The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: The DunciadJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 100
Página iii
... Poem . Such Notes as have occurred to me I herewith fend you : You will oblige me by inferting them amongst those which are , or will be , tranfmitted to you by others ; fince not only the Author's friends , but even ftrangers , appear ...
... Poem . Such Notes as have occurred to me I herewith fend you : You will oblige me by inferting them amongst those which are , or will be , tranfmitted to you by others ; fince not only the Author's friends , but even ftrangers , appear ...
Página vi
... Poem is , that the perfons are too obfcure for fatire . The perfons themselves , rather than allow the objection , would forgive the fatire ; and if one could be tempted to afford it a ferious anfwer , were not all affaffinates ...
... Poem is , that the perfons are too obfcure for fatire . The perfons themselves , rather than allow the objection , would forgive the fatire ; and if one could be tempted to afford it a ferious anfwer , were not all affaffinates ...
Página viii
... Poem , has mercifully given them a little of both . There are two or three , who by their rank and fortune have no benefit from the former objections , fuppofing them good , and these I was forry to see in fuch company . But if ...
... Poem , has mercifully given them a little of both . There are two or three , who by their rank and fortune have no benefit from the former objections , fuppofing them good , and these I was forry to see in fuch company . But if ...
Página x
... poems , our author has only in this I dare answer for him he will do it in no more ; and on this principle , of attacking ... Poem himself , I may Effay on Criticifm , in French verfe , by General Hamilton ; the fame , in verfe alfo , by ...
... poems , our author has only in this I dare answer for him he will do it in no more ; and on this principle , of attacking ... Poem himself , I may Effay on Criticifm , in French verfe , by General Hamilton ; the fame , in verfe alfo , by ...
Página xii
... Poem , thofe alone are capable of doing it juftice , who , to use the words of a great writer , know how hard it is ( with regard both to his fubject and his manner ) VETUSTIS DARE NOVITA- TEM , OBSOLETIS NITOREM , OBSCURIS LUCEM ...
... Poem , thofe alone are capable of doing it juftice , who , to use the words of a great writer , know how hard it is ( with regard both to his fubject and his manner ) VETUSTIS DARE NOVITA- TEM , OBSOLETIS NITOREM , OBSCURIS LUCEM ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
abufed abuſe Advertiſements Æneid affures againſt alfo ancient Bavius becauſe Bookfellers call'd called caufe cauſe character Cibber Codrus Concanen Criticiſm Critics Curl Dæmon Dennis Dryden dull Dulneſs Dunce Dunciad Edition Effay Eridanus ev'ry faid fame fatire fays fecond feem fhall fhew fhould fince fing firft firſt fome fons foon former Edd ftill fubject fuch fure genius Gildon Goddeſs greateſt hath Heav'n Hero himſelf Homer honour ibid Iliad IMITATIONS Journal King laft laſt learned lefs Letter LEWIS THEOBALD loft Lord Mift's moft moſt Mufe muft muſt never NOTES o'er occafion octavo Ovid perfons Philofophy pleaſure poem Poet Poetry Pope Pope's praiſe Pref prefent printed profe publiſhed racter reaſon reft reſtore SCRIBL Scriblerus Shakeſpear ſhall ſpeak thee thefe Theobald theſe things thofe thor thoſe thou thro tranflation underſtand uſed verfe verſe Virg Virgil whofe whoſe word writ writing
Pasajes populares
Página xxi - And here give me leave to mention what Monsieur Boileau has so well enlarged upon in the preface to his works: That wit and fine writing doth not consist so much in advancing things that are new, as in giving things that are known an agreeable turn.
Página 167 - The moon-struck prophet felt the madding hour : Then rose the seed of Chaos, and of Night, To blot out order, and extinguish light, Of dull and venal a new world to mould, And bring Saturnian days of lead and gold.
Página 227 - Night primaeval and of Chaos old ! Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sick'ning stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus
Página 134 - My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho' deep, yet clear ; tho' gentle, yet not dull ; Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Página 192 - For thee we dim the eyes, and stuff the head With all such reading as was never read : For thee explain a thing till all men doubt it, And write about it, goddess, and about it : So spins the silkworm small its slender store, And labours till it clouds itself all o'er.
Página 159 - This piece was received with greater applause than was ever known. Besides being acted in London sixtythree days without interruption, and renewed the next season with equal applause, it spread into all the great towns of England; was played in many places to the thirtieth and fortieth time ; at Bath and Bristol fifty, &c.
Página 146 - Thence a new world to Nature's laws unknown, Breaks out refulgent, with a heav'n its own : Another Cynthia her new journey runs, And other planets circle other suns. The forests dance, the rivers upward rise 245 Whales sport in woods, and dolphins in the skies ; And last, to give the whole creation grace, Lo ! one vast egg produces human race. Joy fills his soul, joy innocent of thought ; What pow'r, he cries, what pow'r these wonders wrought?
Página 180 - When Reason doubtful, like the Samian letter, Points him two ways, the narrower is the better. Plac'd at the door of Learning, youth to guide, We never suffer it to stand too wide.
Página 27 - Round him much embryo, much abortion lay, Much future ode, and abdicated play...
Página 159 - The person who acted Polly, till then obscure, became all at Once the favourite of the town; her pictures were engraved, and...