Pope. Satires and Epistles, ed. by M. Pattison1872 |
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... thought and expression . The translator followed the precedent of the stage , on which the Greek and Roman heroes appeared in perruque and silk stockings , the court dress of Versailles . In vain Boileau ridi- culed the fashion , and ...
... thought and expression . The translator followed the precedent of the stage , on which the Greek and Roman heroes appeared in perruque and silk stockings , the court dress of Versailles . In vain Boileau ridi- culed the fashion , and ...
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... thought of doing so . The only justification of Pope's outrageous perso- nalities is , that such was the habitual dialect of the contemporary press . And the press only followed the lead of general conversa- tion . In 1720 it was one of ...
... thought of doing so . The only justification of Pope's outrageous perso- nalities is , that such was the habitual dialect of the contemporary press . And the press only followed the lead of general conversa- tion . In 1720 it was one of ...
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... thought by him worthy of a refutation , or even of a retort . ' man . It is indeed doubtful , and has been doubted with special reference to Pope ( by Bowles in his edition ) , if the attitude of satirist is one which any individual can ...
... thought by him worthy of a refutation , or even of a retort . ' man . It is indeed doubtful , and has been doubted with special reference to Pope ( by Bowles in his edition ) , if the attitude of satirist is one which any individual can ...
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... thought has been turned over and over , till it is brought out finally with a point and finish which themselves ... thoughts tell . He used to say himself that he had found by trial that he could express himself more forcibly in rhyme ...
... thought has been turned over and over , till it is brought out finally with a point and finish which themselves ... thoughts tell . He used to say himself that he had found by trial that he could express himself more forcibly in rhyme ...
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... in an exuberant lawlessness of thought as well as of words . They are full of genius , but destitute of that art which alone can make genius tell C 2 INTRODUCTORY . 19 It must not be hence inferred that every line written ...
... in an exuberant lawlessness of thought as well as of words . They are full of genius , but destitute of that art which alone can make genius tell C 2 INTRODUCTORY . 19 It must not be hence inferred that every line written ...
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Seite 30 - 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...
Seite 33 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.
Seite 30 - Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ? What though my name stood rubric on the walls Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals ? Or smoking forth, a hundred hawkers...
Seite 52 - Who counsels best ? who whispers, ' Be but great, With praise or infamy leave that to fate; Get place and wealth, if possible, with grace ; If not, by any means get wealth and place.
Seite 145 - I remember the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, "Would he ' had blotted a thousand," which they thought a malevolent speech.
Seite 27 - Say, for my comfort, languishing in bed, 'Just so immortal Maro held his head'; And, when I die, be sure you let me know Great Homer died three thousand years ago. Why did I write? what sin to me unknown Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or my own?
Seite 144 - whispers through the trees": If crystal streams "with pleasing murmurs creep," The reader's threaten'd (not in vain) with "sleep": Then, at the last and only couplet fraught With some unmeaning thing they call a thought, A needless Alexandrine ends the song, That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along.
Seite 29 - Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Seite 28 - Commas and points they set exactly right, And 'twere a sin to rob them of their mite.
Seite 64 - Who now reads Cowley ? if he pleases yet, His moral pleases, not his pointed wit ; Forgot his epic, nay Pindaric art, But still I love the language of his heart.