The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and proseJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... things you never care for . A wife man always is or shou'd Be mighty ready to do good ; But makes a diff'rence in his thought Betwixt a Guinea and a Groat . Now this I'll fay , you'll find in me A fafe Companion , and a free ; 40 But if ...
... things you never care for . A wife man always is or shou'd Be mighty ready to do good ; But makes a diff'rence in his thought Betwixt a Guinea and a Groat . Now this I'll fay , you'll find in me A fafe Companion , and a free ; 40 But if ...
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... things , How this or that Italian fings , A Neighbour's Madness , or his Spouse's , Or what's in either of the Houses : But something much more our concern , 145 And quite a scandal not to learn : NOTES . VER . 125. Thus in a fea , etc ...
... things , How this or that Italian fings , A Neighbour's Madness , or his Spouse's , Or what's in either of the Houses : But something much more our concern , 145 And quite a scandal not to learn : NOTES . VER . 125. Thus in a fea , etc ...
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... A vain , unquiet , glitt'ring , wretched Thing ! Pride , Pomp , and State but reach her outward part ; She fighs , and is no Duchefs at her heart . 56 But , أو 60 But , Madam , if the fates withstand 42 MISCELLANIE S.
... A vain , unquiet , glitt'ring , wretched Thing ! Pride , Pomp , and State but reach her outward part ; She fighs , and is no Duchefs at her heart . 56 But , أو 60 But , Madam , if the fates withstand 42 MISCELLANIE S.
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... things - but his horfe . 30 In some fair ev'ning , on your elbow laid , You dream of Triumphs in the rural shade ; In pensive thought recall the fancy'd scene , See Coronations rife on ev'ry green ; Before you pass th ' imaginary fights ...
... things - but his horfe . 30 In some fair ev'ning , on your elbow laid , You dream of Triumphs in the rural shade ; In pensive thought recall the fancy'd scene , See Coronations rife on ev'ry green ; Before you pass th ' imaginary fights ...
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... , 45 50 55 By whofe vile arts this heavy grief I bear ; She , at whofe name I fhed these fpiteful tears , She owes to me the very charms fhe wears . An } An aukward Thing , when firft fhe came to Town 48 MISCELLANIES .
... , 45 50 55 By whofe vile arts this heavy grief I bear ; She , at whofe name I fhed these fpiteful tears , She owes to me the very charms fhe wears . An } An aukward Thing , when firft fhe came to Town 48 MISCELLANIES .
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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.