Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volumen1The author, 1745 |
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... me you could be better pleased to be fick again in Town , in my Company , than to be well in the Country without it ; and that you are more impa- 1 tient to be depriv'd of Happiness than of Health : tient of ALEXANDER POPE , Efq ; 31.
... me you could be better pleased to be fick again in Town , in my Company , than to be well in the Country without it ; and that you are more impa- 1 tient to be depriv'd of Happiness than of Health : tient of ALEXANDER POPE , Efq ; 31.
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... their Partizans . ' " " If you will be pleased to compare the Beginning : of the Sixth Canto with the reft of the Poem , you L £ 3 . will will easily fee that this Account which I have given of ALEXANDER POPE , Efq ; 53.
... their Partizans . ' " " If you will be pleased to compare the Beginning : of the Sixth Canto with the reft of the Poem , you L £ 3 . will will easily fee that this Account which I have given of ALEXANDER POPE , Efq ; 53.
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... pleased with the Labours of " thofe , who have improv'd our Language with the " Tranflation of old Greek and Latin Authors : We " have already most of their Historians in our Tongue , and what is more for the Honour of our " Language ...
... pleased with the Labours of " thofe , who have improv'd our Language with the " Tranflation of old Greek and Latin Authors : We " have already most of their Historians in our Tongue , and what is more for the Honour of our " Language ...
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... pleased with theCom- mand of a Royal Ship , better in all Refpects than my Lord Offory's , and of a Rate above what I could have pretended to ; for even he who was so much more confiderable on all Accounts , had only a Third Rate Ship ...
... pleased with theCom- mand of a Royal Ship , better in all Refpects than my Lord Offory's , and of a Rate above what I could have pretended to ; for even he who was so much more confiderable on all Accounts , had only a Third Rate Ship ...
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... pleased to extol this Tranflation of Homer ; 1 know not which I fhould most admire , fays he , the Juft- nefs of the Original ( where I fuppofe he means , the Juftness of the Original expreffed in the Tranflation ) or the Force and ...
... pleased to extol this Tranflation of Homer ; 1 know not which I fhould most admire , fays he , the Juft- nefs of the Original ( where I fuppofe he means , the Juftness of the Original expreffed in the Tranflation ) or the Force and ...
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Página 80 - With flying fingers touched the lyre : The trembling notes ascend the sky, And heavenly joys inspire. The song began from Jove, Who left his blissful seats above, (Such is the power of mighty love.) A dragon's fiery form belied the god : Sublime on radiant spires he rode, When he to fair Olympia...
Página 40 - Not half so swift the trembling doves can fly, When the fierce eagle cleaves the liquid sky ; Not half so swiftly the fierce eagle moves, "When thro...
Página 66 - Where a new world leaps out at his command, And ready nature waits upon his hand ; When the ripe colours...
Página 44 - Ev'n mighty Pam, that Kings and Queens o'erthrew And mow'd down armies in the fights of Lu, Sad chance of war!
Página 77 - Lo ! these were they, whose souls the Furies steel'd, And curs'd with hearts unknowing how to yield. Thus unlamented pass the proud away, The gaze of fools, and pageant of a day ! So perish all, whose breast ne'er learn'd to glow For others good, or melt at others woe.
Página 77 - To bear too tender or too firm a heart, To act a lover's or a Roman's part?
Página 45 - What boots the regal circle on his head, His giant limbs, in state unwieldy spread; That long behind he trails his pompous robe, And, of all monarchs...
Página 64 - Want as much more, to turn it to its use ; For wit and judgment often are at strife, Tho' meant each other's aid, like man and wife. Tis more to guide, than spur the Muse's steed; Restrain his fury, than provoke his speed: The winged courser, like a gen'rous horse, Shows most true mettle when you check his course.
Página 65 - Tis not a lip, or eye, we beauty call, But the joint force and full result of all. Thus when we view some well-proportion'd dome, (The world's just wonder, and ev'n thine, O Rome!) No single parts unequally surprise, All comes united to th' admiring eyes; No monstrous height, or breadth or length appear; The whole at once is bold and regular.
Página 45 - Of broken Troops an easy Conquest find. Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, in wild Disorder seen, With Throngs promiscuous strow the level Green.