The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Compiled from Original Manuscripts; with a Critical Essay on His Writings and GeniusC. Bathurst, H. Woodfall, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, W. Johnston, B. White, T. Caslon, T. Longman, B. Law, Johnson and Payne, S. Bladon, T. Cadell, and the executors of A. Millar., 1769 - 578 Seiten |
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... poets , to whom he ap- plied with great eagernefs and enthufiafm . It is in our early years , that the true bent of ... poet , was nevertheless fo very dif- ficult to be pleafed , that he would make his fon correct them again and again ...
... poets , to whom he ap- plied with great eagernefs and enthufiafm . It is in our early years , that the true bent of ... poet , was nevertheless fo very dif- ficult to be pleafed , that he would make his fon correct them again and again ...
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... poet more affiduous to cultivate his mental faculties , that he might atone for the defects of an ungraceful figure , by the accom- plishments of an elegant and polished mind . As these confiderations were incentives to his industry ...
... poet more affiduous to cultivate his mental faculties , that he might atone for the defects of an ungraceful figure , by the accom- plishments of an elegant and polished mind . As these confiderations were incentives to his industry ...
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... poet copied , and he even adopted the very turns of his periods : juft as Mr. Addifon did those of Sir William Temple in profe , not lefs ftrongly marked than the imitations of the poet , though lefs commonly obferved . In fhort , from ...
... poet copied , and he even adopted the very turns of his periods : juft as Mr. Addifon did those of Sir William Temple in profe , not lefs ftrongly marked than the imitations of the poet , though lefs commonly obferved . In fhort , from ...
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... poet , have written only to expofe their ignorance or their ill nature . Peace to the remains of futility and envy ! There is one however , ( the author of An Effay on the genius and writings of Pope ) who * has undertaken the office in ...
... poet , have written only to expofe their ignorance or their ill nature . Peace to the remains of futility and envy ! There is one however , ( the author of An Effay on the genius and writings of Pope ) who * has undertaken the office in ...
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... poet , and to ferve the cause of literature ; and being conscious that I am influenced by the fame motives , I fhall ... poet's writings , he , in his de- dication to Dr. Young , and in other places , more than hints his opinion of the ...
... poet , and to ferve the cause of literature ; and being conscious that I am influenced by the fame motives , I fhall ... poet's writings , he , in his de- dication to Dr. Young , and in other places , more than hints his opinion of the ...
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AARON HILL addreffed admirable affured againſt beautiful becauſe beft beſt cenfure character compofition critic Dean Swift defcribed defcription defign defire difplayed Dunciad Effay effayift efteemed epiftle ev'ry excellent expofed expreffed fafe faid fame fatire fays feems fenfe fenfibility fentiments ferve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fincere firft firſt fome foon fpeaking fpirit friendſhip ftate ftill ftriking fubject fublime fuch fuperior fuppofed fure genius himſelf honour Iliad illuftrates imagination inftance itſelf John Searl judgment juft juſt laft laſt leaft learned lefs letter likewife Lord Lord Bolingbroke merit mind moft moral moſt muft muſt nature never nevertheleſs numbers obferves occafion paffage paffed paffion paftorals perfon philofopher piece pleaſed pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry POPE POPE's prefent profe publiſhed purpoſe racter reafon refpect ridicule ſay ſpeak tafte thefe themſelves theſe lines thofe thoſe thought tion tranflation uſed verfe virtue whofe writings
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Seite 256 - Know then this truth (enough for man to know) 'Virtue alone is happiness below.
Seite 192 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Seite 123 - In some lone isle, or distant northern land; Where the gilt chariot never marks the way, Where none learn ombre, none e'er taste bohea!
Seite 265 - Let not this weak unknowing hand Presume Thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land, On each I judge Thy foe. If I am right, Thy grace impart Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, oh, teach my heart To find that better way...
Seite 299 - Consult the Genius of the Place in all; That tells the Waters or to rise, or fall; Or helps th...
Seite 152 - Oh! happy state! when souls each other draw, When love is liberty, and nature law...
Seite 192 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike; Alike...
Seite 299 - Or helps th' ambitious Hill the heav'ns to scale, Or scoops in circling theatres the Vale; Calls in the Country, catches op'ning glades, Joins willing Woods, and varies shades from shades; Now breaks, or now directs, th' intending Lines; Paints as you plant, and, as you work, designs.
Seite 355 - 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 264 - What conscience dictates to be done. Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than Hell to shun, That more than Heaven pursue.