The works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements; together with all his notes: pr. verbatim from the octavo ed. of mr. Warburton, Volumen11754 |
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Página 78
... ! So when the first bold veffel dar'd the feas , High on the ftern the Thracian rais`d his strain , While Argo faw her kindred trees Defcend from Pelion to the main , 30 35 40 45 50 Tranfported demi - gods flood round , And 78 O DE S.
... ! So when the first bold veffel dar'd the feas , High on the ftern the Thracian rais`d his strain , While Argo faw her kindred trees Defcend from Pelion to the main , 30 35 40 45 50 Tranfported demi - gods flood round , And 78 O DE S.
Página 98
... Bold in the practice of mistaken rules , Prefcribe , apply , and call their mafters fools . Some on the leaves of ancient authors prey , Nor time nor moths e'er fpoil'd fo much as they : 110 VER . 98. Just precepts ] " Nec enim artibus ...
... Bold in the practice of mistaken rules , Prefcribe , apply , and call their mafters fools . Some on the leaves of ancient authors prey , Nor time nor moths e'er fpoil'd fo much as they : 110 VER . 98. Just precepts ] " Nec enim artibus ...
Página 100
... bold design : And rules as strict his labour'd work confine , As if the Stagirite o'erlook'd each line . Learn hence for ancient rules a just esteem ; To copy nature is to copy them . Some beauties yet no Precepts can declare , For ...
... bold design : And rules as strict his labour'd work confine , As if the Stagirite o'erlook'd each line . Learn hence for ancient rules a just esteem ; To copy nature is to copy them . Some beauties yet no Precepts can declare , For ...
Página 106
... bold , and regular . Whoever thinks a faultlefs piece to fee , Thinks what ne'er was , nor is , nor e'er shall be . In ev'ry work regard the writer's End , 255 Since none can compass more than they intend ; And if the means be juft ...
... bold , and regular . Whoever thinks a faultlefs piece to fee , Thinks what ne'er was , nor is , nor e'er shall be . In ev'ry work regard the writer's End , 255 Since none can compass more than they intend ; And if the means be juft ...
Página 118
... bold figure juft begins to live , The treach'ous colours the fair art betray , And all the bright creation fades away ! Unhappy Wit , like most mistaken things , Atones not for that envy which it brings . In youth alone its empty praise ...
... bold figure juft begins to live , The treach'ous colours the fair art betray , And all the bright creation fades away ! Unhappy Wit , like most mistaken things , Atones not for that envy which it brings . In youth alone its empty praise ...
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Página 117 - Which lives as long as fools are pleas'd to laugh. Some valuing those of their own side or mind, Still make themselves the measure of mankind : Fondly we think we honour merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men.
Página 112 - Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line: While they ring round the same unvaried chimes With sure returns of still expected rhymes: Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze...
Página 157 - 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 145 - Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face : Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.
Página 118 - Where a new world leaps out at his command, And ready nature waits upon his hand ; When the ripe colours...
Página 149 - Their fluid bodies half dissolv'd in light. Loose to the wind their airy garments flew, Thin glitt'ring textures of the filmy dew, Dipt in the richest tincture of the skies, Where light disports in ever-mingling dyes, While ev'ry beam new transient colours flings, Colours that change whene'er they wave their wings.
Página 148 - 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 46 - On rifted rocks, the dragon's late abodes, The green reed trembles, and the bulrush nods.
Página 145 - Grace, And calls forth all the Wonders of her Face ; Sees by Degrees a purer Blush arise, And keener Lightnings quicken in her Eyes. The busy Sylphs surround their darling Care...
Página 108 - Some to Conceit alone their taste confine. And glittering thoughts struck out at every line; Pleased with a work where nothing's just or fit; One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit.