The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and proseJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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الصفحة 100
... hath favoured our diligence . For one day as I was pafling by the Seven Dials , I overheard a dif- pute concerning the place of Nativity of a great * There was a great deal of trifling pedantry and cu- riofity in that great Man's ...
... hath favoured our diligence . For one day as I was pafling by the Seven Dials , I overheard a dif- pute concerning the place of Nativity of a great * There was a great deal of trifling pedantry and cu- riofity in that great Man's ...
الصفحة 108
... hath done away ! The curious " Frominence at the belly of that figure , which fome 66 taking for the Cufpis of a sword , denominated a Roman Soldier ; others accounting the Infignia " Virilia , pronounced to be one of the Dii Termini ...
... hath done away ! The curious " Frominence at the belly of that figure , which fome 66 taking for the Cufpis of a sword , denominated a Roman Soldier ; others accounting the Infignia " Virilia , pronounced to be one of the Dii Termini ...
الصفحة 109
... hath Heaven bleffed me with the birth of a “ Son , and afflicted me with the fcouring of my " Shield . Yet let us not repine at his Difpenfati- ons , who gives , and who takes away but ra- " ther join in prayer , that the Ruft of ...
... hath Heaven bleffed me with the birth of a “ Son , and afflicted me with the fcouring of my " Shield . Yet let us not repine at his Difpenfati- ons , who gives , and who takes away but ra- " ther join in prayer , that the Ruft of ...
الصفحة 112
... hath often con- feffed he owed to them the knowledge of many Creatures which he never found fince in any Au- thor , such as White Lions , Golden Dragons , & c . He once thought the fame of Green Men , but had fince found them mentioned ...
... hath often con- feffed he owed to them the knowledge of many Creatures which he never found fince in any Au- thor , such as White Lions , Golden Dragons , & c . He once thought the fame of Green Men , but had fince found them mentioned ...
الصفحة 120
... hath it , ibid . ) is caused by the bignefs of " the Spleen . " This defign was no fooner hinted to Mrs. Scriblerus , but fhe burst into tears , wrung her hands , and inftantly fent to his Brother Alber tus , begging him for the love of ...
... hath it , ibid . ) is caused by the bignefs of " the Spleen . " This defign was no fooner hinted to Mrs. Scriblerus , but fhe burst into tears , wrung her hands , and inftantly fent to his Brother Alber tus , begging him for the love of ...
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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.