The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the AuthorPhillips & Sampson, 1848 |
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... write by copying after printed books , the characters of which he would imitate to great perfection . He began to compose verses far- ther back than he could well remember ; and at eight years of age , when he was put under one Taverner ...
... write by copying after printed books , the characters of which he would imitate to great perfection . He began to compose verses far- ther back than he could well remember ; and at eight years of age , when he was put under one Taverner ...
الصفحة vii
... writer were never out of his hands ; they became his model , and from them alone he learned the whole magic of his ... writing verses : " He lisp'd in numbers , for the numbers came . " Though we have had frequent opportunity to ob serve ...
... writer were never out of his hands ; they became his model , and from them alone he learned the whole magic of his ... writing verses : " He lisp'd in numbers , for the numbers came . " Though we have had frequent opportunity to ob serve ...
الصفحة x
... write to him again . Notwithstanding this peevish behaviour of Mr. Wycherley , occasioned by jealousy and infirmities , Mr. Pope preserved a constant respect and reverence for him while he lived , and fer his death lamented him . In a ...
... write to him again . Notwithstanding this peevish behaviour of Mr. Wycherley , occasioned by jealousy and infirmities , Mr. Pope preserved a constant respect and reverence for him while he lived , and fer his death lamented him . In a ...
الصفحة xiv
... writer . They are some of them uncommon , but such as the reader must assent to when he sees them explained with ... writing do not consist so much in advancing things that are new , as in giving things that are known an agreeable turn ...
... writer . They are some of them uncommon , but such as the reader must assent to when he sees them explained with ... writing do not consist so much in advancing things that are new , as in giving things that are known an agreeable turn ...
الصفحة xvi
... write , converse , and live with ease ; Should such a man , too fond to rule alone , Bear , like the Turk , no rival near the throne , View him with scornful , yet with jealous eyes , And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn ...
... write , converse , and live with ease ; Should such a man , too fond to rule alone , Bear , like the Turk , no rival near the throne , View him with scornful , yet with jealous eyes , And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn ...
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الصفحة 240 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
الصفحة 9 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
الصفحة 5 - A virgin tragedy, an orphan muse.' If I dislike it, 'Furies, death and rage !' If I approve, 'Commend it to the stage.
الصفحة 73 - Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years, slide soft away, In health of body, peace of mind, Quiet by day : Sound sleep by night ; study and ease, Together mix'd ; sweet recreation, And innocence which most does please With meditation. Thus let me live, unseen, unknown, Thus unlamented let me die : Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where...
الصفحة 249 - Know, Nature's children all divide her care; The fur that warms a monarch warm'da bear. While man exclaims, "See all things for my use!
الصفحة 98 - Soft yielding minds to Water glide away, And sip, with Nymphs, their elemental Tea. The graver Prude sinks downward to a Gnome, In search of mischief still on Earth to roam. The light Coquettes in Sylphs aloft repair, And sport and flutter in the fields of Air.
الصفحة 246 - Heaven forming each on other to depend, A master, or a servant, or a friend, Bids each on other for assistance call, Till one man's weakness grows the strength of all.
الصفحة 236 - Why has not man a microscopic eye? For this plain reason, man is not a fly.
الصفحة 78 - Some beauties yet no precepts can declare, For there's a happiness as well as care. Music resembles poetry ; in each Are nameless graces which no methods teach, And which a master-hand alone can reach. If, where the rules not far enough extend, (Since rules were made but to promote their end) Some lucky license answer to the full Th' intent propos'd, that license is a rule.
الصفحة 73 - 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.