The works of Alexander Pope; with a memoir of the author, notes [&c.] by G. Croly, Volumen11835 |
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... Dunciad made the critic ridiculous for ever . * Every man who lives largely in society becomes . * This edition was comparatively unproductive : Shakspeare was then more honored than known : Garrick's acting was yet to restore him to ...
... Dunciad made the critic ridiculous for ever . * Every man who lives largely in society becomes . * This edition was comparatively unproductive : Shakspeare was then more honored than known : Garrick's acting was yet to restore him to ...
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... ; ' and adds , that Pope discovered by a trick that he was a spy of the court , and never afterwards considered him as a man worthy of confidence . ' 6 ( The preparation for the Dunciad ' was still going MEMOIR OF POPE . lxi.
... ; ' and adds , that Pope discovered by a trick that he was a spy of the court , and never afterwards considered him as a man worthy of confidence . ' 6 ( The preparation for the Dunciad ' was still going MEMOIR OF POPE . lxi.
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... Dunciad , ' such as the writer chose to acknowlege it , in the Dedi- cation to lord Middlesex , in the name of Savage : - I will relate the war of the dunces , for so it has been commonly called , which began in the year 1727 , and ...
... Dunciad , ' such as the writer chose to acknowlege it , in the Dedi- cation to lord Middlesex , in the name of Savage : - I will relate the war of the dunces , for so it has been commonly called , which began in the year 1727 , and ...
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... Dunciad ; ' and he gave thought it a happiness , that , by the late flood of slander on himself , he had acquired such a pecu- liar right over their names as was necessary to this design . ' On the 12th of March , 1729 , at St. James's ...
... Dunciad ; ' and he gave thought it a happiness , that , by the late flood of slander on himself , he had acquired such a pecu- liar right over their names as was necessary to this design . ' On the 12th of March , 1729 , at St. James's ...
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... Dunciad ; ' on the other side , the booksellers and hawkers made as great efforts to procure it . ' Many ludicrous circumstances attended it . The dunces ( for by this name they were called ) held weekly clubs , to consult of ...
... Dunciad ; ' on the other side , the booksellers and hawkers made as great efforts to procure it . ' Many ludicrous circumstances attended it . The dunces ( for by this name they were called ) held weekly clubs , to consult of ...
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acknowleged Addison Æneid ALEXANDER POPE alike Arbuthnot Ariel arts Belinda bless'd bliss Bolingbroke breast breath Catiline character chief Curll death divine Dunciad earth edition England Epistle equal Essay ev'n evil eyes fame fate father feel fix'd fool fortune friendship give gnomes grace hair Halifax happiness head heart Heaven heroes Homer honor hope human Iliad Irenæus John Searle king knowlege less letters live lock lord lord Bolingbroke lord Halifax man's mankind mind moral nature nature's never nymph o'er ourselves to know passage passion pleasure poem poet poetic poetry Pope Pope's praise pride published quarto Rape reason rise Roman Rosicrucian satire says self-love Shakspeare Sir Plume skies soul Spence spirit Swift sylphs taste temple Thalestris thee things thou translation true truth Twickenham Umbriel verses vice virtue Voltaire volume Warburton Warton whole wisdom wise
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Página 108 - Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of the British Queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes; At ev'ry word a reputation dies.
Página 19 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Página 18 - The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed today, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Página 56 - In faith and hope the world will disagree, But all mankind's concern is charity : All must be false that thwart this one great end, And all of God that bless mankind or mend. Man, like the generous vine, supported lives ; The strength he gains is from th
Página 50 - Go, from the creatures thy instructions take : Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield ; Learn from the beasts the physic of the field ; Thy arts of building from the bee receive; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave ; Learn of the little Nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.
Página 100 - And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box.
Página 69 - What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy, The soul's calm sunshine, and the heart-felt joy, Is virtue's prize: A better would you fix?
Página 70 - Honour and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honour lies. Fortune in men has some small difference made, One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade ; The cobbler apron'd, and the parson gown'd, The friar hooded, and the monarch crown'd. " What differ more (you cry) than crown and cowl !" I'll tell you, friend ! a wise man and a fool.
Página 102 - 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 94 - The Rosicrucians are a people I must bring you acquainted with. The best account I know of them is in a French book, called Le Comte de Gabalis, which both in its title and size is so like a Novel, that many of the Fair Sex have read it for one by mistake.