The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Band 1William Pickering, 1831 |
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... characters of which , he taught himself to write . 2 At the age of eight , he was placed under the care of the family priest , named Banister , who , according to a custom in the schools of the Jesuits , instructed him in the rudiments ...
... characters of which , he taught himself to write . 2 At the age of eight , he was placed under the care of the family priest , named Banister , who , according to a custom in the schools of the Jesuits , instructed him in the rudiments ...
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... character . " 1 But surely the advice given by Addison concerning The Rape of the Lock is no proof of his jealousy and insincerity . He might justly suppose that the alteration of a piece already so excellent would injure its effect ...
... character . " 1 But surely the advice given by Addison concerning The Rape of the Lock is no proof of his jealousy and insincerity . He might justly suppose that the alteration of a piece already so excellent would injure its effect ...
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... character , it is probable that an intimacy might have existed between them , -proceeds thus : " The story which was told to Condorcet by Voltaire , and by Con- dorcet to a gentleman of high birth and character , from whom I received it ...
... character , it is probable that an intimacy might have existed between them , -proceeds thus : " The story which was told to Condorcet by Voltaire , and by Con- dorcet to a gentleman of high birth and character , from whom I received it ...
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... character of Bufo , in the Prologue to the Satires , was intended for Halifax , or that Pope would , in one of his pieces , have ridiculed the character and memory of a person whom he has so highly MEMOIR OF POPE . xlvii.
... character of Bufo , in the Prologue to the Satires , was intended for Halifax , or that Pope would , in one of his pieces , have ridiculed the character and memory of a person whom he has so highly MEMOIR OF POPE . xlvii.
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... character you give it : it is , therefore , some evidence of the trust I repose in your good will , when I give you this opportunity of speaking ill of me with justice : and yet expect you will tell me your truest thoughts , at the same ...
... character you give it : it is , therefore , some evidence of the trust I repose in your good will , when I give you this opportunity of speaking ill of me with justice : and yet expect you will tell me your truest thoughts , at the same ...
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Addison Adrastus ALEXANDER POPE appears Arbuthnot bear beauty Belinda breast bright Brutus charms Curll death Dryope Dunciad E'en edition Edmund Curll Eloisa Eloisa to Abelard Epistle Essay Eteocles eyes fair fame fate flames flowers Forest fury give gods grace groves hair Halifax hand heart heaven Homer honour Iliad IMITATIONS John Searle Jove kings Lady letter Lintot live Lock Lord Bolingbroke Lord Halifax Lord Harvey maid Martha Blount mournful Muses never night numbers nymph o'er pastoral Phoebus plain poem poet poetry Pope Pope's printed published rage reign rise Roscoe sacred Sappho Satires says shades shining sighs sing Singer skies soul Spence Spence's Anecdotes spring swains Swift sylphs tears Thalestris Thebes thee things thou thought throne tion translation trembling Twickenham verses Vertumnus volume Warburton William Trumbull winds write Wycherley youth
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Seite 76 - 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.
Seite lvii - Peace to all such! But were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please. And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne; View him with scornful, yev with jealous eyes.
Seite 96 - Now Jove suspends his golden scales in air, Weighs the Men's wits against the Lady's hair; The doubtful beam long nods from side to side; At length the wits mount up, the hairs subside. \ See, fierce Belinda on the Baron flies, With more than usual lightning in her eyes: \ , ,. Nor feared the Chief th' unequal fight to try, Who sought no more than on his foe to die.
Seite 76 - This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box.
Seite 77 - But chiefly Love — to Love an altar built, Of twelve vast French romances, neatly gilt. There lay three garters, half a pair of gloves, And all the trophies of his former loves ; With tender billet-doux he lights the pyre, And breathes three am'rous sighs to raise the fire.
Seite 41 - Swift fly the years, and rise the expected morn ! Oh, spring to light, auspicious Babe, be born ! See Nature hastes her earliest wreaths to bring, With all the incense of the breathing spring : See lofty Lebanon his head advance, See nodding forests on the mountains dance, See spicy clouds from lowly Saron rise, And Carmel's flowery top perfumes the skies ! Hark ! a glad voice the lonely desert cheers ; Prepare the way ! a God, a God appears ! A God, a God ! the vocal hills reply, The rocks proclaim...
Seite 91 - She said ; then raging to Sir Plume repairs, And bids her beau demand the precious hairs : (Sir Plume of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane...
Seite 84 - Hand, and mourn'd his captive Queen: He springs to Vengeance with an eager pace, And falls like Thunder on the prostrate Ace. The Nymph exulting fills with Shouts the Sky; The Walls, the Woods, and long Canals reply. 100 Oh thoughtless Mortals ! ever blind to Fate, Too soon dejected, and too soon elate ! Sudden, these Honours shall be snatch'd away, And curs'd for ever this Victorious Day.
Seite cxxiii - ... into the Motives that might induce him in his Satyrical Works, to be so frequently fond of Mr. Cibber's Name.
Seite 73 - Then gay ideas crowd the vacant brain, While peers, and dukes, and all their sweeping train, And garters, stars, and coronets appear, And in soft sounds, Your Grace salutes their ear.