The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volum 6J. and P. Knapton [and others], 1751 |
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Side 13
... should I thrust 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 . " 55 Another in a furly fit , Tells me I have ...
... should I thrust 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 . " 55 Another in a furly fit , Tells me I have ...
Side 31
... should think that verse shall die , Which founds the Silver Thames along , Taught , on the wings of Truth to fly Above the reach of vulgar song ; Tho ' daring Milton fits fublime , In Spencer native Muses play ; Nor yet shall Waller ...
... should think that verse shall die , Which founds the Silver Thames along , Taught , on the wings of Truth to fly Above the reach of vulgar song ; Tho ' daring Milton fits fublime , In Spencer native Muses play ; Nor yet shall Waller ...
Side 40
... should the Muses bid my numbers roll Strong as their charms , and gentle as their foul ; With Zeuxis ' Helen thy Bridgewater vie , And these be fung ' till Granville's Myra die ; Alas ! how little from the grave we claim ! Thou but ...
... should the Muses bid my numbers roll Strong as their charms , and gentle as their foul ; With Zeuxis ' Helen thy Bridgewater vie , And these be fung ' till Granville's Myra die ; Alas ! how little from the grave we claim ! Thou but ...
Side 101
... should prove a very voluminous Writer . Likewife a * Crab- tree that had been hitherto barren , appeared on a fudden laden with a vast quantity of Crabs : This fign alfo the old gentleman imagined to be a prog- noftic of the acutenefs ...
... should prove a very voluminous Writer . Likewife a * Crab- tree that had been hitherto barren , appeared on a fudden laden with a vast quantity of Crabs : This fign alfo the old gentleman imagined to be a prog- noftic of the acutenefs ...
Side 104
... should he not have the per- " fection of a Drill , or of any other animal ? " Mrs. Scriblerus , who lay all this while fretting at her hufband's difcourfe , at laft broke out to this purpose . My dear , I have had many disputes with you ...
... should he not have the per- " fection of a Drill , or of any other animal ? " Mrs. Scriblerus , who lay all this while fretting at her hufband's difcourfe , at laft broke out to this purpose . My dear , I have had many disputes with you ...
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Side 325 - ... to consider him attentively in comparison with Virgil above all the ancients, and with Milton above all the moderns.
Side 313 - Who can be so prejudiced in their favour as to magnify the felicity of those ages, when a spirit of revenge and cruelty, joined with the practice of rapine and robbery, reigned through the world ; when no mercy was...
Side 303 - How fertile will that imagination appear which was able to clothe all the properties of elements, the qualifications of the mind, the virtues and vices, in forms and persons, and to introduce them into actions agreeable to the nature of the things they shadowed?
Side 278 - I CANNOT think it extravagant to imagine that mankind are no less in proportion accountable for the ill use of their dominion over creatures of the lower rank of beings than for the exercise of tyranny over their own species.
Side 331 - ... something between penetration and felicity, he hits upon that particular point on which the bent of each argument turns, or the force of each motive depends.
Side 334 - ... upon the judgments of that body of men whereof he was a member. They have ever had a standard to themselves, upon other principles than those of Aristotle.
Side 310 - ... of a trumpet. They roll along as a plentiful river, always in motion, and always full ; while we are borne away by a tide of...
Side 289 - Nay, to that perfection is he arrived, that he stoops as he walks. The figure of the man is odd enough; he is a lively little creature, with long arms and legs : a spider is no ill emblem of him : he has been taken at a distance for a small windmill.
Side 300 - 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 45 - ... 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.