The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq, Band 4B. Law, J. Johnson, C. Dilly [and others], 1797 - 3650 Seiten |
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... translate ? Thine is juft fuch an image of his pen As thou thyfelf art of the fons of men ; Where our own fpecies in burlesque we trace , A fign - poft likeness of the noble race , That is at once refemblance and difgrace . } Horace ...
... translate ? Thine is juft fuch an image of his pen As thou thyfelf art of the fons of men ; Where our own fpecies in burlesque we trace , A fign - poft likeness of the noble race , That is at once refemblance and difgrace . } Horace ...
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... eleven years in his short satire of L'Equivoque . Patru was four years al- tering and correcting the first paragraph of his translation of the oration for Archias . 44 Nine years ! cries he ,, who high in TO THE SATIRES . II.
... eleven years in his short satire of L'Equivoque . Patru was four years al- tering and correcting the first paragraph of his translation of the oration for Archias . 44 Nine years ! cries he ,, who high in TO THE SATIRES . II.
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... translation of the Iliad being now on foot , he recom- mended it to the public , and joined with the Tories in pushing the subscription ; but at the fame time advised Mr. Pope not to be content with the applause of one half of the ...
... translation of the Iliad being now on foot , he recom- mended it to the public , and joined with the Tories in pushing the subscription ; but at the fame time advised Mr. Pope not to be content with the applause of one half of the ...
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... translator of the first book of the Iliad to which the latter had fet his name . Mr. Pope , in his first resentment of this ufage , was refolved to expose this new Version in a severe critique upon it . I have now by me the Copy he had ...
... translator of the first book of the Iliad to which the latter had fet his name . Mr. Pope , in his first resentment of this ufage , was refolved to expose this new Version in a severe critique upon it . I have now by me the Copy he had ...
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... Translation of the first Book of the Iliad . NOTES . Swift much better than he had ufed Pope , on that account , though he had been more roughly treated by Swift than Pope's nature would fuffer him to treat any one . But the reason is ...
... Translation of the first Book of the Iliad . NOTES . Swift much better than he had ufed Pope , on that account , though he had been more roughly treated by Swift than Pope's nature would fuffer him to treat any one . But the reason is ...
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Seite 337 - Yes, I am proud ; I must be proud to see Men, not afraid of God, afraid of me ; Safe from the bar, the pulpit, and the throne, Yet touch'd and sham'd by ridicule alone.
Seite 7 - I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.
Seite 54 - Me, let the tender office long engage To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death; Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep a while one parent from the sky ! On cares like these, if length of days attend, May Heaven, to bless those days, preserve my friend!
Seite 316 - Hear her black trumpet through the land proclaim, That not to be corrupted is the shame. In soldier, churchman, patriot, man in power, Tis avarice all, ambition is no more! See all our nobles begging to be slaves ! See all our fools aspiring to be knaves! The wit of cheats, the courage of a...
Seite 77 - Hear this, and tremble ! you who 'scape the laws. Yes, while I live, no rich or noble knave Shall walk the world, in credit, to his grave.
Seite 79 - There my Retreat, the best Companions grace, Chiefs out of War, and Statesmen out of Place. There ST JOHN mingles with my friendly Bowl, The Feast of Reason, and the Flow of Soul. And HE, whose Lightning pierc'd th...
Seite 207 - Besides, a fate attends on all I write, That when I aim at praise they say I bite. A vile encomium doubly ridicules : There's nothing blackens like the ink of fools. If true, a woful likeness ; and, if lies, ' Praise undeserv'd is scandal in disguise.
Seite 379 - ... of both Homer's poems into one, which is yet but a fourth part as large as his. The other Epic Poets have...
Seite 398 - When we read Homer, we ought to reflect that we are reading the...
Seite 50 - If on a Pillory, or near a Throne, He gain his Prince's ear, or lose his own. Yet soft by nature, more a dupe than wit, Sappho can tell you how this man was bit; This dreaded...