The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and proseJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... whole , 160 Yet lov'd his Friend , and had a Soul , Knew what was handfome , and would do't , On juft occafion , coute qui coute , 165 He brought him Bacon ( nothing lean ) Pudding , that might have pleas'd a Dean ; Cheese , fuch as men ...
... whole , 160 Yet lov'd his Friend , and had a Soul , Knew what was handfome , and would do't , On juft occafion , coute qui coute , 165 He brought him Bacon ( nothing lean ) Pudding , that might have pleas'd a Dean ; Cheese , fuch as men ...
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... Whole years neglected , for fome months ador'd , The fawning Servant turns a haughty Lord . Ah quit not the free innocence of life , For the dull glory of a virtuous Wife ; Nor let falfe Shews , or empty Titles please : Aim not at Joy ...
... Whole years neglected , for fome months ador'd , The fawning Servant turns a haughty Lord . Ah quit not the free innocence of life , For the dull glory of a virtuous Wife ; Nor let falfe Shews , or empty Titles please : Aim not at Joy ...
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... whole years of thankless pain , Time , health , and fortune are not loft in vain . Sheffield approves , confenting Phoebus bends , And I and Malice from this hour are friends . A PRO- ગ A PROLOGUE By Mr. POPE , To a Play 54 MISCELLANIE ...
... whole years of thankless pain , Time , health , and fortune are not loft in vain . Sheffield approves , confenting Phoebus bends , And I and Malice from this hour are friends . A PRO- ગ A PROLOGUE By Mr. POPE , To a Play 54 MISCELLANIE ...
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... whole allude to a certain Anecdote of not much confequence to any but the parties concerned . NOTES . VER . 9. Egerian Grott , ] Alluding to Numa's pro- jecting his fyftem of Politics in this Grott , affifted , as he gave out , by the ...
... whole allude to a certain Anecdote of not much confequence to any but the parties concerned . NOTES . VER . 9. Egerian Grott , ] Alluding to Numa's pro- jecting his fyftem of Politics in this Grott , affifted , as he gave out , by the ...
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... whole thankless land to his denies . NOTES . VER . 3. Beneath a rude ] The Tomb of Mr. Dryden was erected upon this hint by the Duke of Buckingham ; to which was originally intended this Epitaph , This SHEFFIELD rais'd . The facred Duft ...
... whole thankless land to his denies . NOTES . VER . 3. Beneath a rude ] The Tomb of Mr. Dryden was erected upon this hint by the Duke of Buckingham ; to which was originally intended this Epitaph , This SHEFFIELD rais'd . The facred Duft ...
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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.