The Works of Alexander Pope, Band 3J. Murray, 1881 - 10 Seiten |
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... praise . He was in a higher class . He was one of the noblest works of God . He was an honest Man . A man who alone possessed more real virtue than in very corrupt times , needing a satirist like him , will sometimes fall to the share ...
... praise . He was in a higher class . He was one of the noblest works of God . He was an honest Man . A man who alone possessed more real virtue than in very corrupt times , needing a satirist like him , will sometimes fall to the share ...
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... praise shall be depreciated ironi- cally , and in the same manner that modern critics take to undervalue works of value , and to commend the high pro- ductions of Grub Street . ' This was a general scheme , quite in Arbuthnot's manner ...
... praise shall be depreciated ironi- cally , and in the same manner that modern critics take to undervalue works of value , and to commend the high pro- ductions of Grub Street . ' This was a general scheme , quite in Arbuthnot's manner ...
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... praise , That if he pleased , he pleased by manly ways . That flattery , even to kings , he held a shame , And thought a lie in verse or prose the same ; That not in fancy's maze he wandered long , But stooped to truth , and moralised ...
... praise , That if he pleased , he pleased by manly ways . That flattery , even to kings , he held a shame , And thought a lie in verse or prose the same ; That not in fancy's maze he wandered long , But stooped to truth , and moralised ...
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... praise , ' and base his repu- tation on his honesty and virtue , rather than on his poetical genius , do him an ill service . The evidence is against them ; after the publication of the Caryll correspondence , it is im- possible any ...
... praise , ' and base his repu- tation on his honesty and virtue , rather than on his poetical genius , do him an ill service . The evidence is against them ; after the publication of the Caryll correspondence , it is im- possible any ...
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... praise ; and for the same reason he has for nearly five generations continued to be a favourite poet with thousands who have no taste for ' refined analysis and complex psychology . ' Surely the reputation of a writer who has such a ...
... praise ; and for the same reason he has for nearly five generations continued to be a favourite poet with thousands who have no taste for ' refined analysis and complex psychology . ' Surely the reputation of a writer who has such a ...
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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.