The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Compiled from Original Manuscripts; with a Critical Essay on His Writings and GeniusC. Bathurst, H. Woodfall, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, W. Johnston, B. White, T. Caslon, T. Longman, B. Law, Johnson and Payne, S. Bladon, T. Cadell, and the executors of A. Millar., 1769 - 578 pàgines |
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Pàgina 39
... reafon would not justify the use of them with- out example , our bard could fhelter himfelf under no authority more unexceptionable than that of Virgil . Among these paftorals , the most confpicuous is the Meffiah , a facred eclogue ...
... reafon would not justify the use of them with- out example , our bard could fhelter himfelf under no authority more unexceptionable than that of Virgil . Among these paftorals , the most confpicuous is the Meffiah , a facred eclogue ...
Pàgina 61
... that the legitimate use of music is to temper the paffions , in fupport of reafon . In the two first lines therefore , this ufeful pro- pofition pofition is delivered , as fuch always should be , ALEXANDER POPE , ESQ . 61.
... that the legitimate use of music is to temper the paffions , in fupport of reafon . In the two first lines therefore , this ufeful pro- pofition pofition is delivered , as fuch always should be , ALEXANDER POPE , ESQ . 61.
Pàgina 75
... Reafon to admire . " Then Criticism the Mufe's handmaid prov'd , " To drefs her charms , and make her more " belov'd : " But following wits from that intention ftray'd , " Who could not win the miftrefs , woo'd the " maid ; " Against ...
... Reafon to admire . " Then Criticism the Mufe's handmaid prov'd , " To drefs her charms , and make her more " belov'd : " But following wits from that intention ftray'd , " Who could not win the miftrefs , woo'd the " maid ; " Against ...
Pàgina 80
... reafon drives that cloud " Truth breaks upon us with refiftless day . " Truft not yourself ; but your defects to know , " Make use of ev'ry friend --- and ev'ry foe . " The fimile here employed to fhew the refem- blance between an ...
... reafon drives that cloud " Truth breaks upon us with refiftless day . " Truft not yourself ; but your defects to know , " Make use of ev'ry friend --- and ev'ry foe . " The fimile here employed to fhew the refem- blance between an ...
Pàgina 86
... reafon , per- haps , be fuppofed to have a very fingular ear who does not discover a peculiar foftnefs , in the firft verfe ; and as to volubility , that might indeed have been neceffary , had the poet been defcribing the rushing of a ...
... reafon , per- haps , be fuppofed to have a very fingular ear who does not discover a peculiar foftnefs , in the firft verfe ; and as to volubility , that might indeed have been neceffary , had the poet been defcribing the rushing of a ...
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The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Comp. from Original Manuscripts; with a ... Owen Ruffhead Visualització completa - 1769 |
The Life of Alexander Pope: Esq. Compiled from Original Manuscripts; with a ... Owen Ruffhead Visualització completa - 1769 |
The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Comp. from Original Manuscripts; with a ... Owen Ruffhead Visualització completa - 1769 |
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AARON HILL addreffed admirable affured againſt beautiful becauſe beft beſt cenfure character compofition critic Dean Swift defcribed defcription defign defire difplayed Dunciad Effay effayift efteemed epiftle ev'ry excellent expofed expreffed fafe faid fame fatire fays feems fenfe fenfibility fentiments ferve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fincere firft firſt fome foon fpeaking fpirit friendſhip ftate ftill ftriking fubject fublime fuch fuperior fuppofed fure genius himſelf honour Iliad illuftrates imagination inftance itſelf John Searl judgment juft juſt laft laſt leaft learned lefs letter likewife Lord Lord Bolingbroke merit mind moft moral moſt muft muſt nature never nevertheleſs numbers obferves occafion paffage paffed paffion paftorals perfon philofopher piece pleaſed pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry POPE POPE's prefent profe publiſhed purpoſe racter reafon refpect ridicule ſay ſpeak tafte thefe themſelves theſe lines thofe thoſe thought tion tranflation uſed verfe virtue whofe writings
Passatges populars
Pàgina 256 - Know then this truth (enough for man to know) 'Virtue alone is happiness below.
Pàgina 192 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Pàgina 123 - In some lone isle, or distant northern land; Where the gilt chariot never marks the way, Where none learn ombre, none e'er taste bohea!
Pàgina 265 - Let not this weak unknowing hand Presume Thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land, On each I judge Thy foe. If I am right, Thy grace impart Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, oh, teach my heart To find that better way...
Pàgina 299 - Consult the Genius of the Place in all; That tells the Waters or to rise, or fall; Or helps th...
Pàgina 152 - Oh! happy state! when souls each other draw, When love is liberty, and nature law...
Pàgina 192 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike; Alike...
Pàgina 299 - Or helps th' ambitious Hill the heav'ns to scale, Or scoops in circling theatres the Vale; Calls in the Country, catches op'ning glades, Joins willing Woods, and varies shades from shades; Now breaks, or now directs, th' intending Lines; Paints as you plant, and, as you work, designs.
Pàgina 355 - Me, let the tender office long engage To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death; Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep a while one parent from the sky ! On cares like these, if length of days attend, May Heaven, to bless those days, preserve my friend!
Pàgina 264 - What conscience dictates to be done. Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than Hell to shun, That more than Heaven pursue.