The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and proseJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... Publick Money , provident upon Publick Supplies , juft by paying Publick Intereft , couragi- ous and magnanimous by the Fleets and Armies , magnificent upon the Publick Expences , and pru- dent by Publick Succefs . They have by their Of ...
... Publick Money , provident upon Publick Supplies , juft by paying Publick Intereft , couragi- ous and magnanimous by the Fleets and Armies , magnificent upon the Publick Expences , and pru- dent by Publick Succefs . They have by their Of ...
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... publick Praife and Honour . Therefore the truly publick fpirited writer ought in duty to ftrip him whom . the government hath ftripped ; which is the real poetical Justice of this age . For a full collection of Topicks and Epithets to ...
... publick Praife and Honour . Therefore the truly publick fpirited writer ought in duty to ftrip him whom . the government hath ftripped ; which is the real poetical Justice of this age . For a full collection of Topicks and Epithets to ...
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... publick in the year 1720 , in a Project figned with their Names , and dated the 2d of February . I cannot better conclude than by presenting the Reader with the Substance of it . 1. It is propofed , That the two Theatres be in ...
... publick in the year 1720 , in a Project figned with their Names , and dated the 2d of February . I cannot better conclude than by presenting the Reader with the Substance of it . 1. It is propofed , That the two Theatres be in ...
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... publick expence be brought up a Page to attend the Council of Six : A more ample provifion fhall be made for the fon of a Poet ; and a greater ftill for the son of a Critic . 10. If it be discovered that any Actrefs is got with Child ...
... publick expence be brought up a Page to attend the Council of Six : A more ample provifion fhall be made for the fon of a Poet ; and a greater ftill for the son of a Critic . 10. If it be discovered that any Actrefs is got with Child ...
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... publick cares , in the eleventh chapter he informs us he did not neglect his usual occupations as a handy - craftsman . Shoes , faith he , did I make , ( and , if intreated , mend ) with good approbation . Faces alfo did I fhave , and I ...
... publick cares , in the eleventh chapter he informs us he did not neglect his usual occupations as a handy - craftsman . Shoes , faith he , did I make , ( and , if intreated , mend ) with good approbation . Faces alfo did I fhave , and I ...
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Página 328 - We shall hereby extenuate many faults which are his, and clear him from the imputation of many which are not...
Página 299 - If a council be called, or a battle fought, you are not coldly informed of what was said or done as from a third person; the reader is hurried out of himself by the force of the poet's imagination, and turns in one place to a hearer, in another to a spectator.
Página 323 - However, had he translated the whole work, I would no more have attempted Homer after him than Virgil, his Version of whom (notwithstanding some human errors) is the most noble and spirited translation I know in any language.
Página 299 - 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 44 - ... 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.
Página 307 - Aristotle had reason to say, he was the only poet who had found out living words ; there are in him more daring figures and metaphors than in any good author whatever. An arrow is impatient to be on the wing, a weapon thirsts to drink the blood of an enemy, and the like.
Página 346 - 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...
Página 339 - ... till after his death. The whole number of genuine plays, which we have been able to find printed in his lifetime, amounts but to eleven.
Página 12 - And that they ne'er consider'd yet. ' Good Mr. Dean, go change your gown, Let my lord know you're come to town.
Página 293 - ... masters, being wholly unconfined, and painting at pleasure, may be thought to have given a full idea of what they esteemed most excellent in this way. These (one may observe) consist entirely of the useful part of horticulture, fruit-trees, herbs, water, &c.