The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Juvenile poemsJ. and P. Knapton, 1752 |
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... Ancients ( to fay the least of them ) had as much Genius as we : and that to take more pains , and employ more time , cannot fail to produce more complete pieces . They conftantly apply'd themselves not only to that art , but to that ...
... Ancients ( to fay the least of them ) had as much Genius as we : and that to take more pains , and employ more time , cannot fail to produce more complete pieces . They conftantly apply'd themselves not only to that art , but to that ...
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... Ancients , may as well fay our faces are not our own , because they are like our Fathers : And indeed it is very unreasonable , that people should expect us to be Scholars , and yet be angry to find us fo . I fairly confess that I have ...
... Ancients , may as well fay our faces are not our own , because they are like our Fathers : And indeed it is very unreasonable , that people should expect us to be Scholars , and yet be angry to find us fo . I fairly confess that I have ...
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... Ancients ( to fay the leaft of them ) had as much Genius as we : and that to take more pains , and employ more time , cannot fail to produce more complete pieces . They conftantly apply'd themfelves not only to that art but to that ...
... Ancients ( to fay the leaft of them ) had as much Genius as we : and that to take more pains , and employ more time , cannot fail to produce more complete pieces . They conftantly apply'd themfelves not only to that art but to that ...
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... Ancients might at once agree To fing within my lays , and fing of thee . Horace himself would own thou doft excell In candid arts to play the Critic well , Ovid himself might wish to fing the Dame Whom Windfor Foreft fees a gliding ...
... Ancients might at once agree To fing within my lays , and fing of thee . Horace himself would own thou doft excell In candid arts to play the Critic well , Ovid himself might wish to fing the Dame Whom Windfor Foreft fees a gliding ...
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... ancient heat ; He fhines in Council , thunders in the Fight , And flames with ev'ry sense of great delight . 50 Long has that Poet reign'd , and long unknown , Like Monarchs sparkling on a distant throne ; In all the Majesty of Greek ...
... ancient heat ; He fhines in Council , thunders in the Fight , And flames with ev'ry sense of great delight . 50 Long has that Poet reign'd , and long unknown , Like Monarchs sparkling on a distant throne ; In all the Majesty of Greek ...
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againſt ancient arife Author beauties Becauſe beſt bleft caufe COMMENTARY confifts Criticiſm Critics Cynthus Dæmons DAPHNIS diſplay Dunciad eaſe Eclogue ev'n ev'ry eyes facred faid fair falfe fame fatire fecond feem fenfe fhades fhall fhepherds fhews fhould fide filver fing firft firſt fkies flain flow'rs foft fome foon forefts fpirits ftill fubject fuch fung genius Gnome grace groves heav'n himſelf Homer IMITATIONS itſelf judge Judgment juft laft laſt lefs lift'ning loft moft moſt Mufe mufic muft Muſes muſt Nature NOTES numbers nymph o'er obfervation occafion Ovid paffions Paftoral pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poem Poet Poetry pow'r praiſe precept Quintilian racter raiſe reafon refound rife ſcenes ſeem ſenſe ſhades ſhall ſhe ſhine ſkies ſpread ſpring ſtill ſtrains ſtreams Sylphs thefe Theocritus theſe things thofe thoſe thro true Umbriel underſtanding uſe VARIATIONS verfe verſes Virg Virgil whofe whoſe write
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Seite 88 - HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground ; Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in Summer yield him shade, In Winter fire.
Seite 188 - Soon as she spreads her hand, th' aerial guard Descend, and sit on each important card : First Ariel perch'd upon a Matadore, Then each according to the rank they bore ; For Sylphs, yet mindful of their ancient race, 35 Are, as when women, wond'rous fond of place.
Seite 90 - The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes! my ears With sounds seraphic ring: Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death! where is thy sting?
Seite 207 - Some thought it mounted to the lunar sphere, Since all things lost on earth are treasur'd there. There heroes' wits are kept in pond'rous vases, And beaux in snuff-boxes and tweezer-cases. There broken vows and death-bed alms are found, And lovers...
Seite 207 - Nor fear'd the chief th' unequal fight to try, Who sought no more than on his foe to die. But this bold lord with manly strength...
Seite 180 - But chiefly Love — to Love an altar built, Of twelve vast French romances, neatly gilt. There lay three garters, half a pair of gloves ; And all the trophies of his former loves ; 40 With tender billet-doux he lights the pyre, And breathes three amorous sighs to raise the fire.
Seite 134 - Jove Now burns with glory, and then melts with love; Now his fierce eyes with sparkling fury glow, Now sighs steal out, and tears begin to flow: Persians and Greeks like turns of nature found.
Seite 212 - How lov'd , how honour'd once , avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be!
Seite 58 - See heaven its sparkling portals wide display, And break upon thee in a flood of day ! No more the rising Sun shall gild the morn, Nor...
Seite 124 - The manners, passions, unities ; what not ? All which, exact to rule, were brought about, Were but a Combat in the lists left out. "What!" leave the Combat out?" exclaims the Knight; Yes, or we must renounce the Stagirite. 280 "Not so by Heav'n" (he answers in a rage), "Knights, squires, and steeds, must enter on the stage." So vast a throng the stage can ne'er contain. "Then build a new, or act it in a plain.