The Works of Alexander Pope, Band 3J. Murray, 1881 - 10 Seiten |
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... hand which has already impressed upon it so distinct a character . Perhaps only a succeeding editor , after a painful experience of the perplexed , and almost hopeless , labyrinth of doubt and mystery , by which most of Pope's dealings ...
... hand which has already impressed upon it so distinct a character . Perhaps only a succeeding editor , after a painful experience of the perplexed , and almost hopeless , labyrinth of doubt and mystery , by which most of Pope's dealings ...
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... hand , and Byron , Campbell , Disraeli , and Roscoe on the other , which first showed by what mysteries the poet's life and works were surrounded . Bowles , however , did not himself contribute greatly towards the elucidation of ...
... hand , and Byron , Campbell , Disraeli , and Roscoe on the other , which first showed by what mysteries the poet's life and works were surrounded . Bowles , however , did not himself contribute greatly towards the elucidation of ...
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... hand , if his own premisses were allowed , it was certain that Chapelain , Cotin and the rest , might go great lengths in cor- rupting the public taste . But could this be said of Dennis , Ralph , Oldmixon , and the other scribblers ...
... hand , if his own premisses were allowed , it was certain that Chapelain , Cotin and the rest , might go great lengths in cor- rupting the public taste . But could this be said of Dennis , Ralph , Oldmixon , and the other scribblers ...
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... hand for two years , and is just 400 lines in length . The simplicity of the remarks is almost comic . Nobody wants to be told now that bribery is facilitated by the modern system of credit . Blest paper credit ! last and best supply ...
... hand for two years , and is just 400 lines in length . The simplicity of the remarks is almost comic . Nobody wants to be told now that bribery is facilitated by the modern system of credit . Blest paper credit ! last and best supply ...
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... hand , an ingenious theorist but a diffuse writer , seems to have looked rather to the didactic than the poetical qualities of the composition , and to have induced Pope to transpose his verses in the hope of improving his philosophy ...
... hand , an ingenious theorist but a diffuse writer , seems to have looked rather to the didactic than the poetical qualities of the composition , and to have induced Pope to transpose his verses in the hope of improving his philosophy ...
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Seite 254 - 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 537 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent, and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Seite 151 - In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half hung, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repaired with straw, With tape-tied curtains never meant to draw, The George and Garter...
Seite 119 - 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 255 - Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ? What though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals ? Or smoking forth, a hundred hawkers...
Seite 353 - To Gammer Gurton if it give the bays, And yet deny the Careless Husband praise, Or say our fathers never broke a rule ; Why then, I say, the public is a fool. But let them own, that greater faults than we They had, and greater virtues, I '11 agree.
Seite 69 - twould a saint provoke" (Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke), " No, let a charming chintz, and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face : One would not, sure, be frightful when one's dead— And, Betty, give this cheek a little red.
Seite 263 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys; So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.
Seite 296 - Rolls o'er my grotto, and but soothes my sleep. There, my retreat the best companions grace, Chiefs out of war, and statesmen out of place. There St John mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul...
Seite 178 - 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.