The works of Alexander Pope. With a selection of explanatory notes, and the account of his life by dr. Johnson, Volumen11812 |
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... appear to have ever made much use in his subsequent studies . He then returned to Binfield , and delighted him- self with his own poetry . He tried all styles and many subjects . He wrote a comedy , a tragedy , an epick poem , with ...
... appear to have ever made much use in his subsequent studies . He then returned to Binfield , and delighted him- self with his own poetry . He tried all styles and many subjects . He wrote a comedy , a tragedy , an epick poem , with ...
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... appears to have been sufficiently extensive and multifarious ; for his early pieces shew , with sufficient evidence , his knowledge of books . He that is pleased with himself easily imagines that he shall please others . Sir William ...
... appears to have been sufficiently extensive and multifarious ; for his early pieces shew , with sufficient evidence , his knowledge of books . He that is pleased with himself easily imagines that he shall please others . Sir William ...
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... appear natural ; but if this order be reversed , another mode of connexion equally specious may be found or made . Aristotle is praised for naming fortitude first of the cardinal virtues , as that without which no other virtue can ...
... appear natural ; but if this order be reversed , another mode of connexion equally specious may be found or made . Aristotle is praised for naming fortitude first of the cardinal virtues , as that without which no other virtue can ...
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... appear that she had any claim to praise , nor much to com- passion . She seems to have been impatient , violent , and ungovernable . Her uncle's power could not have lasted long ; the hour of liberty and choice would have come in time ...
... appear that she had any claim to praise , nor much to com- passion . She seems to have been impatient , violent , and ungovernable . Her uncle's power could not have lasted long ; the hour of liberty and choice would have come in time ...
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... appears that about this time Pope had a strong inclination to unite the art of painting with that of poetry , and put himself under the tuition of Jervas . He was near - sighted , and therefore not formed by nature for a painter : he ...
... appears that about this time Pope had a strong inclination to unite the art of painting with that of poetry , and put himself under the tuition of Jervas . He was near - sighted , and therefore not formed by nature for a painter : he ...
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Addison afterwards ALEXANDER POPE ancient appear bard beauties Blest Bolingbroke bright censure character courser critics crown'd Cynthus DAPHNIS delight Dryden Dunciad Eclogues Epistle epitaph Essay Essay on Criticism Eurydice ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame fire flame flocks flow'rs forest friendship genius glory grace groves heart heav'n Homer honour Iliad imitation immortal Isaiah labour lays learning letters living Lord Lord Bathurst Lord Bolingbroke LORD LANSDOWN lyre mankind mind muse muse's nature never numbers nymph o'er once passion pastoral plain poem poet poetry Pope Pope's pow'r praise pride publick published racter rage resound rise sacred SATIRE SATIRE'S scene seems SEMICHORUS sense shade shepherds shew shine sing skies smile soft spring strains streams STREPHON swains Swift sylvan thee Theocritus thou thought tion translation trees trembling truth verse Virg Virgil virtue virtue's Warburton write written
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Página 130 - 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 xlv - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head. Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies...
Página 145 - While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind : But more...
Página li - Then he instructed a young nobleman, that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope (a Papist), who had begun a translation of Homer into English verse, for which he must have them all subscribe. "For," says he, "the author shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for him.
Página cxii - Dryden knew more of man in his general nature, and Pope in his local manners. The notions of Dryden were formed by comprehensive speculation, and those of Pope by minute attention. There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden, and more certainty in that of Pope.
Página 137 - Ten Censure wrong for one who Writes amiss ; A Fool might once himself alone expose, Now One in Verse makes many more in Prose.
Página lxxxii - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Página 145 - A little learning is a dangerous thing ; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring : There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again.
Página 130 - 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. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years slide soft away, In health of body, peace of mind. Quiet by day. Sound sleep by night; study and ease. Together mixt: sweet recreation, And innocence, which most does please With meditation.
Página cxx - Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.