The Works of Alexander Pope: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and proseJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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الصفحة 66
... Presents her harp ftill to his fingers . The feaft , his tow'ring genius marks In yonder wild goose and the larks ! The mushrooms fhew his wit was fudden ! And for his judgment , lo a pudden ! Roaft beef , tho ' old , proclaims him ...
... Presents her harp ftill to his fingers . The feaft , his tow'ring genius marks In yonder wild goose and the larks ! The mushrooms fhew his wit was fudden ! And for his judgment , lo a pudden ! Roaft beef , tho ' old , proclaims him ...
الصفحة 106
... Chirographifts behold his " Palm ; but above all let us confult for the calcu lation of his Nativity . To this end , as the child See the Differtation on Dr. Woodward's Shield . " is not vulgar , I will not present him " is 106 MEMOIRS OF.
... Chirographifts behold his " Palm ; but above all let us confult for the calcu lation of his Nativity . To this end , as the child See the Differtation on Dr. Woodward's Shield . " is not vulgar , I will not present him " is 106 MEMOIRS OF.
الصفحة 107
Alexander Pope. " is not vulgar , I will not present him unto you in 66 a vulgar manner . He fhall be cradled in my An- " cient Shield , so famous through the Universities " of Europe . You all know how I purchased that " invaluable ...
Alexander Pope. " is not vulgar , I will not present him unto you in 66 a vulgar manner . He fhall be cradled in my An- " cient Shield , so famous through the Universities " of Europe . You all know how I purchased that " invaluable ...
الصفحة 148
... present to him the many vile Qualities of this Mif- trefs of his : let him be fhewn that her Extrava- gance , Pride , and Prodigality will infallibly bring him to a morfel of bread : Let it be proved , that he has been falfe to himself ...
... present to him the many vile Qualities of this Mif- trefs of his : let him be fhewn that her Extrava- gance , Pride , and Prodigality will infallibly bring him to a morfel of bread : Let it be proved , that he has been falfe to himself ...
الصفحة 155
... present to tell , that Crambe was in a great rage at them , for stealing ( as he thought ) a hint from his Theory of Syllogifms , without doing him the honour fo much as to mention him . He ad- vised his Master by no means to enter into ...
... present to tell , that Crambe was in a great rage at them , for stealing ( as he thought ) a hint from his Theory of Syllogifms , without doing him the honour fo much as to mention him . He ad- vised his Master by no means to enter into ...
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الصفحة 290 - Homer makes us hearers, and Virgil leaves us readers. If in the next place we take a view of the sentiments, the same presiding faculty is eminent in the sublimity and spirit of his thoughts. Longinus has given his opinion, that it was in this part Homer principally excelled.
الصفحة 81 - 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 liv'd, and that he died.
الصفحة 196 - Ye gods, annihilate but space and time, And make two lovers happy!
الصفحة 280 - I know an eminent cook, who beautified his country seat with a coronation dinner in greens ; where you see the champion flourishing on horseback at one end of the table, and the queen in perpetual youth at the other.
الصفحة 309 - ... to consider him attentively in comparison with Virgil above all the ancients, and with Milton above all the moderns.
الصفحة 284 - 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 327 - Prose from verse they did not know, and they accordingly printed one for the other throughout the volume.
الصفحة 288 - Every one has something so singularly his own, that no painter could have distinguished them more by their features, than the poet has by their manners.
الصفحة 289 - Idomeneus a plain, direct soldier ; in Sarpedon, a gallant and generous one. Nor is this judicious and...
الصفحة 331 - 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...