The Works of Alexander Pope, Band 4J.F. Dove, St. John's Square, 1822 |
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... Character are highly finished . Atterbury so well under- stood the force of them , that , in one of his letters to Mr. Pope , he says , " Since you now know where your Strength lies , I hope you will not suffer that talent to lie ...
... Character are highly finished . Atterbury so well under- stood the force of them , that , in one of his letters to Mr. Pope , he says , " Since you now know where your Strength lies , I hope you will not suffer that talent to lie ...
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... character , and who ( in his own case ) had two years before expressly disapproved of a per- sonal abuse of Mr. Dennis . The person , indeed , from whom Mr. Pope seems to have received this anecdote , about the time of his writing the ...
... character , and who ( in his own case ) had two years before expressly disapproved of a per- sonal abuse of Mr. Dennis . The person , indeed , from whom Mr. Pope seems to have received this anecdote , about the time of his writing the ...
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... Character was written after the Gen- tleman's death ; which see refuted in the Testimonies prefixed to the Dunciad . But the occasion of writing it was such as he would not make public out of regard to his memory and all that could ...
... Character was written after the Gen- tleman's death ; which see refuted in the Testimonies prefixed to the Dunciad . But the occasion of writing it was such as he would not make public out of regard to his memory and all that could ...
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... character which Dr. Johnson has given of Dryden , with his usual eloquence and energy , there is one sentence to which I cannot subscribe : " Dryden , standing in the highest place , was in no danger from his contemporaries . " Where ...
... character which Dr. Johnson has given of Dryden , with his usual eloquence and energy , there is one sentence to which I cannot subscribe : " Dryden , standing in the highest place , was in no danger from his contemporaries . " Where ...
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... was governed only on principles of policy : for of what Ministers he speaks , may be seen by the character he gives , in the next line , of the Courts they belong to . W. Why am I ask'd what next shall see the light 40 PROLOGUE.
... was governed only on principles of policy : for of what Ministers he speaks , may be seen by the character he gives , in the next line , of the Courts they belong to . W. Why am I ask'd what next shall see the light 40 PROLOGUE.
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Seite 26 - 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...
Seite 26 - 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 388 - Read Homer once, and you can read no more ; For all books else appear so mean, so poor, Verse will seem prose : but still persist to read, And Homer will be all the books you need.
Seite 321 - Though thy clime Be fickle, and thy year, most part, deform'd With dripping rains, or withered by a frost, I would not yet exchange thy sullen skies, And fields without a flower, for warmer France With all her vines ; nor for Ausonia's groves Of golden fruitage, and her myrtle bowers.
Seite 69 - Rolls o'er my grotto, and but sooths my sleep. There, my retreat the best companions grace, Chiefs out of war, and statesmen out of place. There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul : And he, whose lightning pierc'd th...
Seite 31 - Refuse his age the needful hours of rest? Punish a body which he could not please ; Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease ? And all to leave what with his toil he won, To that unfeather'd two-legg'd thing, a son ; Got, while his soul did huddled notions try ; And born a shapeless lump, like anarchy.
Seite 39 - As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies.
Seite 47 - 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 awhile one parent from the sky...
Seite 11 - And curses Wit, and Poetry, and Pope. Friend to my Life! (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What Drop or Nostrum can this plague remove?
Seite 28 - 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 load, On wings of winds came flying all abroad?