The poetical works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements. From the text of dr. Warburton. With the life of the author [by T. Cibber].C. Cooke, Paternoster Row, 1807 |
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... fate . : During this period of his life he was indefatigably diligent , and insatiably curious . Wanting l : ealth for violent , and money for expensive pleasures , and having excited in himself very strong desires of in- tellectual ...
... fate . : During this period of his life he was indefatigably diligent , and insatiably curious . Wanting l : ealth for violent , and money for expensive pleasures , and having excited in himself very strong desires of in- tellectual ...
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... fate in poetry , it is ten to one but he must give up all the reasonable aims of life for it . There are , indeed , some advantages ac- cruing from a genius to poetry , and they are all I can think of ; the agreeable power of self ...
... fate in poetry , it is ten to one but he must give up all the reasonable aims of life for it . There are , indeed , some advantages ac- cruing from a genius to poetry , and they are all I can think of ; the agreeable power of self ...
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... fate already , and it is too late to think of pre- possessing the reader in their favour . I would plead it as some merit in me , that the world has never been prepared for these trifles by prefaces , biassed by recommendation , dazzled ...
... fate already , and it is too late to think of pre- possessing the reader in their favour . I would plead it as some merit in me , that the world has never been prepared for these trifles by prefaces , biassed by recommendation , dazzled ...
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... fate bemoan , In notes more sad than when they sing their own ; 40 In hollow caves sweet Echo silent lies , Silent ... fate is whisper'd by the gentle breeze , And told in sighs to all the trembling trees ; The trembling trees , in ev'ry ...
... fate bemoan , In notes more sad than when they sing their own ; 40 In hollow caves sweet Echo silent lies , Silent ... fate is whisper'd by the gentle breeze , And told in sighs to all the trembling trees ; The trembling trees , in ev'ry ...
الصفحة 68
... fate , in long oblivion cast , 176 180 185 190 The muse shall sing , and what she sings shall last . ) Scarce could the goddess from her nymph be known , But by the crescent and the golden zone . She scorn'd the praise of heauty and the ...
... fate , in long oblivion cast , 176 180 185 190 The muse shall sing , and what she sings shall last . ) Scarce could the goddess from her nymph be known , But by the crescent and the golden zone . She scorn'd the praise of heauty and the ...
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Adrastus ancient appear Balaam bear beauty Behold bless bless'd bliss blood breast bright charms critics crown'd Cynthus dæmon dame delight Dryden Dryope Dunciad e'er earth Eclogues Eteocles eternal ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame fate fix'd flame flow'rs fools fury genius give glory gnome gods grace groves hair happiness heart Heav'n honour Iliad Jove kind king learn'd light live lord Lord Bolingbroke maid mankind mind mournful Muse nature never night numbers nymph o'er once passion Phaon Phoebus plain pleas'd pleasure poem poets Polynices Pope Pope's pow'r praise pride rage reason reign rise sacred Sappho self-love sense shade shine sighs sing skies soft soul spread spring swain sylphs tears Thalestris Thebes thee Theocritus things thou thought trees trembling Twas Tydeus Vertumnus Virg Virgil virgin virtue wife winds wise wretched youth
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الصفحة 90 - The little engine on his fingers' ends; This just behind Belinda's neck he spread, As o'er the fragrant steams she bends her head. Swift to the Lock a thousand Sprites repair...
الصفحة 124 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
الصفحة 125 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
الصفحة 156 - To man's low passions, or their glorious ends, Teach me, like thee, in various nature wise, To fall with dignity, with temper rise; Form'd by thy converse, happily to steer, From grave to gay, from lively to severe ; Correct with spirit, eloquent with ease, Intent to reason, or polite to please.
الصفحة 100 - Tis hard to say if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill ; But of the two less dangerous is th' offence To tire our patience than mislead our sense : Some few in that, but numbers err in this, Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss ; A fool might once himself alone expose, Now one in verse makes many more in prose.
الصفحة 164 - Perhaps prosperity becalm'd his breast, Perhaps the wind just shifted from the east. Not therefore humble he who seeks retreat ; Pride guides his steps, and bids him shun the great.
الصفحة 130 - 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 166 - Wharton, the scorn and wonder of our days, Whose ruling passion was the lust of praise: Born with whate'er could win it from the wise, Women and fools must like him or he dies; Though wondering senates hung on all he spoke, The club must hail him master of the joke.
الصفحة 139 - replies a pamper'd goose : And just as short of reason he must fall, Who thinks all made for one, not one for all.
الصفحة 128 - Were we to press, inferior might on ours; Or in the full creation leave a void, Where, one step broken, the great scale's destroy'd: From Nature's chain whatever link you strike, Tenth, or ten thousandth, breaks the chain alike. And, if each system in gradation roll Alike essential to th' amazing whole, The least confusion but in one, not all That system only, but the whole must fall.