The Rape of the Lock: And Other PoemsGinn, 1906 - 157 páginas |
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... translation of Homer . " What led me into that , " he told a friend long after , " was purely the want of money . I had then none ; not even to buy books . " It seems that about this time , 1713 , Pope's father had experienced some ...
... translation of Homer . " What led me into that , " he told a friend long after , " was purely the want of money . I had then none ; not even to buy books . " It seems that about this time , 1713 , Pope's father had experienced some ...
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... translation appeared almost simul- taneously . Tickell , one of Addison's " little senate , ” had also begun a translation of the Iliad , and although he announced in the preface that he intended to withdraw in favor of Pope and take up ...
... translation appeared almost simul- taneously . Tickell , one of Addison's " little senate , ” had also begun a translation of the Iliad , and although he announced in the preface that he intended to withdraw in favor of Pope and take up ...
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... translation of Homer , and with the assistance of a pair of friends , got out a version of the Odyssey in 1725. Like the Iliad , this was published by subscription , and as in the former case the greatest men in England were eager to ...
... translation of Homer , and with the assistance of a pair of friends , got out a version of the Odyssey in 1725. Like the Iliad , this was published by subscription , and as in the former case the greatest men in England were eager to ...
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... translated into English . Its author , Pierre de Crousaz , maintained , and with a considerable degree of truth , that the principles of Pope's poem if pushed to their logical conclusion were destructive to religion and would rank their ...
... translated into English . Its author , Pierre de Crousaz , maintained , and with a considerable degree of truth , that the principles of Pope's poem if pushed to their logical conclusion were destructive to religion and would rank their ...
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... translation of Odyssey . 1725 Edits Shakespeare . 1726 Finishes translation of Odyssey . 1727-8 Miscellanies by Pope and Swift . 1728-9 Dunciad . 1731-2 Moral Essays : Of Taste , Of the Use of Riches . 1733-4 Essay on Man . 1733-8 ...
... translation of Odyssey . 1725 Edits Shakespeare . 1726 Finishes translation of Odyssey . 1727-8 Miscellanies by Pope and Swift . 1728-9 Dunciad . 1731-2 Moral Essays : Of Taste , Of the Use of Riches . 1733-4 Essay on Man . 1733-8 ...
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abuse Addison admirable Æneid Alexander Pope ancient appeared Atalantis baron Bavius Beau beauty Belinda Bolingbroke called CANTO Dæmons Dryden dull Dunciad e'er enemies English Epistle Essay on Criticism ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame fate faults fools genius glitt'ring Gnome grace hack writers hair hand head heart Heav'n Hervey Homer honour Horace Iliad judgment Kings Lady Mary learning letters literature living Lock Lord Lord Hervey maid man's merit mind mock-heroic moral Muse nature never nymph o'er ombre once open vowels Paradise Lost passage passions pleas'd poem poet poet's poetry Pope Pope's day portrait pow'rs praise pride Queen Anne's day rage Rape Rosicrucian rules satire sense shining Sir Plume soul spirit spleen Swift Sylphs taste Thalestris things thou thought thro translation true trumps Twickenham Umbriel verse virgin wretched write
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Página 56 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Página 38 - And value books, as women men, for dress: Their praise is still, — The style is excellent; The sense, they humbly take upon content. Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.
Página 57 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutored mind Sees GOD in clouds, or hears Him in the wind ; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
Página 62 - That changed through all, and yet in all the same. Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame, Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees ; Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Página 10 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike.
Página 70 - Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, 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...
Página 150 - She said; then raging to Sir Plume repairs, And bids her beau demand the precious hairs : (Sir Plume of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane...
Página 35 - Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is Pride, the never-failing vice of. fools.
Página 43 - Some bright idea of the master's mind, Where a new world leaps out at his command, And ready Nature waits upon his hand; When the ripe colours soften and unite, And sweetly melt into just shade and light; When mellowing years their full perfection give, And each bold figure just begins to live, The treacherous colours the fair art betray, And all the bright creation fades away!
Página 17 - The little engine on his fingers' ends ; This just behind Belinda's neck he spread, As o'er the fragrant steams she bends her head.