The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the AuthorPhillips & Sampson, 1848 |
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... light , and illustrated with such apt allusions , that they have in them all the graces of noveity , and make the ... lights . If a reader examines Horace's Art of Poetry , he will find but few precepts in it which he may not meet with ...
... light , and illustrated with such apt allusions , that they have in them all the graces of noveity , and make the ... lights . If a reader examines Horace's Art of Poetry , he will find but few precepts in it which he may not meet with ...
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... light advised him , if his nature was capable of it , to divest himself of part of his vanity , which was too great for his merit ; that he had not arrived yet to that pitch of excellence he might imagine , or think his most partial ...
... light advised him , if his nature was capable of it , to divest himself of part of his vanity , which was too great for his merit ; that he had not arrived yet to that pitch of excellence he might imagine , or think his most partial ...
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... light which cannot be too visible , and sinks in the obscurity of the shade what does not require a full view ; so that it may be said that Homer is the painter who best knew how to employ the shades and lights . The second compari ...
... light which cannot be too visible , and sinks in the obscurity of the shade what does not require a full view ; so that it may be said that Homer is the painter who best knew how to employ the shades and lights . The second compari ...
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... light of translators , it will , indeed , be difficult to determine into whose scale the balance should be thrown . That Mr. Pope had a more arduous pro- vince in doing justice to Homer , than Dryden with regard to Virgil , is certainly ...
... light of translators , it will , indeed , be difficult to determine into whose scale the balance should be thrown . That Mr. Pope had a more arduous pro- vince in doing justice to Homer , than Dryden with regard to Virgil , is certainly ...
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... light ; When tuneful Hylas , with melodious moan , Taught rocks to weep , and made the mountains groan Go , gentle gales , and bear my sighs away To Delia's ear the tender notes convey . As some sad turtle his lost love deplores , And ...
... light ; When tuneful Hylas , with melodious moan , Taught rocks to weep , and made the mountains groan Go , gentle gales , and bear my sighs away To Delia's ear the tender notes convey . As some sad turtle his lost love deplores , And ...
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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.