The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Juvenile poemsJ. and P. Knapton, 1752 |
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... judge , rather than to the malice " of every fhort - fighted and malevolent critic , or inad- " vertent and cenforious Reader . And no hand can fet " them in fo good a light , & c . " Let . cxx . to Mr. W. 66 " I alfo give and bequeath ...
... judge , rather than to the malice " of every fhort - fighted and malevolent critic , or inad- " vertent and cenforious Reader . And no hand can fet " them in fo good a light , & c . " Let . cxx . to Mr. W. 66 " I alfo give and bequeath ...
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... degree I have done this , I am really ignorant ; I had too much fondness for my productions to judge of them at first , and too much judgment to be pleased with them at last . But I have reason to think A 3 PREFACE . V.
... degree I have done this , I am really ignorant ; I had too much fondness for my productions to judge of them at first , and too much judgment to be pleased with them at last . But I have reason to think A 3 PREFACE . V.
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... judge of Pastoral . And fince the instructions given for any art are to be delivered as that art is in perfec- tion , they must of neceflity be derived from those Fontenelle's Difc . of Paftorals . P. See the forementioned Preface . P ...
... judge of Pastoral . And fince the instructions given for any art are to be delivered as that art is in perfec- tion , they must of neceflity be derived from those Fontenelle's Difc . of Paftorals . P. See the forementioned Preface . P ...
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... judge of Paftoral . And fince the inftructions given for any art are to be delivered as that art is in perfec- tion , they must of neceffity be derived from those Fontenelle's Difc . of Paftorals . P. See the forementioned Preface . P ...
... judge of Paftoral . And fince the inftructions given for any art are to be delivered as that art is in perfec- tion , they must of neceffity be derived from those Fontenelle's Difc . of Paftorals . P. See the forementioned Preface . P ...
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... judge that Virgil did not copy it line by line , but felected fuch ideas as beft agreed with the nature of paftoral poetry , and difpofed them in that manner which ferved most to beautify his piece . I have endeavoured the fame in this ...
... judge that Virgil did not copy it line by line , but felected fuch ideas as beft agreed with the nature of paftoral poetry , and difpofed them in that manner which ferved most to beautify his piece . I have endeavoured the fame in this ...
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againſt ancient arife Author beauties Becauſe beſt bleft caufe COMMENTARY confifts Criticiſm Critics Cynthus Dæmons DAPHNIS diſplay Dunciad eaſe Eclogue ev'n ev'ry eyes facred faid fair falfe fame fatire fecond feem fenfe fhades fhall fhepherds fhews fhould fide filver fing firft firſt fkies flain flow'rs foft fome foon forefts fpirits ftill fubject fuch fung genius Gnome grace groves heav'n himſelf Homer IMITATIONS itſelf judge Judgment juft laft laſt lefs lift'ning loft moft moſt Mufe mufic muft Muſes muſt Nature NOTES numbers nymph o'er obfervation occafion Ovid paffions Paftoral pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poem Poet Poetry pow'r praiſe precept Quintilian racter raiſe reafon refound rife ſcenes ſeem ſenſe ſhades ſhall ſhe ſhine ſkies ſpread ſpring ſtill ſtrains ſtreams Sylphs thefe Theocritus theſe things thofe thoſe thro true Umbriel underſtanding uſe VARIATIONS verfe verſes Virg Virgil whofe whoſe write
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Seite 88 - HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground ; Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in Summer yield him shade, In Winter fire.
Seite 188 - Soon as she spreads her hand, th' aerial guard Descend, and sit on each important card : First Ariel perch'd upon a Matadore, Then each according to the rank they bore ; For Sylphs, yet mindful of their ancient race, 35 Are, as when women, wond'rous fond of place.
Seite 90 - The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes! my ears With sounds seraphic ring: Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death! where is thy sting?
Seite 207 - Some thought it mounted to the lunar sphere, Since all things lost on earth are treasur'd there. There heroes' wits are kept in pond'rous vases, And beaux in snuff-boxes and tweezer-cases. There broken vows and death-bed alms are found, And lovers...
Seite 207 - Nor fear'd the chief th' unequal fight to try, Who sought no more than on his foe to die. But this bold lord with manly strength...
Seite 180 - 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 ; 40 With tender billet-doux he lights the pyre, And breathes three amorous sighs to raise the fire.
Seite 134 - Jove Now burns with glory, and then melts with love; Now his fierce eyes with sparkling fury glow, Now sighs steal out, and tears begin to flow: Persians and Greeks like turns of nature found.
Seite 212 - How lov'd , how honour'd once , avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be!
Seite 58 - See heaven its sparkling portals wide display, And break upon thee in a flood of day ! No more the rising Sun shall gild the morn, Nor...
Seite 124 - The manners, passions, unities ; what not ? All which, exact to rule, were brought about, Were but a Combat in the lists left out. "What!" leave the Combat out?" exclaims the Knight; Yes, or we must renounce the Stagirite. 280 "Not so by Heav'n" (he answers in a rage), "Knights, squires, and steeds, must enter on the stage." So vast a throng the stage can ne'er contain. "Then build a new, or act it in a plain.