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 vii
... most infignificant of all Dunces , bad Rymers and malevolent Cavillers : That he ought to raise and enoble it by pointing his Satire against the most per- nicious of all , Minute - philofophers and Free - thinkers . I imagined , too ...
... most infignificant of all Dunces , bad Rymers and malevolent Cavillers : That he ought to raise and enoble it by pointing his Satire against the most per- nicious of all , Minute - philofophers and Free - thinkers . I imagined , too ...
Página viii
... most un- feigned pleasure . The SIXTH Volume confifts of Mr. Pope's mifcellaneous pieces in verse and profe . Amongst the Verfe feveral fine poems make now their first appearance in his Works . And of the Profe , all that is good , and ...
... most un- feigned pleasure . The SIXTH Volume confifts of Mr. Pope's mifcellaneous pieces in verse and profe . Amongst the Verfe feveral fine poems make now their first appearance in his Works . And of the Profe , all that is good , and ...
Página xi
... most part , is to please his Readers , and he fails merely through the misfortune of an ill judgment ; but fuch a Critic's is to put them out of humor ; a defign he could never go upon without both that and an ill temper . I think a ...
... most part , is to please his Readers , and he fails merely through the misfortune of an ill judgment ; but fuch a Critic's is to put them out of humor ; a defign he could never go upon without both that and an ill temper . I think a ...
Página xi
... most knowing , he is as fure of being envied by the worst and most ignorant , which are the majo- rity ; for it is with a fine Genius as with a fine fa- fhion , all thofe are difpleased at it who are not able to follow it : and it is to ...
... most knowing , he is as fure of being envied by the worst and most ignorant , which are the majo- rity ; for it is with a fine Genius as with a fine fa- fhion , all thofe are difpleased at it who are not able to follow it : and it is to ...
Página xi
... most powerfully bent ; and it was the business of their lives to correct and finish their works for pofterity . If we can pretend to have used the same induftry , let us expect the fame immortality : Tho ' if we took the fame care , we ...
... most powerfully bent ; and it was the business of their lives to correct and finish their works for pofterity . If we can pretend to have used the same induftry , let us expect the fame immortality : Tho ' if we took the fame care , we ...
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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.