The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. in Six Volumes Complete: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and proseC. Bathurst, 1787 |
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... set of thy various Day , Thro ' Fortune's cloud one truly great can fee , Nor fears to tell , that MORTIMER is he . A EPISTLE To JAMES CRAGGS , Esq . SECRETARY OF STATE . SOUL as full of Worth , as void of Pride , Which nothing feeks to ...
... set of thy various Day , Thro ' Fortune's cloud one truly great can fee , Nor fears to tell , that MORTIMER is he . A EPISTLE To JAMES CRAGGS , Esq . SECRETARY OF STATE . SOUL as full of Worth , as void of Pride , Which nothing feeks to ...
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... Set up with thefe , he ventur'd on the Town , And with a borrow'd , Play out - did poor Crown . There he stopp'd fhort , nor fince has writ a tittle , But has the Wit to make the moft of little : Like ftunted hide - bound Trees , that ...
... Set up with thefe , he ventur'd on the Town , And with a borrow'd , Play out - did poor Crown . There he stopp'd fhort , nor fince has writ a tittle , But has the Wit to make the moft of little : Like ftunted hide - bound Trees , that ...
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... set so hopeful a Ge- nius right in this matter , we have sent you an answer to the ill - grounded Sophifms of thofe crack brained fellows , and likewise an eafy mechanical explication of Perception or Thinking . One of their chief ...
... set so hopeful a Ge- nius right in this matter , we have sent you an answer to the ill - grounded Sophifms of thofe crack brained fellows , and likewise an eafy mechanical explication of Perception or Thinking . One of their chief ...
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... Set Bacchus from his glaffy prison free , " And ftrip white Ceres of her nut - brown coat . " * CHA P. XIII . A Project for the Advancement of the Bathos . HUS have I ( my dear Countrymen ) , with incre- THUS dible pains and diligence ...
... Set Bacchus from his glaffy prison free , " And ftrip white Ceres of her nut - brown coat . " * CHA P. XIII . A Project for the Advancement of the Bathos . HUS have I ( my dear Countrymen ) , with incre- THUS dible pains and diligence ...
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... set it a blowing . For a Battle . Pick a large quantity of Images and Defcriptions from Homer's Iliad , with a spice or two of Virgil , and if there remain any overplus , you may lay them by for a Skirmish . Season it well with Similies ...
... set it a blowing . For a Battle . Pick a large quantity of Images and Defcriptions from Homer's Iliad , with a spice or two of Virgil , and if there remain any overplus , you may lay them by for a Skirmish . Season it well with Similies ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
againſt alfo almoſt alſo ancient animals Bathos becauſe befides bleft caft caufe cauſe compofed Cornelius courſe Crambe Criticks defcribe defcription defign defire diſcover Eclogues expreffion exprefs faid fame fatire feems feveral fhall fhort fhould fimplicity fince fingle firft firſt fome fometimes fpirit Friend ftill fubject fuch genius greateſt hath himſelf Homer honour Horfes Horſe houſe Iliad inftance itſelf juft Juftice Julius Pollux juſt Lady laft laſt learned leaſt lefs Lord mafter manner Martin meaſure modern moft moſt muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obferved occafion Paffion Paftoral perfon pleaſe pleaſure Poem Poet poetry praiſe prefent promiſe publick purpoſe quoth raiſe Reaſon rife Scriblerus ſeems ſeveral Shakeſpear ſhall ſhe ſmall ſome ſpeak ſuch Terpander thee thefe themſelves Theocritus theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought tion tranflated univerfal uſed verfe verſe Virgil whofe whole whoſe words writers
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 278 - When we read Homer, we ought to reflect that we are reading the...
Seite 214 - Jerusalem with iniquity: the heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, "Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us.
Seite 154 - Cuzzona. * fineft fineft thread. There are Amplifiers who can extend half a dozen thin thoughts over a whole Folio...
Seite 8 - How think you of our friend the Dean? I wonder what some people mean; My lord and he are grown so great, Always together tete-d-tete. What ! they admire him for his jokes — See but the fortune of some folks...
Seite 291 - That the Earl of Halifax was one of the first to favour me; of whom it is hard to say whether the advancement of the polite arts is more owing to his generosity or his example...
Seite 280 - Homer, and that of his work ; but when they come to assign the causes of the great reputation of the Iliad, they found it upon the ignorance of his times and the prejudice of...
Seite 298 - Players are just such judges of what is right, as tailors are of what is graceful. And in this view it will be but fair to allow, that most of our author's faults are less to be ascribed to his wrong judgment as a poet, than to his right judgment as a player.
Seite 187 - Here therefore, in the name of all our Brethren, let me return our sincere and humble Thanks to the most August Mr.
Seite 52 - Content with science in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life ; and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear ; From Nature's temperate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had liv'd, and that he died.
Seite 281 - ... enchantment. Homer not only appears the inventor of poetry, but excels all the inventors of other arts in this, that he has swallowed up the honour of those who succeeded him.