The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death, Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warburton, Band 4A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, C. Bathurst, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, J. Richardson, B. Law, S. Crowder, T. Longman, T. Field, and T. Caslon, 1760 |
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... force , they become obfcure . Here every thing concurs to make them run into one another . They both fpin ; not from the head [ reafon ] but from the guts [ paffions and prejudices ] and fuch a thread that can entangle none but ...
... force , they become obfcure . Here every thing concurs to make them run into one another . They both fpin ; not from the head [ reafon ] but from the guts [ paffions and prejudices ] and fuch a thread that can entangle none but ...
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... force of them , that in one of his letters to Mr. Pope he fays , " Since you now know where your Strength " lies , I hope you will not fuffer that talent to lie unem- Alike referv'd to blame , or to commend , A 28 PROLOGUE.
... force of them , that in one of his letters to Mr. Pope he fays , " Since you now know where your Strength " lies , I hope you will not fuffer that talent to lie unem- Alike referv'd to blame , or to commend , A 28 PROLOGUE.
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... force lay ; and he made the best of that advantage , by a fedulous culti- vation of his proper talent . For having read Quintilian early , this precept did not efcape him , Sunt bac duo vitanda pror fus : unum ne tentes quod effici non ...
... force lay ; and he made the best of that advantage , by a fedulous culti- vation of his proper talent . For having read Quintilian early , this precept did not efcape him , Sunt bac duo vitanda pror fus : unum ne tentes quod effici non ...
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... force and elegance of Expreffion ! which , in one word , conveys to us the phyfical effects of found , and the moral effects of an often repeated flander . VER . 359. For thee , fair Virtue ! welcome ev'n the last ! ] This line is ...
... force and elegance of Expreffion ! which , in one word , conveys to us the phyfical effects of found , and the moral effects of an often repeated flander . VER . 359. For thee , fair Virtue ! welcome ev'n the last ! ] This line is ...
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... force in Virtue , or in Song . Of gentle blood ( part fhed in Honour's cause , While yet in Britain Honour had applaufe ) Each parent fprung -- A . What fortune , pray ? -- P. Their own , 390 And better got , than Beftia's from the ...
... force in Virtue , or in Song . Of gentle blood ( part fhed in Honour's cause , While yet in Britain Honour had applaufe ) Each parent fprung -- A . What fortune , pray ? -- P. Their own , 390 And better got , than Beftia's from the ...
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Seite 11 - Friend to my life, (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What drop or nostrum can this plague remove? Or which must end me, a fool's wrath or love?
Seite 39 - A Cherub's face, a reptile all the rest; Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust; Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.
Seite 30 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Seite 12 - Three things another's modest wishes bound, My friendship, and a prologue, and ten pound. Pitholeon sends to me : ' You know his Grace, ' I want a patron ; ask him for a place.
Seite 24 - Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Seite 272 - If of Court life you knew the good. You would leave loneness. ' I said, 'Not alone My loneness is; but Spartan's fashion, To teach by painting drunkards, doth not last Now; Aretine's pictures have made few chaste; No more can princes...
Seite 211 - This subtle Thief of life, this paltry Time, What will it leave me, if it snatch my rhyme? If ev'ry wheel of that unweary'd Mill, That turn'd ten thousand verses, now stands still?
Seite 39 - As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks; Or, at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad...
Seite 14 - The truth once told (and wherefore should we lie?) The Queen of Midas slept, and so may I. You think this cruel ? take it for a rule, No creature smarts so little as a fool. Let peals of laughter, Codrus ! round thee break, 85 Thou unconcern'd canst hear the mighty crack: Pit, box, and gall'ry in convulsions hurl'd, Thou stand'st unshook amidst a bursting world. Who shames a Scribbler? break one cobweb thro...
Seite 13 - Furies, death and rage!" If I approve, "Commend it to the stage.