The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volumen1J. and P. Knapton, H. Lintot, J. and R. Tonson, and S. Draper, 1751 - 274 páginas |
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Página iii
... hand can fet them in fo good a " light , & c . " Let . cxx . to Mr. W , - : + " I also give and bequeath to the faid Mr. " Warburton , the property of all fuch of my Works already printed as he hath written or shall write Commentaries ...
... hand can fet them in fo good a " light , & c . " Let . cxx . to Mr. W , - : + " I also give and bequeath to the faid Mr. " Warburton , the property of all fuch of my Works already printed as he hath written or shall write Commentaries ...
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... hand , he delivered to the Editor a little before his death . The Juvenile tranflations , in the other part of the SE COND Volume , it was never his inten- tion to bring into this Edition of his Works , on account of the levity of fome ...
... hand , he delivered to the Editor a little before his death . The Juvenile tranflations , in the other part of the SE COND Volume , it was never his inten- tion to bring into this Edition of his Works , on account of the levity of fome ...
Página xi
... hand , no fingle man is born with a right of controuling the opinions of all the reft ; fo on the other , the world has no title to de- mand , that the whole care and time of any parti- cular perfon fhould be facrificed to its ...
... hand , no fingle man is born with a right of controuling the opinions of all the reft ; fo on the other , the world has no title to de- mand , that the whole care and time of any parti- cular perfon fhould be facrificed to its ...
Página xi
... hands . We have no cause to quarrel with them but for their ob- ftinacy in perfifting to write ; and this too may ad- mit of alleviating circumftances . Their particular friends may be either ignorant , or infincere ; and the rest of ...
... hands . We have no cause to quarrel with them but for their ob- ftinacy in perfifting to write ; and this too may ad- mit of alleviating circumftances . Their particular friends may be either ignorant , or infincere ; and the rest of ...
Página xi
... hand , a good Poet no fooner com- municates his works with the fame defire of infor mation , but it is imagined he is a vain young crea- ture given up to the ambition of fame ; when per- > haps the poor man is all the while trembling ...
... hand , a good Poet no fooner com- municates his works with the fame defire of infor mation , but it is imagined he is a vain young crea- ture given up to the ambition of fame ; when per- > haps the poor man is all the while trembling ...
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Página 148 - The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, And wretches hang that jurymen may dine; The merchant from th' Exchange returns in peace, And the long labours of the toilet cease.
Página 150 - He springs to vengeance with an eager pace, And falls like thunder on the prostrate ace. The nymph exulting fills with shouts the sky...
Página 141 - 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. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all. This nymph, to the destruction of mankind, Nourished two locks, which graceful hung behind In equal curls, and well conspired to deck With...
Página 167 - The Lock, obtain'd with Guilt, and kept with Pain, In ev'ry place is sought, but sought in vain: With such a Prize no Mortal must be blest, So Heav'n decrees!
Página 140 - And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box. The tortoise here and elephant unite, Transform'd to combs, the speckled and the white.
Página 83 - HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground ; Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in Summer yield him shade, In Winter fire.
Página 117 - Where a new world leaps out at his command, And ready nature waits upon his hand ; When the ripe colours...
Página 111 - Jove Now burns with glory, and then melts with love; Now his fierce eyes with sparkling fury glow, Now sighs steal out, and tears begin to flow: Persians and Greeks like turns of nature found.
Página 154 - What Time would spare, from Steel receives its date, And monuments, like men, submit to fate ! Steel could the labour of the Gods destroy, And strike to dust th' imperial tow'rs of Troy; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground.
Página 69 - Till the freed Indians in their native groves Reap their own fruits, and woo their sable loves ; Peru once more a race of kings behold, And other Mexicos be roof'd with gold.