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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... hath favoured our diligence . For one day e Ramfey's Cyrus . It was with judgment , that the Authors chofe , rather to ridicule the modern relator of this ridiculous practice , than the Ancients from whence he took it . As it is a fure ...
... hath favoured our diligence . For one day e Ramfey's Cyrus . It was with judgment , that the Authors chofe , rather to ridicule the modern relator of this ridiculous practice , than the Ancients from whence he took it . As it is a fure ...
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... hath done away ! The curious " Prominence at the belly of that figure , which fome " taking for the Cufpis of a fword , denominated a Roman Soldier ; others accounting the Infignia " Virilia , pronounced to be one of the Dii Termini ...
... hath done away ! The curious " Prominence at the belly of that figure , which fome " taking for the Cufpis of a fword , denominated a Roman Soldier ; others accounting the Infignia " Virilia , pronounced to be one of the Dii Termini ...
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... hath Heav'n bleffed me with the birth " of a Son , and afflicted me with the fcouring of my Shield . Yet let us not repine at his Difpen- " fations , who gives , and who takes away ; but " rather join in prayer , that the Ruft of ...
... hath Heav'n bleffed me with the birth " of a Son , and afflicted me with the fcouring of my Shield . Yet let us not repine at his Difpen- " fations , who gives , and who takes away ; but " rather join in prayer , that the Ruft of ...
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... hath been engraved , and exhibited to the great Contentation of the learned . Cornelius now began to regulate the Suction of his child . Seldom did there pass a day without dif- putes between him and the Mother , or the Nurse ...
... hath been engraved , and exhibited to the great Contentation of the learned . Cornelius now began to regulate the Suction of his child . Seldom did there pass a day without dif- putes between him and the Mother , or the Nurse ...
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... In Natural hiftory he was much affifted by his Curiofity in Sign - Pofts , in- fomuch that he hath often confeffed he owed to them the knowledge of many Creatures which he never found fince in any Author , fuch as White 30 MEMOIRS OF.
... In Natural hiftory he was much affifted by his Curiofity in Sign - Pofts , in- fomuch that he hath often confeffed he owed to them the knowledge of many Creatures which he never found fince in any Author , fuch as White 30 MEMOIRS OF.
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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.