The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. In Verse and Prose: Containing the Principal Notes of Drs. Warburton and Warton: Illustrations, and Critical and Explanatory Remarks, by Johnson, Wakefield, A. Chalmers, F.S.A. and Others. To which are Added, Now First Published, Some Original Letters, with Additional Observations, and Memoirs of the Life of the Author, Volum 4J. Johnson, J. Nichols and Son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and Son ... [and 24 others], 1806 |
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... thing pleaf- ing , it will be that by which I am most defirous to pleafe , the Truth , and the Sentiment ; and if any thing offenfive , it will be only to those I am least forry to offend , the vicious , or the ungenerous . B 2 Many ...
... thing pleaf- ing , it will be that by which I am most defirous to pleafe , the Truth , and the Sentiment ; and if any thing offenfive , it will be only to those I am least forry to offend , the vicious , or the ungenerous . B 2 Many ...
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... thing new , or re- markable in the flate of the flage , as Mr. Bays might think proper to make . " He then defcribes a fuccefsful fally in ridiculing the introduc- tion of the Mummy and Crocodile , in an entertainment acted about that ...
... thing new , or re- markable in the flate of the flage , as Mr. Bays might think proper to make . " He then defcribes a fuccefsful fally in ridiculing the introduc- tion of the Mummy and Crocodile , in an entertainment acted about that ...
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... thing of Colley's " anfwer to this line . VER . 98. free mafons Moore ? ] He was of this fociety , and frequently headed their proceffions . WARBURTON . VER . 98. His butchers Eenley , ] This alludes to Henley , com- monly called Orator ...
... thing of Colley's " anfwer to this line . VER . 98. free mafons Moore ? ] He was of this fociety , and frequently headed their proceffions . WARBURTON . VER . 98. His butchers Eenley , ] This alludes to Henley , com- monly called Orator ...
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... thing , but in the cost- linefs of his facrifices . But if the Greeks cried down Cicero , the Italian Critics knew ... things in flore . In a letter to Thuanus , fpeaking of two of them , Clavius and Lipfius , he calls the first a ...
... thing , but in the cost- linefs of his facrifices . But if the Greeks cried down Cicero , the Italian Critics knew ... things in flore . In a letter to Thuanus , fpeaking of two of them , Clavius and Lipfius , he calls the first a ...
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... things , we know , are neither rich nor rare , But wonder how the devil they got there . Were NOTES . ego tuorum unquam ... thing ; but , at the fame time , " Tam ficti pravique tenax , quam nuncia veri . " The confcioufnefs of his own ...
... things , we know , are neither rich nor rare , But wonder how the devil they got there . Were NOTES . ego tuorum unquam ... thing ; but , at the fame time , " Tam ficti pravique tenax , quam nuncia veri . " The confcioufnefs of his own ...
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Addiſon againſt alfo alludes Author becauſe beſt Boileau Brutus caufe cauſe character circumftance Court defire Dryden Dunciad Effay Elijah Fenton Epiftle ev'n ev'ry expreffion faid fame fatire fays feems fenfe fentiments feveral fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fome fometimes fool fpeak fpirit ftill ftyle fubject fuch fuperior genius himſelf Homer honour Horace houſe Iliad imitation juſt King laft laſt leaſt lefs letter lines Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Hervey mafter manner minifter moft moſt muſt nature never NOTES numbers obferved occafion paffage paffions perfon Pindar pleaſe pleaſure poem Poet poetry Pope Pope's praiſe prefent profe publiſhed purpoſe quæ quid quod raiſed reaſon refpect ridicule Satire ſay Shakeſpear Sir Robert Walpole ſpeak ſtate ſtill ſtyle ſuch Swift thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tranflation uſed verfe verſe Virgil Virtue Walpole WARBURTON WARTON whofe whoſe words write
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Side 45 - d by ev'ry quill ; Fed with soft dedication all day long, Horace and he went hand in hand in song.
Side 119 - For gain, not glory, wing'd his roving flight, And grew Immortal in his own despite.
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 56 - A Cherub's face, a reptile all the rest; Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust; Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.
Side 165 - 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 391 - That the Earl of Halifax was one of the first to favour me; of whom it is hard to say whether the advancement of the polite arts is more owing to his generosity or his example...
Side 56 - As shallow streams run dimpling all the way, Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad!
Side 65 - Me, let the tender office long engage To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death; Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep a while one parent from the sky ! On cares like these, if length of days attend, May Heaven, to bless those days, preserve my friend!
Side 309 - 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 353 - For we find thofe authors who have been offended at the literal notion of the Gods, conftantly laying their accufation againft Homer as the chief fupport of it. But whatever caufe there might be to blame his machines in a philofophical...