Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume 1The author, 1745 |
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... seems to deny Mr. Pope's that Name : Mr. Pope's , indeed , is elevated Pastoral , and ( as he promises in his Difcourfe on Paftoral Poe- try ) favours most of the Golden Age : Mr. Philips has imitated Spencer more in fome Places , and ...
... seems to deny Mr. Pope's that Name : Mr. Pope's , indeed , is elevated Pastoral , and ( as he promises in his Difcourfe on Paftoral Poe- try ) favours most of the Golden Age : Mr. Philips has imitated Spencer more in fome Places , and ...
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... seem'd in hafte to fly ; Yet often stopp'd , and often turn'd her Eye . The other Modern ( who it must be confefs'd hath a Knack of Verfifying ) hath it as follows : Streph . Me gentle Delia beckons from the Plain , Then , hid in Shades ...
... seem'd in hafte to fly ; Yet often stopp'd , and often turn'd her Eye . The other Modern ( who it must be confefs'd hath a Knack of Verfifying ) hath it as follows : Streph . Me gentle Delia beckons from the Plain , Then , hid in Shades ...
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... seems to have a particular Geni- us for that Kind of Poetry , and a Judgment that much exceeds the Years you told me he was of . He has taken very freely from the Ancients , but what he has mixt of his own with theirs , is no Way in ...
... seems to have a particular Geni- us for that Kind of Poetry , and a Judgment that much exceeds the Years you told me he was of . He has taken very freely from the Ancients , but what he has mixt of his own with theirs , is no Way in ...
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... seem all on a level : ' Tis like a Meadow newly mown , where Weeds , Grass , and Flowers are all laid even , and appear undiftinguifh'd . I believe too , that fome- times our firft Thoughts are the best , as the first fqueezing of the ...
... seem all on a level : ' Tis like a Meadow newly mown , where Weeds , Grass , and Flowers are all laid even , and appear undiftinguifh'd . I believe too , that fome- times our firft Thoughts are the best , as the first fqueezing of the ...
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... seems to have given broad Hints at what was his real Meaning ; as in the following Paffage : La Deeffe en entrant , qui voit la nappe mife , Admire un fi bel ordre , & reconnoit Peglife . Lutrin , Chant . F. And this other Paffage is ...
... seems to have given broad Hints at what was his real Meaning ; as in the following Paffage : La Deeffe en entrant , qui voit la nappe mife , Admire un fi bel ordre , & reconnoit Peglife . Lutrin , Chant . F. And this other Paffage is ...
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Página 40 - Not half so swift the trembling doves can fly, When the fierce eagle cleaves the liquid sky ; Not half so swiftly the fierce eagle moves, "When thro...
Página 66 - Where a new world leaps out at his command, And ready nature waits upon his hand ; When the ripe colours...
Página 44 - Ev'n mighty Pam, that Kings and Queens o'erthrew And mow'd down armies in the fights of Lu, Sad chance of war!
Página 77 - Lo ! these were they, whose souls the Furies steel'd, And curs'd with hearts unknowing how to yield. Thus unlamented pass the proud away, The gaze of fools, and pageant of a day ! So perish all, whose breast ne'er learn'd to glow For others good, or melt at others woe.
Página 77 - To bear too tender or too firm a heart, To act a lover's or a Roman's part?
Página 45 - What boots the regal circle on his head, His giant limbs, in state unwieldy spread; That long behind he trails his pompous robe, And, of all monarchs...
Página 64 - Want as much more, to turn it to its use ; For wit and judgment often are at strife, Tho' meant each other's aid, like man and wife. Tis more to guide, than spur the Muse's steed; Restrain his fury, than provoke his speed: The winged courser, like a gen'rous horse, Shows most true mettle when you check his course.
Página 65 - Tis not a lip, or eye, we beauty call, But the joint force and full result of all. Thus when we view some well-proportion'd dome, (The world's just wonder, and ev'n thine, O Rome!) No single parts unequally surprise, All comes united to th' admiring eyes; No monstrous height, or breadth or length appear; The whole at once is bold and regular.
Página 45 - Of broken Troops an easy Conquest find. Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, in wild Disorder seen, With Throngs promiscuous strow the level Green.