The works of Alexander Pope. With a selection of explanatory notes, and the account of his life by dr. Johnson, Band 31812 |
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... queen , some fav'rite still obey : Ah ! if she lend not arms , as well as rules , What can she more than tell us we are fools ? Teach us to mourn our nature , not to mend , A sharp accuser , but a helpless friend ! Or from a judge turn ...
... queen , some fav'rite still obey : Ah ! if she lend not arms , as well as rules , What can she more than tell us we are fools ? Teach us to mourn our nature , not to mend , A sharp accuser , but a helpless friend ! Or from a judge turn ...
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... 285 From ancient story learn to scorn them all . There , in the rich , the honour'd , fam'd , and great , See the false scale of happiness complete ! In hearts of Kings , or arms of Queens who In 90 EP . IV . ESSAY ON MAN .
... 285 From ancient story learn to scorn them all . There , in the rich , the honour'd , fam'd , and great , See the false scale of happiness complete ! In hearts of Kings , or arms of Queens who In 90 EP . IV . ESSAY ON MAN .
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Alexander Pope. In hearts of Kings , or arms of Queens who lay , How happy ! those to ruin , these betray . Mark by what wretched steps their glory grows , From dirt and sea - weed as proud Venice rose ; In each how guilt and greatness ...
Alexander Pope. In hearts of Kings , or arms of Queens who lay , How happy ! those to ruin , these betray . Mark by what wretched steps their glory grows , From dirt and sea - weed as proud Venice rose ; In each how guilt and greatness ...
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... queen , While one there is who charms us with his spleen . But VER . 57. At half mankind ] The character alluded to is the principal one in the Plain Dealer of Wycherly . VER . 61. hate it in a queen , ] Queen Caroline , whom he was ...
... queen , While one there is who charms us with his spleen . But VER . 57. At half mankind ] The character alluded to is the principal one in the Plain Dealer of Wycherly . VER . 61. hate it in a queen , ] Queen Caroline , whom he was ...
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... queen ; and Victor Amadeus II . King of Sardinia , who resigned the crown , and trying to re - assume it , was imprisoned till his death . VER . 93. Europe a woman , child , or dotard rule , And just ber wisest monarch made a fool ...
... queen ; and Victor Amadeus II . King of Sardinia , who resigned the crown , and trying to re - assume it , was imprisoned till his death . VER . 93. Europe a woman , child , or dotard rule , And just ber wisest monarch made a fool ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Balaam Bishop Bishop of Marseilles blessing blest bliss Cæsar charms Chartres court death divine Duke Dunciad e'er Earl ears ease EPISTLE Ev'n ev'ry eyes fame fate folly fool former editions give glory gold grace grave happiness hate heart Heav'n honest honour Horace int'rest king knave lady laugh learn'd learned less than angels live Lord Lord Bathurst Lord Bolingbroke Lord Chamberlain Lord Hervey lov'd mankind mighty mind moral muse nature nature's ne'er never numbers o'er parterre passion pleas'd pleasure poet poor Pope pow'r praise pride proud Queen reason rhyme rich rise rules Sappho satire SATIRE IV scarce Self-love sense slave soul Stephen Duck taste tell thee things thou thousand thro truth Twas verse vice virtue wealth whate'er Whig whole whore wife wise wretched write
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 13 - AWAKE, my St John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die...
Seite 18 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Seite 18 - Pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be Angels, Men rebel: And who but wishes to invert the laws Of Order, sins against th
Seite 16 - Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of Fate, All but the page prescrib'd, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know : Or who could suffer Being here below? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy Reason, would he skip and play? Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flow'ry food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.
Seite 17 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutored mind Sees GOD in clouds, or hears Him in the wind ; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
Seite 244 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.
Seite 131 - Or in proud falls magnificently lost, But clear and artless, pouring through the plain Health to the sick, and solace to the swain. Whose causeway parts the vale with shady rows? Whose seats the weary traveller repose ? Who taught that heaven-directed spire to rise ?
Seite 24 - Great in the earth as in the ethereal frame, Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees : Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Seite 164 - twas when he knew no better. Dare you refuse him? Curll invites to dine, He'll write a. Journal, or he'll turn divine.' Bless me ! a packet - ' 'Tis a stranger sues, A Virgin Tragedy, an Orphan Muse.' If I dislike it, 'Furies, death and rage!' If I approve, 'Commend it to the stage.
Seite 67 - Honour and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honour lies.