The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and proseJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... Because they see me us'd fo well : " How think you of our Friend the Dean ? c " I wonder what fome people mean ; 95 100 " My Lord and he are grown fo great , 105 " Always together , tête à tête , " What , they admire him for his jokes ...
... Because they see me us'd fo well : " How think you of our Friend the Dean ? c " I wonder what fome people mean ; 95 100 " My Lord and he are grown fo great , 105 " Always together , tête à tête , " What , they admire him for his jokes ...
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... because she was undoubted daughter either of the great Scri- verius , or of Gafpar Barthius . It happened on a time , the faid Gafpar made a vifit to Scriverius at Harlem , taking with him a comely Lady of his ac- quaintance , who was ...
... because she was undoubted daughter either of the great Scri- verius , or of Gafpar Barthius . It happened on a time , the faid Gafpar made a vifit to Scriverius at Harlem , taking with him a comely Lady of his ac- quaintance , who was ...
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... because he knew nothing of Fa- bius's Waxen Tables . Cornelius having read and ferioufly weighed the methods by which the famous Montaigne was edu- cated ‡ , and refolving in fome degree to exceed them , refolved he should fpeak and ...
... because he knew nothing of Fa- bius's Waxen Tables . Cornelius having read and ferioufly weighed the methods by which the famous Montaigne was edu- cated ‡ , and refolving in fome degree to exceed them , refolved he should fpeak and ...
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... because the Discoboli ( as Cornelius well knew ) were naked to the middle only . The Mo- ther often contended for modern Sports , and com- mon Customs , but this was his conftant reply , " Let a Daughter be the care of her Mother , but ...
... because the Discoboli ( as Cornelius well knew ) were naked to the middle only . The Mo- ther often contended for modern Sports , and com- mon Customs , but this was his conftant reply , " Let a Daughter be the care of her Mother , but ...
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... because we have loft their " true cure , by the melody of the Pipe . All this " was well known to the Ancients , as † Theophra- " ftus affures us ( whence ‡ Cælius calls it loca do- " lentia decantare ) only indeed fome small remains ...
... because we have loft their " true cure , by the melody of the Pipe . All this " was well known to the Ancients , as † Theophra- " ftus affures us ( whence ‡ Cælius calls it loca do- " lentia decantare ) only indeed fome small remains ...
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Seite 328 - We shall hereby extenuate many faults which are his, and clear him from the imputation of many which are not...
Seite 299 - If a council be called, or a battle fought, you are not coldly informed of what was said or done as from a third person; the reader is hurried out of himself by the force of the poet's imagination, and turns in one place to a hearer, in another to a spectator.
Seite 323 - However, had he translated the whole work, I would no more have attempted Homer after him than Virgil, his Version of whom (notwithstanding some human errors) is the most noble and spirited translation I know in any language.
Seite 299 - If some things are too luxuriant it is owing to the richness of the soil; and if others are not arrived to perfection or maturity, it is only because they are overrun and oppressed by those of a stronger nature.
Seite 44 - ... twixt reading and Bohea, To muse, and spill her solitary Tea, Or o'er cold coffee trifle with the spoon, Count the slow clock, and dine exact at noon; Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire, Hum half a tune, tell stories to the squire; Up to her godly garret after sev'n, There starve and pray, for that's the way to heav'n.
Seite 307 - Aristotle had reason to say, he was the only poet who had found out living words ; there are in him more daring figures and metaphors than in any good author whatever. An arrow is impatient to be on the wing, a weapon thirsts to drink the blood of an enemy, and the like.
Seite 346 - I will conclude by saying of Shakespear, that with all his faults, and with all the irregularity of his drama, one may look upon his works, in comparison of those that are more...
Seite 339 - ... till after his death. The whole number of genuine plays, which we have been able to find printed in his lifetime, amounts but to eleven.
Seite 12 - And that they ne'er consider'd yet. ' Good Mr. Dean, go change your gown, Let my lord know you're come to town.
Seite 293 - ... masters, being wholly unconfined, and painting at pleasure, may be thought to have given a full idea of what they esteemed most excellent in this way. These (one may observe) consist entirely of the useful part of horticulture, fruit-trees, herbs, water, &c.