The Rape of the Lock: And Other PoemsGinn, 1906 - 157 Seiten |
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... writing the Dunciad . Between the publication of his edition of Shakespeare , however , and the appearance of the Dunciad , Pope resolved to complete his translation of Homer , and with the assistance of a pair of friends , got out a ...
... writing the Dunciad . Between the publication of his edition of Shakespeare , however , and the appearance of the Dunciad , Pope resolved to complete his translation of Homer , and with the assistance of a pair of friends , got out a ...
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... writing , and more particularly to the in- fluence of Swift , at this time predominant over Pope . And in regard to Pope's trick of taunting his enemies with poverty , it must frankly be confessed that he seized upon this charge as a ...
... writing , and more particularly to the in- fluence of Swift , at this time predominant over Pope . And in regard to Pope's trick of taunting his enemies with poverty , it must frankly be confessed that he seized upon this charge as a ...
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... writing or in judging ill ; But , of the two , less dang'rous is th ' offence To tire our patience , than mislead our ... written well . Authors are partial to their wit , ' t is true , But are not Critics to their judgment too ? Yet if ...
... writing or in judging ill ; But , of the two , less dang'rous is th ' offence To tire our patience , than mislead our ... written well . Authors are partial to their wit , ' t is true , But are not Critics to their judgment too ? Yet if ...
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... writing comes from art , not chance , As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance . 365 ' T is not enough no harshness gives offence , The sound must seem an Echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows , And the ...
... writing comes from art , not chance , As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance . 365 ' T is not enough no harshness gives offence , The sound must seem an Echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows , And the ...
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... writing well . " Such was Roscommon , not more learn'd than good , With manners gen'rous as his noble blood ; To him the wit of Greece and Rome was known , And ev'ry author's merit , but his own . 720 725 Such late was Walsh - the ...
... writing well . " Such was Roscommon , not more learn'd than good , With manners gen'rous as his noble blood ; To him the wit of Greece and Rome was known , And ev'ry author's merit , but his own . 720 725 Such late was Walsh - the ...
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abuse Addison admirable Æneid Alexander Pope ancient appeared Atalantis baron Bavius Beau beauty Belinda Bolingbroke called CANTO Dæmons Dryden dull Dunciad e'er enemies English Epistle Essay on Criticism ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame fate faults fools genius glitt'ring Gnome grace hack writers hair hand head heart Heav'n Hervey Homer honour Horace Iliad judgment Kings Lady Mary learning letters literature living Lock Lord Lord Hervey maid man's merit mind mock-heroic moral Muse nature never nymph o'er ombre once open vowels Paradise Lost passage passions pleas'd poem poet poet's poetry Pope Pope's day portrait pow'rs praise pride Queen Anne's day rage Rape Rosicrucian rules satire sense shining Sir Plume soul spirit spleen Swift Sylphs taste Thalestris things thou thought thro translation true trumps Twickenham Umbriel verse virgin wretched write
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 56 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Seite 38 - And value books, as women men, for dress: Their praise is still, — The style is excellent; The sense, they humbly take upon content. Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.
Seite 57 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutored mind Sees GOD in clouds, or hears Him in the wind ; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
Seite 62 - That changed through all, and yet in all the same. Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame, Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees ; Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Seite 10 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike.
Seite 70 - Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, 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 150 - She said; then raging to Sir Plume repairs, And bids her beau demand the precious hairs : (Sir Plume of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane...
Seite 35 - Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is Pride, the never-failing vice of. fools.
Seite 43 - Some bright idea of the master's mind, Where a new world leaps out at his command, And ready Nature waits upon his hand; When the ripe colours soften and unite, And sweetly melt into just shade and light; When mellowing years their full perfection give, And each bold figure just begins to live, The treacherous colours the fair art betray, And all the bright creation fades away!
Seite 17 - The little engine on his fingers' ends ; This just behind Belinda's neck he spread, As o'er the fragrant steams she bends her head.