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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... person , indeed , from whom Mr. Pope feems to have received this anecdote , about the time of his writing the character , ( viz . about July 1715 , ) was no other than the Earl of Warwick , fon in - law to Mr. Addison himself : and the ...
... person , indeed , from whom Mr. Pope feems to have received this anecdote , about the time of his writing the character , ( viz . about July 1715 , ) was no other than the Earl of Warwick , fon in - law to Mr. Addison himself : and the ...
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... persons of Quality . РОРЕ . VER . 248 help'd to farve . ] Alluding to the fubfcription that was made for his funeral . Garth spoke an oratión over him . His neceffities obliged him to produce ( befides many other poetical pieces ) ...
... persons of Quality . РОРЕ . VER . 248 help'd to farve . ] Alluding to the fubfcription that was made for his funeral . Garth spoke an oratión over him . His neceffities obliged him to produce ( befides many other poetical pieces ) ...
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... person from the view of one of his moles . " When Mr. Pope wrote the Advertisement to the first edition of the New Dunciad , intimating , that it was by a different hand from the other , and found in detached pieces , incorrect and un ...
... person from the view of one of his moles . " When Mr. Pope wrote the Advertisement to the first edition of the New Dunciad , intimating , that it was by a different hand from the other , and found in detached pieces , incorrect and un ...
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... person he never heard of . He also published that he libelled the Duke of Chandos ; with whom ( it was added ) that he had lived in familiarity , and received from him a prefent of five hundred pounds : the falfehood of both which is ...
... person he never heard of . He also published that he libelled the Duke of Chandos ; with whom ( it was added ) that he had lived in familiarity , and received from him a prefent of five hundred pounds : the falfehood of both which is ...
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... about this time , and was fuppofed to have been poifoned from jealousy . A hint of this kind was fufficient for Pope . The person alluded to was Lady D- ne . " Peace is my dear delight - not FLEURY'S more 84 Book II . IMITATIONS.
... about this time , and was fuppofed to have been poifoned from jealousy . A hint of this kind was fufficient for Pope . The person alluded to was Lady D- ne . " Peace is my dear delight - not FLEURY'S more 84 Book II . IMITATIONS.
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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...