The Works of Alexander Pope, Band 3J. Murray, 1881 - 10 Seiten |
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... verses . PAGE 187 EPISTLE VI . TO JAMES CRAGGS , ESQ . , SECRETARY OF STATE . 195 EPISTLE VII . - To MR . ADDISON Introductory Notice . - An enquiry into the date of the Com position . EPISTLE VIII . - TO MR . JERVAS ( WITH DRYDEN'S ...
... verses . PAGE 187 EPISTLE VI . TO JAMES CRAGGS , ESQ . , SECRETARY OF STATE . 195 EPISTLE VII . - To MR . ADDISON Introductory Notice . - An enquiry into the date of the Com position . EPISTLE VIII . - TO MR . JERVAS ( WITH DRYDEN'S ...
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... the Man of Ross , in the third Moral Essay , seems rather to flow from his feeling than from his principles . How 1 Verses to the Imitator of Horace . can we reconcile with the philosophic unconcern of these Essays 20 MORAL ESSAYS .
... the Man of Ross , in the third Moral Essay , seems rather to flow from his feeling than from his principles . How 1 Verses to the Imitator of Horace . can we reconcile with the philosophic unconcern of these Essays 20 MORAL ESSAYS .
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... verses ; and as to the difference between good and bad fame , ' tis a perfect trifle . " This was good sense , and Pope felt it to be so , for he says , in his answer of 10th Dec. , 1725 : " I am much the happier for finding ( a better ...
... verses ; and as to the difference between good and bad fame , ' tis a perfect trifle . " This was good sense , and Pope felt it to be so , for he says , in his answer of 10th Dec. , 1725 : " I am much the happier for finding ( a better ...
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... verses on ' The Dying Christian to his Soul , ' an inferior copy of which had been sent to Caryll more than twenty years before the publi- cation of the fictitious letter to Steele in which it was pretended that the finished verses had ...
... verses on ' The Dying Christian to his Soul , ' an inferior copy of which had been sent to Caryll more than twenty years before the publi- cation of the fictitious letter to Steele in which it was pretended that the finished verses had ...
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... verses which ring almost as roundly and completely as if they had been written in the eighteenth century . So far is it from being true that the style of Pope had ' come into existence during the reign of the Restoration wits , and ...
... verses which ring almost as roundly and completely as if they had been written in the eighteenth century . So far is it from being true that the style of Pope had ' come into existence during the reign of the Restoration wits , and ...
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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.