The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the AuthorPhillips & Sampson, 1848 |
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... satire . This satire he planned and executed with so extraor- dinary a mastery , that it is by far the most complete poem of our Author's : it discovers more invention , and a higher effort of genius , than any other produc- tion of his ...
... satire . This satire he planned and executed with so extraor- dinary a mastery , that it is by far the most complete poem of our Author's : it discovers more invention , and a higher effort of genius , than any other produc- tion of his ...
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... satire , and characters drawn with the most masterly touches ; but this poem , with all its excel lences , is much inferior to the Dunciad , though Dry den had advantages which Mr. Pope had not ; for Dryden's characters are men of great ...
... satire , and characters drawn with the most masterly touches ; but this poem , with all its excel lences , is much inferior to the Dunciad , though Dry den had advantages which Mr. Pope had not ; for Dryden's characters are men of great ...
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... satire learn'd to spare , And vice admired to find a flatterer there ! Encouraged thus , wit's Titans braved the skies , And the press groan'd with licensed blasphemies . These monsters , critics ! with your darts engage , Here point ...
... satire learn'd to spare , And vice admired to find a flatterer there ! Encouraged thus , wit's Titans braved the skies , And the press groan'd with licensed blasphemies . These monsters , critics ! with your darts engage , Here point ...
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... satire against a misappli- cation of them , illustrated by pictures , characters , and examples . The third book regarded civil regimen , or the science of politics , in which the several forms of a republic were to be examined and ...
... satire against a misappli- cation of them , illustrated by pictures , characters , and examples . The third book regarded civil regimen , or the science of politics , in which the several forms of a republic were to be examined and ...
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... satire against the misapplication of wit and learning ) may be found in the fourth book of the Dunciad , and up and down , occasionally , in the other three . The third book , in like manner , was to re - assume the subject of the third ...
... satire against the misapplication of wit and learning ) may be found in the fourth book of the Dunciad , and up and down , occasionally , in the other three . The third book , in like manner , was to re - assume the subject of the third ...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of ... Alexander Pope Visualização completa - 1808 |
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Página 240 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Página 9 - 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...
Página 5 - A virgin tragedy, an orphan muse.' If I dislike it, 'Furies, death and rage !' If I approve, 'Commend it to the stage.
Página 73 - 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 mix'd ; sweet recreation, And innocence which most does please With meditation. Thus let me live, unseen, unknown, Thus unlamented let me die : Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where...
Página 249 - Know, Nature's children all divide her care; The fur that warms a monarch warm'da bear. While man exclaims, "See all things for my use!
Página 98 - Soft yielding minds to Water glide away, And sip, with Nymphs, their elemental Tea. The graver Prude sinks downward to a Gnome, In search of mischief still on Earth to roam. The light Coquettes in Sylphs aloft repair, And sport and flutter in the fields of Air.
Página 246 - Heaven forming each on other to depend, A master, or a servant, or a friend, Bids each on other for assistance call, Till one man's weakness grows the strength of all.
Página 236 - Why has not man a microscopic eye? For this plain reason, man is not a fly.
Página 78 - Some beauties yet no precepts can declare, For there's a happiness as well as care. Music resembles poetry ; in each Are nameless graces which no methods teach, And which a master-hand alone can reach. If, where the rules not far enough extend, (Since rules were made but to promote their end) Some lucky license answer to the full Th' intent propos'd, that license is a rule.
Página 73 - 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.