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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... instance of folly , when amongst the many excellent things which may be learned from antiquity , we find a modern writer only picking out their absur- dities . Warburton . Ramsay took this circumstance from the seventeenth book of ...
... instance of folly , when amongst the many excellent things which may be learned from antiquity , we find a modern writer only picking out their absur- dities . Warburton . Ramsay took this circumstance from the seventeenth book of ...
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... instance in Lucian , Cervantes , Quevedo , Rabelais , Arbuthnot , Fielding , and Butler above all ; for no work in our language con- tains more learning than Hudibras . Warton . more entire than any other of their customs . In D 2 ...
... instance in Lucian , Cervantes , Quevedo , Rabelais , Arbuthnot , Fielding , and Butler above all ; for no work in our language con- tains more learning than Hudibras . Warton . more entire than any other of their customs . In D 2 ...
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... instance one of the most useful and instructive , bob - cherry , which teaches at once two noble virtues , patience and constancy ; the first in adhering to the pursuit of one end , the latter in bearing a disappointment . Besides all ...
... instance one of the most useful and instructive , bob - cherry , which teaches at once two noble virtues , patience and constancy ; the first in adhering to the pursuit of one end , the latter in bearing a disappointment . Besides all ...
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... instance of modern folly and barbarity , than what you say of the Jaculum . The Cretanst wisely forbade their ser- vants gymnastics , as well as arms ; and yet your modern footmen exercise themselves daily in the Jaculum at the corner ...
... instance of modern folly and barbarity , than what you say of the Jaculum . The Cretanst wisely forbade their ser- vants gymnastics , as well as arms ; and yet your modern footmen exercise themselves daily in the Jaculum at the corner ...
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... instance of Martin's sagacity in dis- covering the distempers of the mind , appeared in the case of a young nobleman at court , who was observed to grow extremely affected in his speech , and whimsical in all his behaviour . He began to ...
... instance of Martin's sagacity in dis- covering the distempers of the mind , appeared in the case of a young nobleman at court , who was observed to grow extremely affected in his speech , and whimsical in all his behaviour . He began to ...
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Æneas Æneid Æsop ancient animal antiquity appear Aristotle Bathos beauties Ben Jonson better Brutus called CHAP character Cornelius Crambe critics Curll Double Falsehood edition Edmund Curll epic poem epic poetry Essay excellent eyes fable genius give hath head heroes Homer honour human humour Iliad images imagine imitation invention John Dennis judgment kind lady language learned lines Lintot Lord mankind manner mean ments Milton modern nature never observed occasion opinion particular passages passion Pastoral person piece plain Plutarch poet poetical poetry Pope praise Prince profund pyed Horses racters reader reason remarkable ridicule Scriblerus seems sense Shakespear shew sort speak speeches spirit style sublime surprize taste Thalestris Theocritus thing thou thought tion translation true unto verse Virgil virtue Warburton Warton whole words writers
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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.