt'rers and bigots ev'n in Louis
Seite 353 - I touch thee ! but with honest zeal, To rouse the watchmen of the public weal, To virtue's work provoke the tardy hall, And goad the prelate, slumbering in his stall.
Seite 15 - A virgin tragedy, an orphan muse.' If I dislike it, 'Furies, death and rage!' If I approve, 'Commend it to the stage.
Seite 20 - It is the slaver kills, and not the bite. A fool quite angry is quite innocent: Alas! 'tis ten times worse when they repent. One dedicates in high heroic prose, And ridicules beyond a hundred...