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, Band 7J. Rivington, 1824 |
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... genius whose life I am writing . I returned home , and having maturely considered their several arguments , which I found to be of equal weight , I quieted my curiosity with this natural conclusion , that he was born in some point ...
... genius whose life I am writing . I returned home , and having maturely considered their several arguments , which I found to be of equal weight , I quieted my curiosity with this natural conclusion , that he was born in some point ...
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... genius for mathematics in his early youth ; and some trifling directions given for the introduction to knowledge in Mr. Locke's book of education . Warburton . equal angles , so as to form the whole superficies 32 MEMOIRS OF.
... genius for mathematics in his early youth ; and some trifling directions given for the introduction to knowledge in Mr. Locke's book of education . Warburton . equal angles , so as to form the whole superficies 32 MEMOIRS OF.
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... genius , swore that he could frame à conception of a Lord Mayor , not only without his horse , gown , and gold chain , but even without stature , feature , colour , hands , head , feet , or any body ; which he supposed was the abstract ...
... genius , swore that he could frame à conception of a Lord Mayor , not only without his horse , gown , and gold chain , but even without stature , feature , colour , hands , head , feet , or any body ; which he supposed was the abstract ...
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... genius , and we think it great pity that it should not be better employed , than in looking after that theological non - entity common- ly called the soul : since after all your inquiries , it will appear you have lost your labour in ...
... genius , and we think it great pity that it should not be better employed , than in looking after that theological non - entity common- ly called the soul : since after all your inquiries , it will appear you have lost your labour in ...
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... genius . The first was a proposal , by a general contribution of all princes , to pierce the first crust or nucleus of this our earth , quite through , to the next concen- trical sphere . The advantage he proposed from it was , to find ...
... genius . The first was a proposal , by a general contribution of all princes , to pierce the first crust or nucleus of this our earth , quite through , to the next concen- trical sphere . The advantage he proposed from it was , to find ...
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Seite 290 - And strike to dust the imperial towers of Troy ; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground. What wonder then, fair nymph ! thy hairs should feel The conquering force of unresisted steel ?
Seite 298 - 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 405 - 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 285 - Methinks already I your tears survey, Already hear the horrid things they say, Already see you a degraded toast, And all your honour in a whisper lost! How shall I then your helpless fame defend? 'Twill then be infamy to seem your friend! And shall this prize, th...
Seite 298 - 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 232 - 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 296 - 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 405 - ... had all the speeches been printed without the very names of the persons, I believe one might have applied them with certainty to every speaker.
Seite 471 - 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.
Seite 407 - In tragedy, nothing was so sure to surprizeand. cause admiration, as the most strange, unexpected, and consequently most unnatural, events and incidents ; the most exaggerated thoughts ; the most verbose and bombast expression ; the most pompous rhymes, and thundering versification. In comedy, nothing was so sure to please, as mean buffoonery, vile ribaldry, and unmannerly jests of fools and clowns.