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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... first leaf was infcribed with these words Codicillus , feu Liber Memorialis , Martini Scri- bleri . The Book was of fo wonderful a nature , that it is incredible what a defire I conceived that mo- ment to be acquainted with the Author ...
... first leaf was infcribed with these words Codicillus , feu Liber Memorialis , Martini Scri- bleri . The Book was of fo wonderful a nature , that it is incredible what a defire I conceived that mo- ment to be acquainted with the Author ...
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... first vital air I drew in this island ( a foil fruitful of Philosophers ) but my complexion " is become aduft , and my body arid , by vifiting " lands ( as the Poet has it ) alio fub fole calentes . Į " have , through my whole life ...
... first vital air I drew in this island ( a foil fruitful of Philosophers ) but my complexion " is become aduft , and my body arid , by vifiting " lands ( as the Poet has it ) alio fub fole calentes . Į " have , through my whole life ...
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... First book of the Memoirs of Scriblerus . Polite letters never loft more than in the defeat of this scheme , in which , each of this illuftrious triumvirate would have found exercise for his own peculiar talent ; befides conftant employ ...
... First book of the Memoirs of Scriblerus . Polite letters never loft more than in the defeat of this scheme , in which , each of this illuftrious triumvirate would have found exercise for his own peculiar talent ; befides conftant employ ...
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... first year to Goat's Milk and Honey . It unfortunately befel her , when she was about four months gone with child , to long for fomewhat , which that author inveighs against as prejudicial to the understanding of the infant . This her ...
... first year to Goat's Milk and Honey . It unfortunately befel her , when she was about four months gone with child , to long for fomewhat , which that author inveighs against as prejudicial to the understanding of the infant . This her ...
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... first of April , the birth - day of the great Bafilius Valentinus . e The Truth of this , and every preceding Fact , may be depended upon , being taken literally from the Memoirs . But I must be fo ingenuous as to own , that the ...
... first of April , the birth - day of the great Bafilius Valentinus . e The Truth of this , and every preceding Fact , may be depended upon , being taken literally from the Memoirs . But I must be fo ingenuous as to own , that the ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
againſt alfo almoſt alſo ancient animals Bathos beauty becauſe Black caft cafus caufe cauſe circumftance compofed confifts Cornelius courſe Crambe criticks defcribed defcriptions defign defire diftinguished diſcover Eclogues excellent expreffion exprefs faid fame feems fenfe feveral fhall fhort fhould filly fimplicity fince fingle firft firſt fome fometimes fpirit ftill fubject fuch fure Genius greateſt hath Hero himſelf Homer honour Horfes Horſes Iliad inftance itſelf juft Juftice laft leaft learned leaſt lefs mafter manner modern moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obferved occafion paffages paffion pafs Paftoral perfon pleaſed pleaſure poem Poet poetry praiſe prefent preferve primus ab Profund publick Pyed quam racter raiſe reader Reaſon ſay Scriblerus ſeem ſeveral Shakeſpear ſhall ſpeak thefe themſelves Theocritus theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought thro tranflation underſtanding unto uſe verfe verſes Virgil whofe whole whoſe words writers
Beliebte Passagen
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.