The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and proseJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... MEMOIRS of P. P. clerk of this parish Of the Poet Laureate , Nov. 19 , 1729 Guardians Preface to Homer's Iliad Preface to the Works of Shakespear 235 245 253 259 299 329 * + Page ERRAT A. 6. 1. 3. for Haec CONTENTS . 112.
... MEMOIRS of P. P. clerk of this parish Of the Poet Laureate , Nov. 19 , 1729 Guardians Preface to Homer's Iliad Preface to the Works of Shakespear 235 245 253 259 299 329 * + Page ERRAT A. 6. 1. 3. for Haec CONTENTS . 112.
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... Homer's Mice , Or Gods to fave them in a trice ! 210 215 ( It was by Providence they think , For your damn'd Stucco has no chink . ) " An't please your Honour , quoth the Peasant , " This fame Deffert is not fo pleasant : " Give me ...
... Homer's Mice , Or Gods to fave them in a trice ! 210 215 ( It was by Providence they think , For your damn'd Stucco has no chink . ) " An't please your Honour , quoth the Peasant , " This fame Deffert is not fo pleasant : " Give me ...
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... Homer * . CHAP . II . * The Speech of Cornelius over his Son , at the Hour of his Birth . N O fooner was the cry of the Infant heard , but the old gentleman rushed into the room , and fnatching it in his arms , examined every limb with ...
... Homer * . CHAP . II . * The Speech of Cornelius over his Son , at the Hour of his Birth . N O fooner was the cry of the Infant heard , but the old gentleman rushed into the room , and fnatching it in his arms , examined every limb with ...
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... Homer , that in the Cellar of Jupiter are two " barrels , the one of good , the other of evil , which " he never beftows on Mortals feparately , but con- " ftantly mingles them together . Thus at the fame " time hath Heaven bleffed me ...
... Homer , that in the Cellar of Jupiter are two " barrels , the one of good , the other of evil , which " he never beftows on Mortals feparately , but con- " ftantly mingles them together . Thus at the fame " time hath Heaven bleffed me ...
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... Homer . This indeed gave the Child a great loofenefs , but he was not concerned at it , in the opinion that whatever harm it might do his body , would be amply recompenfed by the improvements of his understanding . But from thenceforth ...
... Homer . This indeed gave the Child a great loofenefs , but he was not concerned at it , in the opinion that whatever harm it might do his body , would be amply recompenfed by the improvements of his understanding . But from thenceforth ...
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الصفحة 328 - We shall hereby extenuate many faults which are his, and clear him from the imputation of many which are not...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.