The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volume 6J. and P. Knapton [and others], 1751 |
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Página 116
... allowed to guefs , it was certainly first " loft among the French . " I will permit my Son to play at Apodidafcin- " da , which can be no other than our Pufs in d • Corner . " Julius Pollux in his ninth book fpeaks of the " Melolonthe ...
... allowed to guefs , it was certainly first " loft among the French . " I will permit my Son to play at Apodidafcin- " da , which can be no other than our Pufs in d • Corner . " Julius Pollux in his ninth book fpeaks of the " Melolonthe ...
Página 118
... allowed his Breeches and Stockings ; because the Difcoboli ( as Cornelius well knew ) were naked to the middle only . The Mo- ther often contended for modern Sports , and com- mon Customs , but this was his conftant reply , " Let a ...
... allowed his Breeches and Stockings ; because the Difcoboli ( as Cornelius well knew ) were naked to the middle only . The Mo- ther often contended for modern Sports , and com- mon Customs , but this was his conftant reply , " Let a ...
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... allowed , yea indulged , to the good Subjects of England . Nor can I conceive how the world has` fwallowed the contrary as a Maxim , upon the fin- gle authority of that * Horace ? Why fhould the golden Mean , and quinteffence of all ...
... allowed , yea indulged , to the good Subjects of England . Nor can I conceive how the world has` fwallowed the contrary as a Maxim , upon the fin- gle authority of that * Horace ? Why fhould the golden Mean , and quinteffence of all ...
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... allowed fo far ufeful , as to add weight , or , as I may fay , hang on lead , to fa- cilitate and enforce our defcent , to guide us to the most advantageous declivities , and habituate our imagination to a depth of thinking . Many there ...
... allowed fo far ufeful , as to add weight , or , as I may fay , hang on lead , to fa- cilitate and enforce our defcent , to guide us to the most advantageous declivities , and habituate our imagination to a depth of thinking . Many there ...
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... allowed for the nurture of them , who fhall for that reafon be deemed the Children of the Society ; and that they may be educated according to the Genius of their parents , the faid Actreffes fhall declare upon Oath ( as far as their ...
... allowed for the nurture of them , who fhall for that reafon be deemed the Children of the Society ; and that they may be educated according to the Genius of their parents , the faid Actreffes fhall declare upon Oath ( as far as their ...
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Página 325 - ... to consider him attentively in comparison with Virgil above all the ancients, and with Milton above all the moderns.
Página 313 - Who can be so prejudiced in their favour as to magnify the felicity of those ages, when a spirit of revenge and cruelty, joined with the practice of rapine and robbery, reigned through the world ; when no mercy was...
Página 303 - How fertile will that imagination appear which was able to clothe all the properties of elements, the qualifications of the mind, the virtues and vices, in forms and persons, and to introduce them into actions agreeable to the nature of the things they shadowed?
Página 278 - I CANNOT think it extravagant to imagine that mankind are no less in proportion accountable for the ill use of their dominion over creatures of the lower rank of beings than for the exercise of tyranny over their own species.
Página 331 - ... something between penetration and felicity, he hits upon that particular point on which the bent of each argument turns, or the force of each motive depends.
Página 334 - ... upon the judgments of that body of men whereof he was a member. They have ever had a standard to themselves, upon other principles than those of Aristotle.
Página 310 - ... of a trumpet. They roll along as a plentiful river, always in motion, and always full ; while we are borne away by a tide of...
Página 289 - Nay, to that perfection is he arrived, that he stoops as he walks. The figure of the man is odd enough; he is a lively little creature, with long arms and legs : a spider is no ill emblem of him : he has been taken at a distance for a small windmill.
Página 300 - 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 45 - ... twixt reading and Bohea, To muse, and spill her solitary Tea, Or o'er cold coffee trifle with the spoon, Count the slow clock, and dine exact at noon; Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire, Hum half a tune, tell stories to the squire; Up to her godly garret after sev'n, There starve and pray, for that's the way to heav'n.