The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Compiled from Original Manuscripts; with a Critical Essay on His Writings and GeniusC. Bathurst, H. Woodfall, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, W. Johnston, B. White, T. Caslon, T. Longman, B. Law, Johnson and Payne, S. Bladon, T. Cadell, and the executors of A. Millar., 1769 - 578 Seiten |
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... whose names are rescued from oblivion , and enrolled in the bright annals of fame , they stand in the most confpicuous line , who have reaped the harvest of glory , in the active scenes of life . The bulk of mankind , are more ...
... whose names are rescued from oblivion , and enrolled in the bright annals of fame , they stand in the most confpicuous line , who have reaped the harvest of glory , in the active scenes of life . The bulk of mankind , are more ...
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... whose * We must not infer from hence , however , what a learned critic would infinuate , that Mr. POPE's genius was confined , and that he was not mafter of a crea- tive and glowing imagination , the " Acer fpiritus ac vis . ” But the ...
... whose * We must not infer from hence , however , what a learned critic would infinuate , that Mr. POPE's genius was confined , and that he was not mafter of a crea- tive and glowing imagination , the " Acer fpiritus ac vis . ” But the ...
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... whose " works as I had leisure to study , fo I hope I " have not wanted care to imitate . " Notwith- standing this modeft declaration , perhaps fome paffages may be juftly deemed original . It is obfervable that a paftoral is ...
... whose " works as I had leisure to study , fo I hope I " have not wanted care to imitate . " Notwith- standing this modeft declaration , perhaps fome paffages may be juftly deemed original . It is obfervable that a paftoral is ...
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... whose artful ftrains have oft delay'd " The huddling brook to hear his madrigal . " But this , compared to Mr. POPE's , is rather narrative than defcriptive . Mr. POPE prefents us with the image of attention which is purely his own . I ...
... whose artful ftrains have oft delay'd " The huddling brook to hear his madrigal . " But this , compared to Mr. POPE's , is rather narrative than defcriptive . Mr. POPE prefents us with the image of attention which is purely his own . I ...
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... Whose minds , I know not by what awk- " ward fate , " Like eyes a - fquint , look every way but Atraight . tr " Nature , to your undoing , arms mankind " With ftrength of body , artifice of mind ; " But gives your feeble Sex , made up ...
... Whose minds , I know not by what awk- " ward fate , " Like eyes a - fquint , look every way but Atraight . tr " Nature , to your undoing , arms mankind " With ftrength of body , artifice of mind ; " But gives your feeble Sex , made up ...
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AARON HILL addreffed admirable affured againſt beautiful becauſe beft beſt cenfure character compofition critic Dean Swift defcribed defcription defign defire difplayed Dunciad effay effayift efteemed epiftle ev'ry excellent expreffed fafe faid fame fatire fays feems fenfe fenfible fentiments ferve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fincere firft firſt fome foon fpeaking fpirit friendſhip ftate ftill ftriking ftrong fubject fublime fuch fuperior fuppofed fure genius himſelf honour Iliad illuftrated inftance itſelf John Searl judgment juft juſt laft laſt leaft learned lefs letter likewife Lord Lord Bolingbroke merit mind moft moral moſt muft muſt myſelf nature never nevertheleſs numbers obferves occafion paffage paffed paffion perfon piece pleaſed pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry POPE POPE's praiſe prefent profe publiſhed purpoſe racter reafon refpect reft ridicule ſay ſeems ſpeak tafte thefe themſelves theſe lines thofe thoſe thought tion tranflation uſed verfe virtue whofe writings
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Seite 265 - If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way...
Seite 231 - Created half to rise, and half to fall: Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory jest, and riddle of the world!
Seite 123 - In some lone isle, or distant northern land; Where the gilt chariot never marks the way, Where none learn ombre, none e'er taste bohea!
Seite 231 - The proper study of mankind is Man. Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise and rudely great: With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest; In doubt to deem himself a God or Beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err...
Seite 192 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Seite 124 - Who would not scorn what Housewife's Cares produce, Or who would learn one earthly Thing of Use ? To patch, nay ogle, might become a Saint, Nor could it sure be such a Sin to paint. But since, alas ! frail Beauty must decay...
Seite 163 - Come, Abelard ! for what hast thou to dread ? The torch of Venus burns not for the dead. Nature stands check'd ; Religion disapproves ; Ev'n thou art cold — yet Eloisa loves. 260 Ah hopeless, lasting flames ! like those that burn To light the dead, and warm th
Seite 381 - But chief her shrine where naked Venus keeps, And Cupids ride the Lion of the Deeps; Where, eas'd of Fleets, the Adriatic main Wafts the smooth Eunuch and enamour'd swain.
Seite 80 - She gives in large recruits of needful pride ; For, as in bodies, thus in souls we find, What wants in blood and spirits, swell'd with wind : Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty void of sense.
Seite 239 - Nor think, in Nature's state they blindly trod; The state of Nature was the reign of God: Self-love and social at her birth began, Union the bond of all things, and of man.