The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volumen1J. and P. Knapton, H. Lintot, J. and R. Tonson, and S. Draper, 1751 - 274 páginas |
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Página iii
... fuch of my Works already printed as he hath written or shall write Commentaries or notes upon , and which I have " not otherwife difpofed of or alienated ; and as he fhall publifh WITHOUT FUTURE ALTERA- " TIONS . " His laft Will and ...
... fuch of my Works already printed as he hath written or shall write Commentaries or notes upon , and which I have " not otherwife difpofed of or alienated ; and as he fhall publifh WITHOUT FUTURE ALTERA- " TIONS . " His laft Will and ...
Página iv
... fuch a manner , as , I am per- fuaded , would have been to his fatisfaction . The Editor hath not , for the fake of profit , fuffered the Author's Name to be made cheap by a Subscription ; nor his Works to be defrauded of their due Ho ...
... fuch a manner , as , I am per- fuaded , would have been to his fatisfaction . The Editor hath not , for the fake of profit , fuffered the Author's Name to be made cheap by a Subscription ; nor his Works to be defrauded of their due Ho ...
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... fuch a Critic's is to put them out of humor ; a defign he could never go upon without both that and an ill temper . I think a good deal may be faid to extenuate the fault of bad poets . What we call a Genius , is hard , to be ...
... fuch a Critic's is to put them out of humor ; a defign he could never go upon without both that and an ill temper . I think a good deal may be faid to extenuate the fault of bad poets . What we call a Genius , is hard , to be ...
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... fuch , that to attempt to ferve it ( any way ) one must have the conftancy of a martyr , and a refolution to fuffer for its fake . I could with people would believe what I am pretty certain they will not , that I have been much lefs ...
... fuch , that to attempt to ferve it ( any way ) one must have the conftancy of a martyr , and a refolution to fuffer for its fake . I could with people would believe what I am pretty certain they will not , that I have been much lefs ...
Página xi
... fuch things as will die of themselves ; and a Memento mori to fome of my vain cotemporaries the Poets , to teach them that , when real merit is wanting , it avails nothing to have been encouraged by the great , commended by the emi ...
... fuch things as will die of themselves ; and a Memento mori to fome of my vain cotemporaries the Poets , to teach them that , when real merit is wanting , it avails nothing to have been encouraged by the great , commended by the emi ...
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Página 148 - The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, And wretches hang that jurymen may dine; The merchant from th' Exchange returns in peace, And the long labours of the toilet cease.
Página 150 - He springs to vengeance with an eager pace, And falls like thunder on the prostrate ace. The nymph exulting fills with shouts the sky...
Página 141 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all. This nymph, to the destruction of mankind, Nourished two locks, which graceful hung behind In equal curls, and well conspired to deck With...
Página 167 - 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!
Página 140 - And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box. The tortoise here and elephant unite, Transform'd to combs, the speckled and the white.
Página 83 - 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.
Página 117 - Where a new world leaps out at his command, And ready nature waits upon his hand ; When the ripe colours...
Página 111 - 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.
Página 154 - What Time would spare, from Steel receives its date, And monuments, like men, submit to fate ! Steel could the labour of the Gods destroy, And strike to dust th' imperial tow'rs of Troy; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground.
Página 69 - Till the freed Indians in their native groves Reap their own fruits, and woo their sable loves ; Peru once more a race of kings behold, And other Mexicos be roof'd with gold.