The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the AuthorPhillips & Sampson, 1848 |
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... learned very early to read , took great delight in it , and taught himself to write by copying after printed books , the characters of which he would imitate to great perfection . He began to compose verses far- ther back than he could ...
... learned very early to read , took great delight in it , and taught himself to write by copying after printed books , the characters of which he would imitate to great perfection . He began to compose verses far- ther back than he could ...
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... learned languages , to which he soon after added the French and Italian . Upon his retreat to the forest , he became first ac- quainted with the writings of Waller , Spenser , and Dryden ; in the last of which he immediately found what ...
... learned languages , to which he soon after added the French and Italian . Upon his retreat to the forest , he became first ac- quainted with the writings of Waller , Spenser , and Dryden ; in the last of which he immediately found what ...
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... learned lady was not without a sense of the injury , and took an oppor- tunity of discovering her resentment . 66 Upon finishing ( says she ) the second edition of my translation of Homer , a particular friend sent me a translation of ...
... learned lady was not without a sense of the injury , and took an oppor- tunity of discovering her resentment . 66 Upon finishing ( says she ) the second edition of my translation of Homer , a particular friend sent me a translation of ...
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... learned store , Consults the dead , and lives past ages o'er : Or wandering thoughtful in the silent wood , Attends the duties of the wise and good , T observe a mean , be to himself a friend , To follow Nature , and regard his end ; Or ...
... learned store , Consults the dead , and lives past ages o'er : Or wandering thoughtful in the silent wood , Attends the duties of the wise and good , T observe a mean , be to himself a friend , To follow Nature , and regard his end ; Or ...
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... learned smile . Unlucky , as Fungosa in the play , These sparks with awkward vanity display What the fine gentleman wore yesterday ; And but so mimic ancient wits at best , As apes our grandsires in their doublets dress'd . In words ...
... learned smile . Unlucky , as Fungosa in the play , These sparks with awkward vanity display What the fine gentleman wore yesterday ; And but so mimic ancient wits at best , As apes our grandsires in their doublets dress'd . In words ...
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Seite 240 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Seite 9 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Seite 5 - A virgin tragedy, an orphan muse.' If I dislike it, 'Furies, death and rage !' If I approve, 'Commend it to the stage.
Seite 73 - Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years, slide soft away, In health of body, peace of mind, Quiet by day : Sound sleep by night ; study and ease, Together mix'd ; sweet recreation, And innocence which most does please With meditation. Thus let me live, unseen, unknown, Thus unlamented let me die : Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where...
Seite 249 - Know, Nature's children all divide her care; The fur that warms a monarch warm'da bear. While man exclaims, "See all things for my use!
Seite 98 - Soft yielding minds to Water glide away, And sip, with Nymphs, their elemental Tea. The graver Prude sinks downward to a Gnome, In search of mischief still on Earth to roam. The light Coquettes in Sylphs aloft repair, And sport and flutter in the fields of Air.
Seite 246 - Heaven forming each on other to depend, A master, or a servant, or a friend, Bids each on other for assistance call, Till one man's weakness grows the strength of all.
Seite 236 - Why has not man a microscopic eye? For this plain reason, man is not a fly.
Seite 78 - Some beauties yet no precepts can declare, For there's a happiness as well as care. Music resembles poetry ; in each Are nameless graces which no methods teach, And which a master-hand alone can reach. If, where the rules not far enough extend, (Since rules were made but to promote their end) Some lucky license answer to the full Th' intent propos'd, that license is a rule.
Seite 73 - HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground ; Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in Summer yield him shade, In Winter fire.