The works of Alexander Pope. With a selection of explanatory notes, and the account of his life by dr. Johnson, Volumen11812 |
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... Dryden died May 1 , 1701 , some days before Pope was twelve ; so early must he therefore have felt the power of harmony and the zeal of genius . Who does not wish that Dryden could have known the value of the homage that was paid him ...
... Dryden died May 1 , 1701 , some days before Pope was twelve ; so early must he therefore have felt the power of harmony and the zeal of genius . Who does not wish that Dryden could have known the value of the homage that was paid him ...
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... Dryden's Fables , which had then been not long published , and were much in the hands of poetical readers , he was tempted to try his own skill in giving Chaucer a more fashionable appearance , and put January and May , and the Prologue ...
... Dryden's Fables , which had then been not long published , and were much in the hands of poetical readers , he was tempted to try his own skill in giving Chaucer a more fashionable appearance , and put January and May , and the Prologue ...
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... Dryden had , when he lived , been accustomed to pre- side . During this period of his life he was indefatigably diligent and insatiably curious ; wanting health for violent and money for expensive pleasures , and having excited in ...
... Dryden had , when he lived , been accustomed to pre- side . During this period of his life he was indefatigably diligent and insatiably curious ; wanting health for violent and money for expensive pleasures , and having excited in ...
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... Dryden's Virgil m ; and it had been tried again with great success when the " Tatlers " were collected into volumes . There was reason to believe that Pope's attempt would be successful . He was in the full bloom of reputation , and was ...
... Dryden's Virgil m ; and it had been tried again with great success when the " Tatlers " were collected into volumes . There was reason to believe that Pope's attempt would be successful . He was in the full bloom of reputation , and was ...
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... DRYDEN . ] Of these lines , and of the whole first book , I am told that there was yet a former copy , more varied , and more deformed with interlineations . The beginning of the second book varies very little from the printed page ...
... DRYDEN . ] Of these lines , and of the whole first book , I am told that there was yet a former copy , more varied , and more deformed with interlineations . The beginning of the second book varies very little from the printed page ...
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Addison afterwards ALEXANDER POPE ancient appear bard beauties Blest Bolingbroke bright censure character courser critics crown'd Cynthus DAPHNIS delight Dryden Dunciad Eclogues Epistle epitaph Essay Essay on Criticism Eurydice ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame fire flame flocks flow'rs forest friendship genius glory grace groves heart heav'n Homer honour Iliad imitation immortal Isaiah labour lays learning letters living Lord Lord Bathurst Lord Bolingbroke LORD LANSDOWN lyre mankind mind muse muse's nature never numbers nymph o'er once passion pastoral plain poem poet poetry Pope Pope's pow'r praise pride publick published racter rage resound rise sacred SATIRE SATIRE'S scene seems SEMICHORUS sense shade shepherds shew shine sing skies smile soft spring strains streams STREPHON swains Swift sylvan thee Theocritus thou thought tion translation trees trembling truth verse Virg Virgil virtue virtue's Warburton write written
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Página 130 - 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 xlv - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head. Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies...
Página 145 - While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind : But more...
Página li - Then he instructed a young nobleman, that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope (a Papist), who had begun a translation of Homer into English verse, for which he must have them all subscribe. "For," says he, "the author shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for him.
Página cxii - Dryden knew more of man in his general nature, and Pope in his local manners. The notions of Dryden were formed by comprehensive speculation, and those of Pope by minute attention. There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden, and more certainty in that of Pope.
Página 137 - Ten Censure wrong for one who Writes amiss ; A Fool might once himself alone expose, Now One in Verse makes many more in Prose.
Página lxxxii - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Página 145 - A little learning is a dangerous thing ; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring : There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again.
Página 130 - 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. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years slide soft away, In health of body, peace of mind. Quiet by day. Sound sleep by night; study and ease. Together mixt: sweet recreation, And innocence, which most does please With meditation.
Página cxx - Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.