The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and proseJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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Alexander Pope. An aukward Thing , when firft fhe came to Town ; Her Shape unfashion'd , and her Face unknown : 60 She was my friend ; I taught her first to spread Upon her fallow cheeks enliv'ning red : I introduc'd her to the Park and ...
Alexander Pope. An aukward Thing , when firft fhe came to Town ; Her Shape unfashion'd , and her Face unknown : 60 She was my friend ; I taught her first to spread Upon her fallow cheeks enliv'ning red : I introduc'd her to the Park and ...
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Alexander Pope. On a certain LADY at COURT . I Know the thing that's moft uncommon ; ( Envy be filent , and attend ! ) I know a reasonable Woman , Handsome and witty , yet a Friend . Not warp'd by Paffion , aw'd by Rumour , Not grave ...
Alexander Pope. On a certain LADY at COURT . I Know the thing that's moft uncommon ; ( Envy be filent , and attend ! ) I know a reasonable Woman , Handsome and witty , yet a Friend . Not warp'd by Paffion , aw'd by Rumour , Not grave ...
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... thing \ve have of the fame kind from other hands ; yet, if we except the Epitaph on the young Duke of Buckingham? and perhaps one or two more, they are not of equal force with the rest of our Author's writings. The nature of the ...
... thing \ve have of the fame kind from other hands ; yet, if we except the Epitaph on the young Duke of Buckingham? and perhaps one or two more, they are not of equal force with the rest of our Author's writings. The nature of the ...
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... thing we have of the fame kind from other hands ; yet , if we except the Epitaph on the young Duke of Buckingham , and perhaps one or two more , they are not of equal force with the rest of our Author's writings . The na- ture of the ...
... thing we have of the fame kind from other hands ; yet , if we except the Epitaph on the young Duke of Buckingham , and perhaps one or two more , they are not of equal force with the rest of our Author's writings . The na- ture of the ...
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... thing of this world, that it was not natural for any man to ask him a question without blessing himself first. Those who never saw a Jesuit, took him for one, and others b^liev'd him some High Priest of the Jews. But But under this ...
... thing of this world, that it was not natural for any man to ask him a question without blessing himself first. Those who never saw a Jesuit, took him for one, and others b^liev'd him some High Priest of the Jews. But But under this ...
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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.