An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Հատոր 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... Corneille with Racine , the little ivory ftatue of Poly- clete with the Coloffus . Thefe , he added , are magis pares quam fimiles . + Ver . 210 , perpetually told of the boldness and violence of his tranfitions AND GENIUS OF POPE . 39.
... Corneille with Racine , the little ivory ftatue of Poly- clete with the Coloffus . Thefe , he added , are magis pares quam fimiles . + Ver . 210 , perpetually told of the boldness and violence of his tranfitions AND GENIUS OF POPE . 39.
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... Corneille ; whom to tra- duce was the fureft method of gaining the affection of this ambitious minifter , who afpired equally to excel in all things ; nay , who formed a defign to be canonized as a faint . II . Lucullus , when frugality ...
... Corneille ; whom to tra- duce was the fureft method of gaining the affection of this ambitious minifter , who afpired equally to excel in all things ; nay , who formed a defign to be canonized as a faint . II . Lucullus , when frugality ...
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... CORNEILLE * , were patronized by the governments under which they lived . And HORACE and VIRGIL and BOILEAU were formed , before they had an opportunity of flattering AUGUSTUS and LEWIS XIV . THOUGH POPE enlifted under the banner of ...
... CORNEILLE * , were patronized by the governments under which they lived . And HORACE and VIRGIL and BOILEAU were formed , before they had an opportunity of flattering AUGUSTUS and LEWIS XIV . THOUGH POPE enlifted under the banner of ...
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... Corneille took for his motto . 39. Non tamen idcirco contemnas lippus inungit . I'll do what MEAD and Chefelden adviset . MEAD , a judge of pure Latinity , having difputed with Pope on the impropriety of the expreffion , Amor publicus ...
... Corneille took for his motto . 39. Non tamen idcirco contemnas lippus inungit . I'll do what MEAD and Chefelden adviset . MEAD , a judge of pure Latinity , having difputed with Pope on the impropriety of the expreffion , Amor publicus ...
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... Corneille to ftudy the Spanish language ; and read to him fome paffages of Guillin de Caftro , which ftruck Corneille fo much , that he determined to imitate his Cid . The artifices used by Richlieu , and the en- gines he fet to work to ...
... Corneille to ftudy the Spanish language ; and read to him fome paffages of Guillin de Caftro , which ftruck Corneille fo much , that he determined to imitate his Cid . The artifices used by Richlieu , and the en- gines he fet to work to ...
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Էջ 128 - Lo! the poor Indian, whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Էջ 245 - Consult the Genius of the Place in all; That tells the Waters or to rise, or fall; Or helps th...
Էջ 289 - I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Էջ 142 - 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!
Էջ 165 - Go, from the creatures thy instructions take: Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield; Learn from the beasts the physic of the field; Thy arts of building from the bee receive; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.
Էջ 319 - As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks; Or, at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad...
Էջ 429 - Lo! at the Wheels of her Triumphal Car, Old England's Genius, rough with many a Scar, Dragg'd in the Dust! his Arms hang idly round, His Flag inverted trails along the ground! Our Youth, all liv'ry'd o'er with foreign Gold, Before her dance; behind her crawl the Old!
Էջ 290 - Dipt me in ink, my parents', or my own? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came.
Էջ 157 - See life dissolving vegetate again: All forms that perish other forms supply; (By turns we catch the vital breath, and die) Like bubbles on the sea of Matter borne, They rise, they break, and to that sea return.
Էջ 176 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes let Swedish Charles decide ; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire ; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain ; No joys to him pacific...