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 էջ |
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... death , Mr. POPE did juftice to his memory , by the epitaph now extant among his works . This retirement in the foreft , could not be otherwise than grateful to a ftudious mind , and we may judge of the impreffions it made , from our ...
... death , Mr. POPE did juftice to his memory , by the epitaph now extant among his works . This retirement in the foreft , could not be otherwise than grateful to a ftudious mind , and we may judge of the impreffions it made , from our ...
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... deaths , puts me in mind of poor Mr. " Betterton's ; over whom I would have this fentence of " Tully for an epitaph , which will ferve him as well in his " moral , as in his theatrical capacity- " Vitae bene actae jucundiffima eft ...
... deaths , puts me in mind of poor Mr. " Betterton's ; over whom I would have this fentence of " Tully for an epitaph , which will ferve him as well in his " moral , as in his theatrical capacity- " Vitae bene actae jucundiffima eft ...
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... plant that grew , " And ev'ry herb that drinks the morning dew ; " Ah ! wretched fhepherd , what avails thy art " To cure thy lambs , but not to heal thy heart . " death death of Daphne affords a new image , and the 32 THE LIFE OF.
... plant that grew , " And ev'ry herb that drinks the morning dew ; " Ah ! wretched fhepherd , what avails thy art " To cure thy lambs , but not to heal thy heart . " death death of Daphne affords a new image , and the 32 THE LIFE OF.
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... death of Daphne affords a new image , and the perfonification has a fine effect . " The balmy zephyrs , filent fince her death , " Lament the ceafing of a sweeter breath * . " The fame may be faid of the following beauti- ful couplet in ...
... death of Daphne affords a new image , and the perfonification has a fine effect . " The balmy zephyrs , filent fince her death , " Lament the ceafing of a sweeter breath * . " The fame may be faid of the following beauti- ful couplet in ...
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... death , I fhould take it very kindly in you to give it a little turn , as if it were to the memory of the fame lady , if they were not written for fome particular woman , whom you would make immortal . You may take occasion to shew the ...
... death , I fhould take it very kindly in you to give it a little turn , as if it were to the memory of the fame lady , if they were not written for fome particular woman , whom you would make immortal . You may take occasion to shew the ...
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The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Comp. from Original Manuscripts; with a ... Owen Ruffhead Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1769 |
The Life of Alexander Pope: Esq. Compiled from Original Manuscripts; with a ... Owen Ruffhead Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1769 |
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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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Էջ 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...
Էջ 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!
Էջ 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!
Էջ 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...
Էջ 192 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.