The poetical works of Alexander Pope. Ed. by R. Carruthers, Band 31853 |
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... gave zealous as- sistance , overloading the text with his curious and often far - fetched com- ments , and adding some of his own critical feuds and enmities to the ample store accumulated by the poet . The edition of 1743 , as the last ...
... gave zealous as- sistance , overloading the text with his curious and often far - fetched com- ments , and adding some of his own critical feuds and enmities to the ample store accumulated by the poet . The edition of 1743 , as the last ...
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... gave Mr. Pope the thought , that he had now some opportunity of doing good , by detecting and dragging into light these common enemies of mankind ; since to invalidate this universal slander , it sufficed to show what contemptible men ...
... gave Mr. Pope the thought , that he had now some opportunity of doing good , by detecting and dragging into light these common enemies of mankind ; since to invalidate this universal slander , it sufficed to show what contemptible men ...
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... 6 This irony had small effect in concealing the author . The Dunciad , imperfect as it was , had not been published two days , but the whole town gave it to Mr. Pope . I have been well informed , that this work was 6 THE DUNCIAD .
... 6 This irony had small effect in concealing the author . The Dunciad , imperfect as it was , had not been published two days , but the whole town gave it to Mr. Pope . I have been well informed , that this work was 6 THE DUNCIAD .
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... gave a dinner or two to Lord Dupplin , Swift , and others of the Harley Tories , " laying these long traps for me and others , " says Swift , " to engage our interest for him : he is a true Scotchman . " Swift was then engaged himself ...
... gave a dinner or two to Lord Dupplin , Swift , and others of the Harley Tories , " laying these long traps for me and others , " says Swift , " to engage our interest for him : he is a true Scotchman . " Swift was then engaged himself ...
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... gave the form , and ( saith Horace ) who adapted the measure , to heroic poesy . But even before this , may be rationally presumed from what the ancients have left written , was a piece by Homer com- posed , of like nature and matter ...
... gave the form , and ( saith Horace ) who adapted the measure , to heroic poesy . But even before this , may be rationally presumed from what the ancients have left written , was a piece by Homer com- posed , of like nature and matter ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
abused admire Æneid alludes Ambrose Philips ancient arts Bavius behold blest bookseller called character Cibber Cleland Codrus Colley Cibber Concanen court Curll declared Dennis divine Dryden dull Dulness dunces Dunciad Edmund Curll Eliza Haywood epic epigram Essay on Criticism eyes fame favour fool former editions genius gentleman Gildon give goddess happy hath head Heaven hero Homer honour Ibid Iliad James Moore Smythe King labour laureate learned LEONARD WELSTED letters LEWIS THEOBALD lines living Lord madness mankind manner Matthew Concanen Mist's Journal moral Muse nature never notes o'er octavo Oldmixon passage passion persons poem poet poet's poetical poetry Pope Pope's praise Pref preface printed prose published Queen reader reason reign saith satire Scriblerus Shakspeare soul Swift thee Theobald things thou Tibbald translation true truth verse Virgil virtue Warburton Welsted whole words writ writing wrote
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 284 - In faith and hope the world will disagree, But all mankind's concern is charity : All must be false that thwart this one great end, And all of God that bless mankind or mend. Man, like the generous vine, supported lives ; The strength he gains is from th
Seite 261 - Know then thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is man. Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise, and rudely great: With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest; In doubt to deem himself a God, or beast...
Seite 252 - The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed today, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Seite 291 - When the loose mountain trembles from on high, Shall gravitation cease, if you go by ? Or some old temple, nodding to its fall, For Chartres' head reserve the hanging wall ? But still this world (so fitted for the knave) Contents us not.
Seite 3 - Nor public flame, nor private, dares to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine! Lo! thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restored; Light dies before thy uncreating word ; Thy hand, great Anarch, lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all.
Seite 271 - Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law, Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw: Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty quite...
Seite 298 - See the sole bliss heav'n could on all bestow ! Which who but feels can taste, but thinks can know: Yet poor with fortune, and with learning blind, The bad must miss, the good, untaught, will find; 330 Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through nature up to nature's God: Pursues that chain which links th...