Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Alexander Pope, Esq, Band 1The author, 1745 |
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... Character , must in some measure debase it ; and hence it may come to pafs , that even the virtuous Characters will not shine so much , for Want of being opposed to their Contraries . - Thefe Thoughts are purely my own , and therefore I ...
... Character , must in some measure debase it ; and hence it may come to pafs , that even the virtuous Characters will not shine so much , for Want of being opposed to their Contraries . - Thefe Thoughts are purely my own , and therefore I ...
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... Character he had liv'd in , and Horace's Rule for a Play may as well be ap- plied to him as a Playwright : fervetur ad imum Qualis ab inceptu processerit , & fibi conftet . I am , & c . From Time to Time he fhew'd himself more to the ...
... Character he had liv'd in , and Horace's Rule for a Play may as well be ap- plied to him as a Playwright : fervetur ad imum Qualis ab inceptu processerit , & fibi conftet . I am , & c . From Time to Time he fhew'd himself more to the ...
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... Character of Belinda , as it is now manag'd , resembles you in nothing but in Beauty . If this Poem had as many Graces as there are in your Perfon , or in your Mind , yet I could never hope it should pafs through the World half fo un ...
... Character of Belinda , as it is now manag'd , resembles you in nothing but in Beauty . If this Poem had as many Graces as there are in your Perfon , or in your Mind , yet I could never hope it should pafs through the World half fo un ...
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... Characters , by making that Paffion the predominant ' Quality in all- ; and which must for ever make the prefent and fucceeding Writers unable to attain to the Excellency of the Anci- ents : But he did not think it adviseable at once to ...
... Characters , by making that Paffion the predominant ' Quality in all- ; and which must for ever make the prefent and fucceeding Writers unable to attain to the Excellency of the Anci- ents : But he did not think it adviseable at once to ...
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... Character . In his Grounds of Criticism he obferves , that the antient Poets deriv'd that Advantage which they have over the Moderns , to the conftituting their Subjects after a religious Manner ; and he proves from the Precepts of ...
... Character . In his Grounds of Criticism he obferves , that the antient Poets deriv'd that Advantage which they have over the Moderns , to the conftituting their Subjects after a religious Manner ; and he proves from the Precepts of ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 80 - With flying fingers touched the lyre : The trembling notes ascend the sky, And heavenly joys inspire. The song began from Jove, Who left his blissful seats above, (Such is the power of mighty love.) A dragon's fiery form belied the god : Sublime on radiant spires he rode, When he to fair Olympia...
Seite 40 - Not half so swift the trembling doves can fly, When the fierce eagle cleaves the liquid sky ; Not half so swiftly the fierce eagle moves, "When thro...
Seite 66 - Where a new world leaps out at his command, And ready nature waits upon his hand ; When the ripe colours...
Seite 44 - Ev'n mighty Pam, that Kings and Queens o'erthrew And mow'd down armies in the fights of Lu, Sad chance of war!
Seite 77 - Lo ! these were they, whose souls the Furies steel'd, And curs'd with hearts unknowing how to yield. Thus unlamented pass the proud away, The gaze of fools, and pageant of a day ! So perish all, whose breast ne'er learn'd to glow For others good, or melt at others woe.
Seite 77 - To bear too tender or too firm a heart, To act a lover's or a Roman's part?
Seite 45 - What boots the regal circle on his head, His giant limbs, in state unwieldy spread; That long behind he trails his pompous robe, And, of all monarchs...
Seite 64 - Want as much more, to turn it to its use ; For wit and judgment often are at strife, Tho' meant each other's aid, like man and wife. Tis more to guide, than spur the Muse's steed; Restrain his fury, than provoke his speed: The winged courser, like a gen'rous horse, Shows most true mettle when you check his course.
Seite 65 - Tis not a lip, or eye, we beauty call, But the joint force and full result of all. Thus when we view some well-proportion'd dome, (The world's just wonder, and ev'n thine, O Rome!) No single parts unequally surprise, All comes united to th' admiring eyes; No monstrous height, or breadth or length appear; The whole at once is bold and regular.
Seite 45 - Of broken Troops an easy Conquest find. Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, in wild Disorder seen, With Throngs promiscuous strow the level Green.