The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. in Six Volumes Complete: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and proseC. Bathurst, 1787 |
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... figures place , And breathe an air divine on ev'ry face ; Yet fhould the Muses bid my numbers roll Strong as their charms , and gentle as their foul ; With Zeuxis ' Helen thy Bridgewater vie , 70 75 And these be fung ' till Granville's ...
... figures place , And breathe an air divine on ev'ry face ; Yet fhould the Muses bid my numbers roll Strong as their charms , and gentle as their foul ; With Zeuxis ' Helen thy Bridgewater vie , 70 75 And these be fung ' till Granville's ...
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... figures feem alive . Upon the bottom fhines the Queen's bright Face ; A Myrtle Foliage round the Thimble - Cafe ; Jove , Jove himself does on the Sciffars fhine ; The Metal , and the Workmanship , divine ! SMILIND A. 20 25 30 35 This ...
... figures feem alive . Upon the bottom fhines the Queen's bright Face ; A Myrtle Foliage round the Thimble - Cafe ; Jove , Jove himself does on the Sciffars fhine ; The Metal , and the Workmanship , divine ! SMILIND A. 20 25 30 35 This ...
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... Was there a Chief , etc. ] The fine figure of the Com- mander in that capital Picture of Belifarius at Chifwick , supplied the Poet with this beautiful idea . A defp'rate Bulwark , sturdy , firm , and fierce MISCELLANIE S. 41.
... Was there a Chief , etc. ] The fine figure of the Com- mander in that capital Picture of Belifarius at Chifwick , supplied the Poet with this beautiful idea . A defp'rate Bulwark , sturdy , firm , and fierce MISCELLANIE S. 41.
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... figure was fo utterly unlike any . thing of this world , that it was not natural for any man to ask him a question without bleffing himself first . Those who never faw a Jefuit , took him for one , and others believed him fome High ...
... figure was fo utterly unlike any . thing of this world , that it was not natural for any man to ask him a question without bleffing himself first . Those who never faw a Jefuit , took him for one , and others believed him fome High ...
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... figure , which some taking " for the Cufpis of a fword , denominated a Roman " Soldier ; others accounting the Infignia Virilia , pro- " nounced to be one of the Dii Termini ; behold the hath cleaned it in like fhameful fort , and fhewn ...
... figure , which some taking " for the Cufpis of a fword , denominated a Roman " Soldier ; others accounting the Infignia Virilia , pro- " nounced to be one of the Dii Termini ; behold the hath cleaned it in like fhameful fort , and fhewn ...
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.