The works of Alexander Pope, with notes and illustrations, by himself and others. To which are added, a new life of the author [&c.] by W. Roscoe, Volume 21847 |
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... that " he was afraid of nothing so much as to impose any thing on the world which was unworthy of its acceptance . " Letter to Steele . idea is communicated , the reader is not intruded upon xviii ESTIMATE OF THE POETICAL CHARACTER.
... that " he was afraid of nothing so much as to impose any thing on the world which was unworthy of its acceptance . " Letter to Steele . idea is communicated , the reader is not intruded upon xviii ESTIMATE OF THE POETICAL CHARACTER.
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... letter to the Duke of Chandos . He died in February , 1720. He married Catherine Darnley , daughter of James II . by the Countess of Dor- chester . ON MR . POPE AND HIS POEMS . WITH Age decay'd , with Courts and bus'ness tir'd , Caring ...
... letter to the Duke of Chandos . He died in February , 1720. He married Catherine Darnley , daughter of James II . by the Countess of Dor- chester . ON MR . POPE AND HIS POEMS . WITH Age decay'd , with Courts and bus'ness tir'd , Caring ...
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... letter from Mr. Spence , in which he says , " Before this , I gave you Mr. Pope's real sentiment on your first book . I dare say it was his real sentiment ; because , as I told you , I took care to ask him the question before I had ...
... letter from Mr. Spence , in which he says , " Before this , I gave you Mr. Pope's real sentiment on your first book . I dare say it was his real sentiment ; because , as I told you , I took care to ask him the question before I had ...
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... letter to Mr. Cromwell , some years afterwards , he says , Having a vacant space here , I will fill it with a short ode on Solitude , which I found yesterday by great accident , and which I find by the date was written when I was not ...
... letter to Mr. Cromwell , some years afterwards , he says , Having a vacant space here , I will fill it with a short ode on Solitude , which I found yesterday by great accident , and which I find by the date was written when I was not ...
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... Letter to Mr. Wycherley , Ap . 1705. The Lord Lansdown , about the same time , mentioning the youth of our poet , says ( in a printed letter of the character of Mr. Wycher- ley ) , " that if he goes on as he hath begun in the Pastoral ...
... Letter to Mr. Wycherley , Ap . 1705. The Lord Lansdown , about the same time , mentioning the youth of our poet , says ( in a printed letter of the character of Mr. Wycher- ley ) , " that if he goes on as he hath begun in the Pastoral ...
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Página 40 - 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.
Página 341 - Words are like leaves ; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.
Página 318 - To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. Some few in that, but numbers err in this, Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss; A fool might once himself alone expose, Now one in verse makes many more in prose. 'Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own.
Página 346 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Página 410 - At every word a reputation dies. Snuff, or the fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. Meanwhile, declining from the noon of day, The sun obliquely shoots his burning ray ; The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, And wretches hang, that jurymen may dine; The merchant from th* Exchange returns in peace, And the long labours of the toilet cease.
Página 87 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the falling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Página 402 - 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 83 - All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee : they shall come up with acceptance on Mine altar, and I will glorify the house of My glory.
Página 344 - 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 unvary'd chimes, With sure Returns of still expected rhymes; Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze...
Página 325 - First follow Nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same...