The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death, Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warburton, Հատոր 1A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, C. Bathurst, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, J. Richardson, B. Law, S. Crowder, T. Longman, T. Field, and T. Caslon, 1760 |
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Էջ xvii
... reasons and pretences , or troubled with ex- cufes . I confefs it was want of confideration that made me an author ; I writ because it amu- fed me ; I corrected because it was as pleasant to me to correct as to write ; and I published ...
... reasons and pretences , or troubled with ex- cufes . I confefs it was want of confideration that made me an author ; I writ because it amu- fed me ; I corrected because it was as pleasant to me to correct as to write ; and I published ...
Էջ xviii
... Reason to think they can have no reputation which will continue long , or which deferves to do fo : for they have always fallen fhort not only of what I read of others , but even of my own Ideas of Poetry . If any one should imagine I ...
... Reason to think they can have no reputation which will continue long , or which deferves to do fo : for they have always fallen fhort not only of what I read of others , but even of my own Ideas of Poetry . If any one should imagine I ...
Էջ xix
... Reason these pieces are not more cor- rect , is owing to the confideration how short a time they , and I , have to live : One may be ashamed to confume half one's days in bringing fenfe and rhyme together ; and what Critic can be fo ...
... Reason these pieces are not more cor- rect , is owing to the confideration how short a time they , and I , have to live : One may be ashamed to confume half one's days in bringing fenfe and rhyme together ; and what Critic can be fo ...
Էջ xxiv
... reason they are not yet more correct is owing to the confideration how short a time they , and I , have to live . A man that can expect but fixty years may be ashamed to employ thirty in measuring fyllables and bringing fenfe and rhyme ...
... reason they are not yet more correct is owing to the confideration how short a time they , and I , have to live . A man that can expect but fixty years may be ashamed to employ thirty in measuring fyllables and bringing fenfe and rhyme ...
Էջ xlv
... Reason and of Liberty . 15 rays Nor Baiæ now , nor Umbria's plain , they love , Nor on the banks of Nar , or Mincio rove ; To Thames's flow'ry borders they retire , And kindle in thy breast the Roman fire . So in the fhades , where ...
... Reason and of Liberty . 15 rays Nor Baiæ now , nor Umbria's plain , they love , Nor on the banks of Nar , or Mincio rove ; To Thames's flow'ry borders they retire , And kindle in thy breast the Roman fire . So in the fhades , where ...
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againſt ancient Author beauty becauſe beſt boaſt caufe cauſe COMMENTARY confifts Critic Criticifm Cynthus Dæmons defcribes defert diſplay eaſe Eclogue ev'n ev'ry eyes facred fafe faid fair falfe fame fate fatire fecond feem fenfe fhades fhall fhews fide fighs filver fince fing firft firſt fkies flow'rs foft fome fong foon forefts fpring ftill fubject fuch fung Genius Gnome grace groves heav'n himſelf Homer IMITATIONS inſpire itſelf Judgment juſt laft laſt lefs loft moſt Mufe Mufic Muſe muſt Nature NOTES numbers nymph o'er obferves occafion paffions Paftoral paſt pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poem Poet Poet's Poetry pow'r praiſe raiſe reaſon rife riſe ſcene ſeem ſenſe ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhould ſkies ſome ſpread ſpring ſtill ſtrains ſtreams Sylphs taſte thee thefe themſelves Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe thou thro true Umbriel uſe VARIATIONS verfes verſe Virg Virgil whofe whoſe write
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Էջ 99 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Էջ 146 - 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.
Էջ 261 - For, that sad moment, when the sylphs withdrew^ And Ariel weeping from Belinda flew, Umbriel, a dusky, melancholy sprite, As ever sullied the fair face of light, Down to the central earth, his proper scene, Repair'd to search the gloomy cave of Spleen.
Էջ 247 - But what, or where, the fates have wrapt in night. Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law, Or some frail China jar receive a flaw...
Էջ 171 - From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art, Which without passing through the judgment gains The heart and all its end at once attains.
Էջ 241 - Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face : Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.
Էջ 275 - The Lock, obtain'd with Guilt, and kept with Pain, In ev'ry place is sought, but sought in vain: With such a Prize no Mortal must be blest, So Heav'n decrees!
Էջ 207 - And while self-love each jealous writer rules, Contending wits become the sport of fools; But still the worst with most regret commend. For each ill author is as bad a friend. To what base ends, and by what abject ways, 520 Are mortals urged through sacred
Էջ 178 - Fired at first sight with what the Muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts, While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind ; But, more...
Էջ 191 - Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line: While they ring round the same unvaried chimes With sure returns of still expected rhymes: Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze...