Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volumen1The author, 1745 |
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... his Style higher than Mr. Pope . The Guardians fpeak thus . I. Defigned to have troubled the Reader with no farther Difcourfes of Paftorals , but being in- B 4 formed formed that I am taxed of Partiality , in not of ALEXANDER POPE , Efq ; ...
... his Style higher than Mr. Pope . The Guardians fpeak thus . I. Defigned to have troubled the Reader with no farther Difcourfes of Paftorals , but being in- B 4 formed formed that I am taxed of Partiality , in not of ALEXANDER POPE , Efq ; ...
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... Reader of Deli- cacy ; fuch as Hobbinol , Lobbin , Cuddy , and Co- lin Clout . 5. So eafy as Paftoral Writings may feem , ( in the Simplicity we have defcribed it ) yet it requires great Reading , both of the Antients and Moderns , to ...
... Reader of Deli- cacy ; fuch as Hobbinol , Lobbin , Cuddy , and Co- lin Clout . 5. So eafy as Paftoral Writings may feem , ( in the Simplicity we have defcribed it ) yet it requires great Reading , both of the Antients and Moderns , to ...
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... Reader would indulge his Curiofity any farther in the Comparison of Particulars , he may read the first Paftoral of Philips with the second of his Contemporary , and the fourth and fixth of the former with the fourth and first of the ...
... Reader would indulge his Curiofity any farther in the Comparison of Particulars , he may read the first Paftoral of Philips with the second of his Contemporary , and the fourth and fixth of the former with the fourth and first of the ...
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... Reader to re- peat them , without feeling fome Motions of Com- paffion . In the next Place I fhall rank his Proverbs , in which I formerly obferv'd he excells : For Exam- ple : A rolling Stone is ever bare of Moss ; And to their Coft ...
... Reader to re- peat them , without feeling fome Motions of Com- paffion . In the next Place I fhall rank his Proverbs , in which I formerly obferv'd he excells : For Exam- ple : A rolling Stone is ever bare of Moss ; And to their Coft ...
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... Readers a View of the great and little Worlds , in their various Changes and Aspects . Yet the fcrupulous Divifion of his Paftorals into Months Months , has oblig'd him either to repeat the fame 18 Memoirs of the Life and Writings.
... Readers a View of the great and little Worlds , in their various Changes and Aspects . Yet the fcrupulous Divifion of his Paftorals into Months Months , has oblig'd him either to repeat the fame 18 Memoirs of the Life and Writings.
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Página 80 - With flying fingers touched the lyre : The trembling notes ascend the sky, And heavenly joys inspire. The song began from Jove, Who left his blissful seats above, (Such is the power of mighty love.) A dragon's fiery form belied the god : Sublime on radiant spires he rode, When he to fair Olympia...
Página 40 - Not half so swift the trembling doves can fly, When the fierce eagle cleaves the liquid sky ; Not half so swiftly the fierce eagle moves, "When thro...
Página 66 - Where a new world leaps out at his command, And ready nature waits upon his hand ; When the ripe colours...
Página 44 - Ev'n mighty Pam, that Kings and Queens o'erthrew And mow'd down armies in the fights of Lu, Sad chance of war!
Página 77 - Lo ! these were they, whose souls the Furies steel'd, And curs'd with hearts unknowing how to yield. Thus unlamented pass the proud away, The gaze of fools, and pageant of a day ! So perish all, whose breast ne'er learn'd to glow For others good, or melt at others woe.
Página 77 - To bear too tender or too firm a heart, To act a lover's or a Roman's part?
Página 45 - What boots the regal circle on his head, His giant limbs, in state unwieldy spread; That long behind he trails his pompous robe, And, of all monarchs...
Página 64 - Want as much more, to turn it to its use ; For wit and judgment often are at strife, Tho' meant each other's aid, like man and wife. Tis more to guide, than spur the Muse's steed; Restrain his fury, than provoke his speed: The winged courser, like a gen'rous horse, Shows most true mettle when you check his course.
Página 65 - Tis not a lip, or eye, we beauty call, But the joint force and full result of all. Thus when we view some well-proportion'd dome, (The world's just wonder, and ev'n thine, O Rome!) No single parts unequally surprise, All comes united to th' admiring eyes; No monstrous height, or breadth or length appear; The whole at once is bold and regular.
Página 45 - Of broken Troops an easy Conquest find. Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, in wild Disorder seen, With Throngs promiscuous strow the level Green.