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 71754 |
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... allowed to guefs , it was certainly firft " loft among the French . 66 " I will permit my Son to play at Apodidaf cinda , which can be no other than our Puss in a Corner . D 2 " Julius Pollux in his ninth book speaks of the MARTINUS ...
... allowed to guefs , it was certainly firft " loft among the French . 66 " I will permit my Son to play at Apodidaf cinda , which can be no other than our Puss in a Corner . D 2 " Julius Pollux in his ninth book speaks of the MARTINUS ...
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... allowed his Breeches and Stockings ; because the Difcobsli ( as Cornelius well knew ) were naked to the middle only . The Mo- ther often contended for modern Sports , mon Customs , but this was his constant reply , 66 and com " Let a ...
... allowed his Breeches and Stockings ; because the Difcobsli ( as Cornelius well knew ) were naked to the middle only . The Mo- ther often contended for modern Sports , mon Customs , but this was his constant reply , 66 and com " Let a ...
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Alexander Pope. b It is therefore manifeft that Mediocrity ought to be allowed , yea indulged , to the good Subjects of England . Nor can I conceive how the world has fwallowed the contrary as a Maxim , upon the fin- gle authority of ...
Alexander Pope. b It is therefore manifeft that Mediocrity ought to be allowed , yea indulged , to the good Subjects of England . Nor can I conceive how the world has fwallowed the contrary as a Maxim , upon the fin- gle authority of ...
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... allowed fo far ufeful , as to add weight , or , as I may say , hang on lead , to fa- cilitate and enforce our defcent , to guide us to the moft advantageous declivities , and habituate our imagination to a depth of thinking . Many there ...
... allowed fo far ufeful , as to add weight , or , as I may say , hang on lead , to fa- cilitate and enforce our defcent , to guide us to the moft advantageous declivities , and habituate our imagination to a depth of thinking . Many there ...
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... That to prevent unmarried Actreffes making away with their Infants , a competent provifion be allowed for the nurture of them , who fhall for that 011 reafon be deemed the Children of the fociety ; Of the ART OF SINKING IN POETRY . 171.
... That to prevent unmarried Actreffes making away with their Infants , a competent provifion be allowed for the nurture of them , who fhall for that 011 reafon be deemed the Children of the fociety ; Of the ART OF SINKING IN POETRY . 171.
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Seite 298 - That the Earl of Halifax was one of the first to favour me ; of whom it is hard to say whether the advancement of the polite arts is more owing to his generosity or his example...
Seite 277 - ... of a trumpet. They roll along as a plentiful river, always in motion, and always full ; while we are borne away by a tide of...
Seite 287 - Tis a great Secret in Writing to know when to be plain, and when poetical and figurative; and it is what Homer will teach us if we will but follow modestly in his Footsteps.
Seite 316 - ... and affirm theirs to be purged from the errors of the former. This is true as to the literal errors, and no other ; for in all respects else it is far worse than the quartos.
Seite 319 - Prose from verse they did not know, and they accordingly printed one for the other throughout the volume.
Seite 287 - I will venture to say, there have not been more men misled in former times by a servile dull adherence to the letter, than have been deluded in ours by a chimerical insolent hope of raising and improving their author.
Seite 243 - If thou shalt find a bird's nest in the way, thou shalt not take the dam with the young ; But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go ; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.
Seite 309 - But as to his want of learning, it may be necessary to say something more : there is certainly a vast difference between learning and languages. How far he was ignorant of the latter, I cannot determine ; but it is plain he had much reading at least, if they will not call it learning. Nor is it any great matter, if a man has...
Seite 295 - ... they are confessedly the first in the commonwealth of letters, they must be envied and calumniated only for being at the head of it. That which in my opinion ought to be the endeavour of any one who translates Homer, is above all things to...
Seite 284 - Achilles is not as good and perfect a prince as ^Eneas, when the very moral of his poem required a contrary character: it is thus that Rapin judges in his comparison of Homer and Virgil.