The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and proseJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... myself between ? 50 Some Wag obferves me thus perplext , And smiling , whispers to the next , " I thought the Dean had been too proud , " To juftle here among the croud . " Another in a furly fit , Tells me I have more Zeal than Wit ...
... myself between ? 50 Some Wag obferves me thus perplext , And smiling , whispers to the next , " I thought the Dean had been too proud , " To juftle here among the croud . " Another in a furly fit , Tells me I have more Zeal than Wit ...
Side 50
... myself , He Loves ! Such unfeign'd Paffion in his Looks appears , I lose all Mem❜ry of my former Fears ; My panting heart confeffes all his charms , I yield at once , and fink into his arms ; Think of that moment , you who Prudence ...
... myself , He Loves ! Such unfeign'd Paffion in his Looks appears , I lose all Mem❜ry of my former Fears ; My panting heart confeffes all his charms , I yield at once , and fink into his arms ; Think of that moment , you who Prudence ...
Side 94
... myself secure within the facred walls of this Palace . It has been my good fortune to " have feen all the grand Phænomena of Nature , " excepting an Earthquake , which I waited for in " Naples three years in vain ; and now by means " of ...
... myself secure within the facred walls of this Palace . It has been my good fortune to " have feen all the grand Phænomena of Nature , " excepting an Earthquake , which I waited for in " Naples three years in vain ; and now by means " of ...
Side 137
... myself ; though it may be fome difpute to pofle- rity . What is yours and your Mafter's profeffion ? " It is our bufinefs to imbrue our hands in blood ' ' 4 we cut off the heads , and pull out the hearts of " those that never injured us ...
... myself ; though it may be fome difpute to pofle- rity . What is yours and your Mafter's profeffion ? " It is our bufinefs to imbrue our hands in blood ' ' 4 we cut off the heads , and pull out the hearts of " those that never injured us ...
Side 138
... myself your Worship's humble Servant . " The Juftice ftared , the Landlord and Landlady lifted up their eyes , and Martin fretted , while Crambe talk'd in this rambling incoherent man- ner ; till at length Martin begg'd to be heard . It ...
... myself your Worship's humble Servant . " The Juftice ftared , the Landlord and Landlady lifted up their eyes , and Martin fretted , while Crambe talk'd in this rambling incoherent man- ner ; till at length Martin begg'd to be heard . It ...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and prose Alexander Pope Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1752 |
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Side 328 - We shall hereby extenuate many faults which are his, and clear him from the imputation of many which are not...
Side 299 - If a council be called, or a battle fought, you are not coldly informed of what was said or done as from a third person; the reader is hurried out of himself by the force of the poet's imagination, and turns in one place to a hearer, in another to a spectator.
Side 323 - However, had he translated the whole work, I would no more have attempted Homer after him than Virgil, his Version of whom (notwithstanding some human errors) is the most noble and spirited translation I know in any language.
Side 299 - If some things are too luxuriant it is owing to the richness of the soil; and if others are not arrived to perfection or maturity, it is only because they are overrun and oppressed by those of a stronger nature.
Side 44 - ... twixt reading and Bohea, To muse, and spill her solitary Tea, Or o'er cold coffee trifle with the spoon, Count the slow clock, and dine exact at noon; Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire, Hum half a tune, tell stories to the squire; Up to her godly garret after sev'n, There starve and pray, for that's the way to heav'n.
Side 307 - Aristotle had reason to say, he was the only poet who had found out living words ; there are in him more daring figures and metaphors than in any good author whatever. An arrow is impatient to be on the wing, a weapon thirsts to drink the blood of an enemy, and the like.
Side 346 - I will conclude by saying of Shakespear, that with all his faults, and with all the irregularity of his drama, one may look upon his works, in comparison of those that are more...
Side 339 - ... till after his death. The whole number of genuine plays, which we have been able to find printed in his lifetime, amounts but to eleven.
Side 12 - And that they ne'er consider'd yet. ' Good Mr. Dean, go change your gown, Let my lord know you're come to town.
Side 293 - ... masters, being wholly unconfined, and painting at pleasure, may be thought to have given a full idea of what they esteemed most excellent in this way. These (one may observe) consist entirely of the useful part of horticulture, fruit-trees, herbs, water, &c.