The Works of Alexander Pope, Band 3J. Murray, 1881 |
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... probably suggested by Arbuthnot , whose ironic turn of mind gave a considerable bias to Pope's satirical genius . Very soon after his introduction to Arbuthnot , we find Pope confiding to Gay ( Oct. 23 , 1713 ) the original design of ...
... probably suggested by Arbuthnot , whose ironic turn of mind gave a considerable bias to Pope's satirical genius . Very soon after his introduction to Arbuthnot , we find Pope confiding to Gay ( Oct. 23 , 1713 ) the original design of ...
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... this was probably the period of his life when his happiness was most complete ; it was certainly then that his creative genius was most active . " ( ii . Towards the close of his father's residence at INTRODUCTION . 27.
... this was probably the period of his life when his happiness was most complete ; it was certainly then that his creative genius was most active . " ( ii . Towards the close of his father's residence at INTRODUCTION . 27.
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... probably unequalled power of coin- ing aphorisms out of common - place ; ' and though this compli- ment is paid in a somewhat disparaging spirit , it is undeniable that Pope has , by the force of style , attained that enviable measure ...
... probably unequalled power of coin- ing aphorisms out of common - place ; ' and though this compli- ment is paid in a somewhat disparaging spirit , it is undeniable that Pope has , by the force of style , attained that enviable measure ...
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... probably between April , 1741 , and February , 1742 ; yet within a year of the latter date we find Pope writing as follows in cold blood to Warburton ( January 27 , 1743 ) : - " I have gone over all yr papers on ye two Epistles to my ...
... probably between April , 1741 , and February , 1742 ; yet within a year of the latter date we find Pope writing as follows in cold blood to Warburton ( January 27 , 1743 ) : - " I have gone over all yr papers on ye two Epistles to my ...
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... ( probably in December , 1742 ) : " I am glad you proceed upon these Epistles first , as they will best joyn with the Essay on Man , of which [ and ] of ye Essay on Criticism , I will publish a small number to try ye taste of ye town ...
... ( probably in December , 1742 ) : " I am glad you proceed upon these Epistles first , as they will best joyn with the Essay on Man , of which [ and ] of ye Essay on Criticism , I will publish a small number to try ye taste of ye town ...
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Addison afterwards Alluding allusion appears Arbuthnot Atossa Balaam beauty Bishop Blount Boileau Bolingbroke Book called character Chauncy Cibber Clodio couplet Court Craggs CROKER death Dialogue died Donne doubt Dryden Duchess of Buckingham Duchess of Marlborough Duke Dunciad Earl edition Epilogue Epistle eyes fame folio fool genius give grace heart honour Horace Walpole III.-POETRY Imitation of Horace King knave Lady M. W. Lady Mary letter libels lines live Lord Bathurst Lord Burlington Lord Hervey Marchmont mean Montagu Moral Essays Muse nature never noble o'er original passage passion person poem poet poet's poetical poetry poor Pope says Pope's praise Prince printed published Queen rhyme rich ridicule Sappho satire seems sense soul style Swift taste tell things thought tion town truth verses virtue Walpole Warburton Warton Whig wife word write written
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 381 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance.
Seite 252 - View him with scornful yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise, 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...
Seite 533 - He, who still wanting, though he lives on theft, Steals much, spends little, yet has nothing left: And he, who now to sense, now nonsense leaning, Means not, but blunders round about a meaning...
Seite 118 - Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man ; but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin : and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Seite 150 - Of mimic statesmen, and their merry king. No wit to flatter, left of all his store ! No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame ; this lord of useless thousands ends.
Seite 472 - Argyll, the state's whole thunder born to wield, And shake alike the senate and the field? Or Wyndham, just to freedom and the throne, The master of our passions and his own? Names which I long have...
Seite 530 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Seite 239 - Wit, and Poetry, and Pope. Friend to my Life ! (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song...
Seite 176 - His gardens next your admiration call; On every side you look, behold the wall! No pleasing intricacies intervene, No artful wildness to perplex the scene ; Grove nods at grove, each alley has a brother, And half the platform just reflects the other.
Seite 91 - Nothing so true as what you once let fall, "Most women have no characters at all." Matter too soft a lasting mark to bear, And best distinguished by black, brown, or fair.