The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: With Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks,C. and J. Rivington; T. Cadell; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green; J. Cuthell; J. Nunn; ... [and 25 others in London]; and Deighton and Sons, Cambridge; and A. Black, and J. Fairbairn, Edinburgh., 1824 |
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... thing which related to science ; Mr. Pope was a master in the fine arts ; and Dr. Swift excelled in the knowledge of the world . Wit they had all in equal measure , and in a measure so large , that no age perhaps ever produced three men ...
... thing which related to science ; Mr. Pope was a master in the fine arts ; and Dr. Swift excelled in the knowledge of the world . Wit they had all in equal measure , and in a measure so large , that no age perhaps ever produced three men ...
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... thigh . His whole figure was so utterly unlike any thing of this world , that it was not natural for any man to ask him a question without blessing himself first . Those who never saw a Jesuit , took him for one , and.
... thigh . His whole figure was so utterly unlike any thing of this world , that it was not natural for any man to ask him a question without blessing himself first . Those who never saw a Jesuit , took him for one , and.
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... thing beneath the dignity of a Philosopher . Accordingly he had a soul that would not let him accept of any offers of charity , at the same time that his body seemed but too much to require it . His lodging was in a small chamber up ...
... thing beneath the dignity of a Philosopher . Accordingly he had a soul that would not let him accept of any offers of charity , at the same time that his body seemed but too much to require it . His lodging was in a small chamber up ...
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... was of another opinion . But what was of all most wonderful , was a thing * Virgil's Laurel . Donat . + Plato , Lucan , & c . VOL . VII . Pope . Pope . с that seemed a monstrous fowl , which just then dropp'd MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS . 17.
... was of another opinion . But what was of all most wonderful , was a thing * Virgil's Laurel . Donat . + Plato , Lucan , & c . VOL . VII . Pope . Pope . с that seemed a monstrous fowl , which just then dropp'd MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS . 17.
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... thing contribute to the improve- ment of his knowledge , even to his very dress . He invented for him a geographical suit of clothes , which might give him some hints of that science , and likewise some knowledge of the commerce of ...
... thing contribute to the improve- ment of his knowledge , even to his very dress . He invented for him a geographical suit of clothes , which might give him some hints of that science , and likewise some knowledge of the commerce of ...
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Seite 296 - Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget them all.
Seite 291 - Form'da vast buckle for his widow's gown: Her infant grandame's whistle next it grew, The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew; Then in a bodkin grac'd her mother's hairs, Which long she wore, and now Belinda wears.) Boast not my fall (he cry'd) insulting foe ! Thou by some other shalt be laid as low.
Seite 296 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void...
Seite 230 - 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 303 - A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong; which is but saying in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday.
Seite 294 - Or roll the planets through the boundless sky. Some less refined, beneath the moon's pale light, Pursue the stars that shoot athwart the night, Or suck the mists in grosser air below, Or dip their pinions in the painted bow, Or brew fierce tempests on the wintry main, Or...
Seite 403 - whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : Thine too these golden keys, immortal boy ! This can unlock the gates of Joy, Of Horror that, and thrilling fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.
Seite 284 - Or o'er the glebe distil the kindly rain; Others on earth o'er human race preside, Watch all their ways, and all their actions guide: Of these the chief the care of nations own, And guard with arms divine the British throne. 'Our humbler province is to tend the fair, Not a less pleasing, though less glorious care; To save the powder from too rude a gale, Nor let th...
Seite 289 - E'en mighty Pam, that kings and queens o'erthrew, And mow'd down armies in the fights of...
Seite 469 - Read Homer once, and you can read no more ; For all Books* else appear so mean, so* poor, Verse will seem Prose : but still persist to read*, And Homer will be all the Books you need1.