The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and proseJ. and P. Knapton, 1752 |
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الصفحة 124
... unto you " in a vulgar manner . He fhall be cradled in my " Ancient Shield , fo famous through the Univer- " fities of Europe . You all know how I purchased " that invaluable piece of Antiquity at the great << ( though indeed inadequate ) ...
... unto you " in a vulgar manner . He fhall be cradled in my " Ancient Shield , fo famous through the Univer- " fities of Europe . You all know how I purchased " that invaluable piece of Antiquity at the great << ( though indeed inadequate ) ...
الصفحة 187
... all thou hast hi- therto read , and to caft thy eyes only forward , to • Gulliver's Travels were firft intended as a part of Scrible . rus's Memoirs . that boundless Field the next shall open unto thee ; MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS . 187.
... all thou hast hi- therto read , and to caft thy eyes only forward , to • Gulliver's Travels were firft intended as a part of Scrible . rus's Memoirs . that boundless Field the next shall open unto thee ; MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS . 187.
الصفحة 188
Alexander Pope. that boundless Field the next shall open unto thee ; the fruits of which ( if thine , or our fins do not prevent ) are to spread and multiply over this our work , and over all the face of the Earth . In the mean time ...
Alexander Pope. that boundless Field the next shall open unto thee ; the fruits of which ( if thine , or our fins do not prevent ) are to spread and multiply over this our work , and over all the face of the Earth . In the mean time ...
الصفحة 208
... unto the wrong end of a perspective glass , by which all the objects of nature are leffened . ว For example ; when a true genius looks upon the Sky , he immediately catches the idea of a piece of blue luteftring , or a child's mantle ...
... unto the wrong end of a perspective glass , by which all the objects of nature are leffened . ว For example ; when a true genius looks upon the Sky , he immediately catches the idea of a piece of blue luteftring , or a child's mantle ...
الصفحة 281
... unto my much honoured and good Friend Mr. Matthew Stradling , Gent . I do bequeath unto the faid Mat- thew Stradling , Gent . all my black and white Horses . The Teftator had fir black Horles , fir white Hozles 4 ( 281 ) A Specimen of ...
... unto my much honoured and good Friend Mr. Matthew Stradling , Gent . I do bequeath unto the faid Mat- thew Stradling , Gent . all my black and white Horses . The Teftator had fir black Horles , fir white Hozles 4 ( 281 ) A Specimen of ...
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الصفحة 94 - A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the proud and great: Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, 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 lived, and that he died.
الصفحة 327 - Locke takes notice of a mother who permitted them to her children, but rewarded or punished them as they treated them well or ill. This was no other than entering them betimes into a daily exercise of humanity, and improving their very diversion to a virtue.
الصفحة 370 - Odyssey above the ^Eneis; as that the hero is a wiser man, and the action of the one more beneficial to his country than that of the other; or else they blame him for not doing what he never...
الصفحة 403 - Prose from verse they did not know, and they accordingly printed one for the other throughout the volume.
الصفحة 393 - Hamlet, enlarged to almost as much again as at first, and many others. I believe the common opinion of his want of learning proceeded from no better ground. This, too, might be thought a praise by some, and to this his errors have as injudiciously been ascribed by others.
الصفحة 357 - ... evidently, affeCt us not in proportion to thofe of Homer. His characters of valour are much alike...
الصفحة 355 - This is a field in which no succeeding poets could dispute with Homer; and whatever commendations have been allowed them on this head, are by no means for their invention in having enlarged his circle, but for their judgment in having contracted it. For when the mode of learning changed in following ages, and...
الصفحة 409 - I will conclude by saying of Shakespeare, 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 finished and regular, as upon an ancient majestic piece of Gothic architecture, compared with a neat modern building.
الصفحة 397 - Vati noceat . But however this contention might be carried on by the Partizans on either side, I cannot help thinking these two great Poets were good friends, and lived on amicable terms and in offices of society with each other.
الصفحة 49 - Love, rais'd on beauty, will like that decay, Our hearts may bear its slender...