The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, المجلد 6J. and P. Knapton [and others], 1751 |
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... light . NOTES . 15 Epift . to Mr. Fervas . ] This Epiftle , and the two fol- lowing , were written fome years before the reft , and o- riginally printed in 1717. P. A How 20 How oft in pleafing tasks we wear the day ( 38 ) To Mr JERVAS ...
... light . NOTES . 15 Epift . to Mr. Fervas . ] This Epiftle , and the two fol- lowing , were written fome years before the reft , and o- riginally printed in 1717. P. A How 20 How oft in pleafing tasks we wear the day ( 38 ) To Mr JERVAS ...
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... Light . NOTES and all was Light . ] It had been better - and there was Light , - -as more conformable to the reality of the fall , and to the allafion whereby it is ' celebrated . ‡ G 2 XIII . XIII . On Dr. FRANCIS ATTERBURY , Bishop of ...
... Light . NOTES and all was Light . ] It had been better - and there was Light , - -as more conformable to the reality of the fall , and to the allafion whereby it is ' celebrated . ‡ G 2 XIII . XIII . On Dr. FRANCIS ATTERBURY , Bishop of ...
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... lights by many Conferences ; when he was unfortunately fnatched away ( as I before related ) by the jealoufy of the Queen's Ministry . Tho ' I was thus to my eternal grief deprived of his converfation , he for fome years continued his ...
... lights by many Conferences ; when he was unfortunately fnatched away ( as I before related ) by the jealoufy of the Queen's Ministry . Tho ' I was thus to my eternal grief deprived of his converfation , he for fome years continued his ...
الصفحة 100
... light in St. Giles's Pa- rish . But in the investigation of this point , For- tune hath favoured our diligence . For one day as I was paffing by the Seven Dials , I overheard a dif- pute concerning the place of Nativity of a great ...
... light in St. Giles's Pa- rish . But in the investigation of this point , For- tune hath favoured our diligence . For one day as I was paffing by the Seven Dials , I overheard a dif- pute concerning the place of Nativity of a great ...
الصفحة 102
... light , near his wife's apart- ment . It had a large body , two little difpropor- tioned wings , a prodigious tail , but no head . its colour was white , he took it at first fight for a Swan , and was concluding his fon would be a Poet ...
... light , near his wife's apart- ment . It had a large body , two little difpropor- tioned wings , a prodigious tail , but no head . its colour was white , he took it at first fight for a Swan , and was concluding his fon would be a Poet ...
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الصفحة 325 - ... to consider him attentively in comparison with Virgil above all the ancients, and with Milton above all the moderns.
الصفحة 313 - Who can be so prejudiced in their favour as to magnify the felicity of those ages, when a spirit of revenge and cruelty, joined with the practice of rapine and robbery, reigned through the world ; when no mercy was...
الصفحة 303 - How fertile will that imagination appear which was able to clothe all the properties of elements, the qualifications of the mind, the virtues and vices, in forms and persons, and to introduce them into actions agreeable to the nature of the things they shadowed?
الصفحة 278 - I CANNOT think it extravagant to imagine that mankind are no less in proportion accountable for the ill use of their dominion over creatures of the lower rank of beings than for the exercise of tyranny over their own species.
الصفحة 331 - ... something between penetration and felicity, he hits upon that particular point on which the bent of each argument turns, or the force of each motive depends.
الصفحة 334 - ... upon the judgments of that body of men whereof he was a member. They have ever had a standard to themselves, upon other principles than those of Aristotle.
الصفحة 310 - ... of a trumpet. They roll along as a plentiful river, always in motion, and always full ; while we are borne away by a tide of...
الصفحة 289 - Nay, to that perfection is he arrived, that he stoops as he walks. The figure of the man is odd enough; he is a lively little creature, with long arms and legs : a spider is no ill emblem of him : he has been taken at a distance for a small windmill.
الصفحة 300 - 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 45 - ... 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.