The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volum 6J. and P. Knapton [and others], 1751 |
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Side 45
... head - achs , or the want of rhyme ) Stands in the streets , abftracted from the crew , And while he seems to ftudy , thinks of you ; Juft when his fancy points your sprightly eyes , 45 Or fees the blush of foft Parthenia rife , Gay ...
... head - achs , or the want of rhyme ) Stands in the streets , abftracted from the crew , And while he seems to ftudy , thinks of you ; Juft when his fancy points your sprightly eyes , 45 Or fees the blush of foft Parthenia rife , Gay ...
Side 48
... Head afide , A Rival's envy ( all in vain ) to hide . 40 This Snuff - Box , - on the Hinge fee Brilliants shine : This Snuff - Box will I ftake ; the Prize is mine . CARDELIA . Alas ! far leffer loffes than I bear , Have made a Soldier ...
... Head afide , A Rival's envy ( all in vain ) to hide . 40 This Snuff - Box , - on the Hinge fee Brilliants shine : This Snuff - Box will I ftake ; the Prize is mine . CARDELIA . Alas ! far leffer loffes than I bear , Have made a Soldier ...
Side 87
... head , Lies one who ne'er car'd , and ftill cares not a pin What they faid , or may fay of the mortal within : But , who living and dying , ferene ftill and free , Trufts in GOD , that as well as he was , he fhall be . 1G4 ADEE & It ma ...
... head , Lies one who ne'er car'd , and ftill cares not a pin What they faid , or may fay of the mortal within : But , who living and dying , ferene ftill and free , Trufts in GOD , that as well as he was , he fhall be . 1G4 ADEE & It ma ...
Side 97
... Head of a different Caft from his family . His wife , was a Lady of fingular beauty , whom not for that reason only he efpoufed , but because she was undoubted daughter either of the great Scri- verius , or of Gafpar Barthius . It ...
... Head of a different Caft from his family . His wife , was a Lady of fingular beauty , whom not for that reason only he efpoufed , but because she was undoubted daughter either of the great Scri- verius , or of Gafpar Barthius . It ...
Side 102
... head . its colour was white , he took it at first fight for a Swan , and was concluding his fon would be a Poet : but on a nearer view , he perceived it to be fpeckled with black , in the form of letters ; and that it was indeed a Paper ...
... head . its colour was white , he took it at first fight for a Swan , and was concluding his fon would be a Poet : but on a nearer view , he perceived it to be fpeckled with black , in the form of letters ; and that it was indeed a Paper ...
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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.