The Works of Alexander Pope: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and proseJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
De dentro do livro
Resultados 1-5 de 75
Página 19
... Poet excels his friend in his own way of modernizing Horace . But this way is infinitely inferior to his own . For tho ' Horace be eafy , he is not familiar ; or , if he be , it is the familia- rity of Courts , which is never without ...
... Poet excels his friend in his own way of modernizing Horace . But this way is infinitely inferior to his own . For tho ' Horace be eafy , he is not familiar ; or , if he be , it is the familia- rity of Courts , which is never without ...
Página 23
... Poet Shin'd in Description , he might fhow it ; Tell how the Moon - beam trembling falls , And tips with filver all the walls ; Palladian walls , Venetian doors , Grotefco roofs , and Stucco floors : But let it ( in a word ) be said ...
... Poet Shin'd in Description , he might fhow it ; Tell how the Moon - beam trembling falls , And tips with filver all the walls ; Palladian walls , Venetian doors , Grotefco roofs , and Stucco floors : But let it ( in a word ) be said ...
Página 31
... Poet , and they died . In vain they schem'd , in vain they bled ! They had no Poet , and are dead . MISCELLANIES . 1 D EPISTLE T. O ROBERT Earl of Ode I. 31 OF HORACE .
... Poet , and they died . In vain they schem'd , in vain they bled ! They had no Poet , and are dead . MISCELLANIES . 1 D EPISTLE T. O ROBERT Earl of Ode I. 31 OF HORACE .
Página 35
... Poet fung , ' Till Death untimely ftop'd his tuneful tongues Oh just beheld , and loft ! admir'd and mourn'd ! With fofteft manners , gentleft arts adorn'd ! Bleft in each science , bleft in ev'ry strain ! Dear to the Mufe ! to HARLEY ...
... Poet fung , ' Till Death untimely ftop'd his tuneful tongues Oh just beheld , and loft ! admir'd and mourn'd ! With fofteft manners , gentleft arts adorn'd ! Bleft in each science , bleft in ev'ry strain ! Dear to the Mufe ! to HARLEY ...
Página 55
... Poet executed , in this be- nevolent irony , that which he fuppofed Dennis himself , had he the wit to fee , would have the ingenuity to own : This dreaded Sat'rift , Dennis will confefs , Foe to his pride , but Friend to his Difirefs ...
... Poet executed , in this be- nevolent irony , that which he fuppofed Dennis himself , had he the wit to fee , would have the ingenuity to own : This dreaded Sat'rift , Dennis will confefs , Foe to his pride , but Friend to his Difirefs ...
Outras edições - Ver todos
The Works of Alexander Pope: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and prose Alexander Pope Visualização completa - 1757 |
Termos e frases comuns
againſt alfo almoft alſo ancient animals Bathos beauty becauſe cafe caft cafus caufe cauſe compofed confifts Cornelius Crambe defcribe defcription defign defire difcover Eclogues Engliſh ev'ry excellent expreffion eyes faid fame feems fenfe feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould filly fince fingle firft firſt fome fometimes Friend ftill fubject fuch Genius greateſt hath himſelf Homer honour Horfes Horſe Iliad inftance itſelf juft juſt laft leaft learned leaſt lefs Lord mafter manner Martin modern moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature never obferved occafion paffages Paffion pafs Paftoral perfon pleafing pleaſe pleaſure Poems Poet poetry praiſe prefent Profund publick quam quoth racter raiſe reafon reft rife ſay Scriblerus ſeem Shakeſpear ſhall ſhe ſpeak Terpander thee thefe themſelves Theocritus theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought thro tranflated univerfal uſe verfe verſes Virgil whofe whole words writers
Passagens mais conhecidas
Página 290 - Homer makes us hearers, and Virgil leaves us readers. If in the next place we take a view of the sentiments, the same presiding faculty is eminent in the sublimity and spirit of his thoughts. Longinus has given his opinion, that it was in this part Homer principally excelled.
Página 81 - Content with science in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life ; and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear ; From Nature's temperate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had liv'd, and that he died.
Página 196 - Ye gods, annihilate but space and time, And make two lovers happy!
Página 280 - I know an eminent cook, who beautified his country seat with a coronation dinner in greens ; where you see the champion flourishing on horseback at one end of the table, and the queen in perpetual youth at the other.
Página 309 - ... to consider him attentively in comparison with Virgil above all the ancients, and with Milton above all the moderns.
Página 284 - If some things are too luxuriant it is owing to the richness of the soil; and if others are not arrived to perfection or maturity, it is only because they are overrun and oppressed by those of a stronger nature.
Página 327 - Prose from verse they did not know, and they accordingly printed one for the other throughout the volume.
Página 288 - Every one has something so singularly his own, that no painter could have distinguished them more by their features, than the poet has by their manners.
Página 289 - Idomeneus a plain, direct soldier ; in Sarpedon, a gallant and generous one. Nor is this judicious and...
Página 331 - I will conclude by saying of Shakespear, that with all his faults, and with all the irregularity of his drama, one may look upon his works, in comparison of those that are more...