The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. in Six Volumes Complete: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and proseC. Bathurst, 1787 |
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... least have some to his " natural Faculties . Behold with what agility he spread- " eth his Toes , and moveth them with as great variety " as his Fingers ! a power which , in the small circle of 66 66 a year , may be totally abolished ...
... least have some to his " natural Faculties . Behold with what agility he spread- " eth his Toes , and moveth them with as great variety " as his Fingers ! a power which , in the small circle of 66 66 a year , may be totally abolished ...
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... least make the Tour of the whole fyftem of the Sun. " Let other Mortals pore upon Maps , and swallow the " " < 6 legends of lying travellers : the fon of Cornelius " fhall make his own Legs his Compasses ; with those " he fhall meafure ...
... least make the Tour of the whole fyftem of the Sun. " Let other Mortals pore upon Maps , and swallow the " " < 6 legends of lying travellers : the fon of Cornelius " fhall make his own Legs his Compasses ; with those " he fhall meafure ...
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... least from the primitive " and fimple Antiquity . " To speak firft of the Whistle , as it is the first of all Play - things . I will have it exactly to correfpond " with the ancient Fiftula , and accordingly to be " compofed feptem ...
... least from the primitive " and fimple Antiquity . " To speak firft of the Whistle , as it is the first of all Play - things . I will have it exactly to correfpond " with the ancient Fiftula , and accordingly to be " compofed feptem ...
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... least the art , to divert Cornelius from many extravagancies . It was well he came fpeedily , or Martin could not have boasted the entire Quota of his Viscera . " What does " it fignify ( quoth Albertus ) whether my Nephew ex- " cels in ...
... least the art , to divert Cornelius from many extravagancies . It was well he came fpeedily , or Martin could not have boasted the entire Quota of his Viscera . " What does " it fignify ( quoth Albertus ) whether my Nephew ex- " cels in ...
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... least of the many Discoveries and Experiments he made therein . One of the firft was his Method of investigating la- tent Diftempers , by the fagacious Quality of Setting- Dogs and Pointers . The fuccefs , and the Adventures that befel ...
... least of the many Discoveries and Experiments he made therein . One of the firft was his Method of investigating la- tent Diftempers , by the fagacious Quality of Setting- Dogs and Pointers . The fuccefs , and the Adventures that befel ...
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.