The works of Alexander Pope. Containing the principal notes of drs. Warburton and Warton [&c.]. To which are added, some original letters, with additional observations, and memoirs, by W.L. Bowles, Volum 41806 |
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... praise , or money , is the least they crave ; Yet each declares the other , fool or knave . NOTES . VER . 115. There are , who to my perfon ] What Addifon fays in jeft , and with his usual humour , is true in fact : " I have obferved ...
... praise , or money , is the least they crave ; Yet each declares the other , fool or knave . NOTES . VER . 115. There are , who to my perfon ] What Addifon fays in jeft , and with his usual humour , is true in fact : " I have obferved ...
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... praises , Dr. Warburton faid he intended to write his life ; on which Mr. Spence , with his ufual modefty and condefcenfion , faid , that he also had the fame intentions ; and had , from time to time , col- lected from Pope's own mouth ...
... praises , Dr. Warburton faid he intended to write his life ; on which Mr. Spence , with his ufual modefty and condefcenfion , faid , that he also had the fame intentions ; and had , from time to time , col- lected from Pope's own mouth ...
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... , moft melancholy ! Thee oft the lonely woods among I woo to hear thy evening fong ; And think thy thrilling ftrains have power To raife Mufæus from his bower ; Or Well - natur'd Garth inflam'd with early praise , And 24 PROLOGUE.
... , moft melancholy ! Thee oft the lonely woods among I woo to hear thy evening fong ; And think thy thrilling ftrains have power To raife Mufæus from his bower ; Or Well - natur'd Garth inflam'd with early praise , And 24 PROLOGUE.
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... praise , And Congreve lov'd , and Swift endur'd my lays ; The courtly Talbot , Somers , Sheffield read , Ev'n mitred Rochester would nod the head , 140 And St. John's felf ( great Dryden's friends before ) With open arms receiv'd one ...
... praise , And Congreve lov'd , and Swift endur'd my lays ; The courtly Talbot , Somers , Sheffield read , Ev'n mitred Rochester would nod the head , 140 And St. John's felf ( great Dryden's friends before ) With open arms receiv'd one ...
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... praise he would not deny him to the world : and , as a proof of this disposition towards him , he had fent him the inclosed ; which was the CHARACTER , firft pub- lifhed feparately , and afterwards inferted in this place of the Epiít ...
... praise he would not deny him to the world : and , as a proof of this disposition towards him , he had fent him the inclosed ; which was the CHARACTER , firft pub- lifhed feparately , and afterwards inferted in this place of the Epiít ...
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Addiſon againſt alfo alludes alſo Author becauſe beſt Biſhop Boileau Brutus cauſe character circumftance Court defire Dryden Dunciad Engliſh Epiftle Ev'n ev'ry expreffion faid fame fatire fays feems fenfe fentiments feveral fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fome fool fpeaking ftill ftyle fubject fublime fuch fuperior genius greateſt himſelf Homer honour Horace Houſe Iliad imitation juft juſt King laft laſt lefs lines Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Hervey manners maſter moft moſt muft muſt nature NOTES numbers obferved occafion paffage paffions perfon pleaſe pleaſure Poem Poet poetry Pope Pope's praiſe prefent profe publiſhed purpoſe quæ quid quod raiſed reaſon Satire ſays ſeems Shakeſpear ſhe Sir Robert Sir Robert Walpole ſome ſpeak ſpirit ſtate ſtill ſtyle ſuch taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thouſand tranflation uſed verfe verſe Virgil Virtue Walpole WARBURTON WARTON whofe whoſe words write
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Side 93 - 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...
Side 36 - 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...
Side 21 - I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Side 413 - His similes are like pictures, where the principal figure has not only its proportion given agreeable to the original, but is also set off with occasional ornaments and prospects.
Side 215 - Nassau to Kneller's hand decreed To fix him graceful on the bounding Steed; So well in paint and stone they judg'd of merit: But Kings in Wit may want discerning spirit.
Side 11 - I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.
Side 89 - What? arm'd for virtue when I point the pen, Brand the bold front of shameless guilty men; Dash the proud gamester in his gilded car ; Bare the mean heart that lurks beneath a star ; Can there be wanting, to defend her cause, Lights of the Church, or guardians of the laws ? no Could pension'd Boileau lash in honest strain Flatt'rers and bigots ev'n in Louis
Side 353 - I touch thee ! but with honest zeal, To rouse the watchmen of the public weal, To virtue's work provoke the tardy hall, And goad the prelate, slumbering in his stall.
Side 15 - A virgin tragedy, an orphan muse.' If I dislike it, 'Furies, death and rage!' If I approve, 'Commend it to the stage.
Side 20 - It is the slaver kills, and not the bite. A fool quite angry is quite innocent: Alas! 'tis ten times worse when they repent. One dedicates in high heroic prose, And ridicules beyond a hundred...