The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Compiled from Original Manuscripts; with a Critical Essay on His Writings and GeniusC. Bathurst, H. Woodfall, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, W. Johnston, B. White, T. Caslon, T. Longman, B. Law, Johnson and Payne, S. Bladon, T. Cadell, and the executors of A. Millar., 1769 - 578 páginas |
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... give him lefs concern , however , to expose his want of judgment , than to be confcious of the defpicable infincerity of feigning a conviction , which he does not feel . To fome , perhaps , the extracts will appear too copious , and he ...
... give him lefs concern , however , to expose his want of judgment , than to be confcious of the defpicable infincerity of feigning a conviction , which he does not feel . To fome , perhaps , the extracts will appear too copious , and he ...
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... give way ! " The Saviour comes ! by antient bards foretold : " Hear him , ye deaf , and , all ye blind , behold . " Upon the whole , it is not too much to fay of thefe paftorals , that though they are profeffedly imitations of the ...
... give way ! " The Saviour comes ! by antient bards foretold : " Hear him , ye deaf , and , all ye blind , behold . " Upon the whole , it is not too much to fay of thefe paftorals , that though they are profeffedly imitations of the ...
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... give it a little turn , as if it were to the memory of the fame lady , if they were not written for fome particular woman , whom you would make immortal . You may take occafion to fhew the difference between poets miftrefles , and other ...
... give it a little turn , as if it were to the memory of the fame lady , if they were not written for fome particular woman , whom you would make immortal . You may take occafion to fhew the difference between poets miftrefles , and other ...
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... give the rules that " make an art . This is , I believe , the reason แ why artists in general , and poets principally , " have been confined within fo narrow a circle ; " they have been rather imitators of one " another , than of nature ...
... give the rules that " make an art . This is , I believe , the reason แ why artists in general , and poets principally , " have been confined within fo narrow a circle ; " they have been rather imitators of one " another , than of nature ...
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... give the trueft lights , where the greatest 66 fagacity and induftry , that flights fuch obfer- " vation , muft leave us in the dark , or what is " worse , amuse and mislead us by falfe lights . " Our poet , however , the better to ...
... give the trueft lights , where the greatest 66 fagacity and induftry , that flights fuch obfer- " vation , muft leave us in the dark , or what is " worse , amuse and mislead us by falfe lights . " Our poet , however , the better to ...
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Página 256 - Know then this truth (enough for man to know) 'Virtue alone is happiness below.
Página 192 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Página 123 - In some lone isle, or distant northern land; Where the gilt chariot never marks the way, Where none learn ombre, none e'er taste bohea!
Página 265 - Let not this weak unknowing hand Presume Thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land, On each I judge Thy foe. If I am right, Thy grace impart Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, oh, teach my heart To find that better way...
Página 299 - Consult the Genius of the Place in all; That tells the Waters or to rise, or fall; Or helps th...
Página 152 - Oh! happy state! when souls each other draw, When love is liberty, and nature law...
Página 192 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike; Alike...
Página 299 - Or helps th' ambitious Hill the heav'ns to scale, Or scoops in circling theatres the Vale; Calls in the Country, catches op'ning glades, Joins willing Woods, and varies shades from shades; Now breaks, or now directs, th' intending Lines; Paints as you plant, and, as you work, designs.
Página 355 - Me, let the tender office long engage To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death; Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep a while one parent from the sky ! On cares like these, if length of days attend, May Heaven, to bless those days, preserve my friend!
Página 264 - What conscience dictates to be done. Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than Hell to shun, That more than Heaven pursue.