The Rape of the Lock: And Other PoemsGinn, 1906 - 157 sider |
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Side ix
... spirit of the times in which he lived and to a forgetfulness of the special circumstances of his own life . Tried in a fair court by impartial judges Pope as a poet would be awarded a place , if not among the noblest singers , at least ...
... spirit of the times in which he lived and to a forgetfulness of the special circumstances of his own life . Tried in a fair court by impartial judges Pope as a poet would be awarded a place , if not among the noblest singers , at least ...
Side x
... of disaffection , political intrigue , and evasion of the law , most unfavorable for the development of that frank , courageous , and patriotic spirit for the lack of which Pope himself has so often been made the object X INTRODUCTION.
... of disaffection , political intrigue , and evasion of the law , most unfavorable for the development of that frank , courageous , and patriotic spirit for the lack of which Pope himself has so often been made the object X INTRODUCTION.
Side xix
... spirit of that opposition to the administration of Walpole and to the grow- ing influence of the commercial class , which was at once in- spired and directed by Bolingbroke . And yet it is exactly in the work of this period that we find ...
... spirit of that opposition to the administration of Walpole and to the grow- ing influence of the commercial class , which was at once in- spired and directed by Bolingbroke . And yet it is exactly in the work of this period that we find ...
Side xxi
... spirit , and , possibly under Warburton's influence , conceived the notion of combining and supplementing them to form that " Greater Essay on Man " of which he spoke to Spence , and of which Warburton himself has given us a detailed ...
... spirit , and , possibly under Warburton's influence , conceived the notion of combining and supplementing them to form that " Greater Essay on Man " of which he spoke to Spence , and of which Warburton himself has given us a detailed ...
Side xxiii
... spirit , is utterly out of accord with the facts of his life . Pope's faults of character lie on the surface , and the most perceptible is that which has done him most harm in the eyes of English - speaking men . He was by nature ...
... spirit , is utterly out of accord with the facts of his life . Pope's faults of character lie on the surface , and the most perceptible is that which has done him most harm in the eyes of English - speaking men . He was by nature ...
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abuse Addison admirable Æneid Alexander Pope ancient appeared Atalantis baron Bavius Beau beauty Belinda Bolingbroke called CANTO Dæmons Dryden dull Dunciad e'er enemies English Epistle Essay on Criticism ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame fate faults fools genius glitt'ring Gnome grace hack writers hair hand head heart Heav'n Hervey Homer honour Horace Iliad judgment Kings Lady Mary learning letters literature living Lock Lord Lord Hervey maid man's merit mind mock-heroic moral Muse nature never nymph o'er ombre once open vowels Paradise Lost passage passions pleas'd poem poet poet's poetry Pope Pope's day portrait pow'rs praise pride Queen Anne's day rage Rape Rosicrucian rules satire sense shining Sir Plume soul spirit spleen Swift Sylphs taste Thalestris things thou thought thro translation true trumps Twickenham Umbriel verse virgin wretched write
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Side 56 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Side 38 - And value books, as women men, for dress: Their praise is still, — The style is excellent; The sense, they humbly take upon content. Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.
Side 57 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutored mind Sees GOD in clouds, or hears Him in the wind ; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
Side 62 - That changed through all, and yet in all the same. Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame, Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees ; Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Side 10 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike.
Side 70 - 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...
Side 150 - She said; then raging to Sir Plume repairs, And bids her beau demand the precious hairs : (Sir Plume of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane...
Side 35 - Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is Pride, the never-failing vice of. fools.
Side 43 - Some bright idea of the master's mind, Where a new world leaps out at his command, And ready Nature waits upon his hand; When the ripe colours soften and unite, And sweetly melt into just shade and light; When mellowing years their full perfection give, And each bold figure just begins to live, The treacherous colours the fair art betray, And all the bright creation fades away!
Side 17 - The little engine on his fingers' ends ; This just behind Belinda's neck he spread, As o'er the fragrant steams she bends her head.