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... expected to dictate . He supposes himself to be asked two ques- tions ; whether the Essay will succeed , and who or what is the author . Its success he admits to be secured by the false opinions then prevalent ; the author he concludes ...
... expected to dictate . He supposes himself to be asked two ques- tions ; whether the Essay will succeed , and who or what is the author . Its success he admits to be secured by the false opinions then prevalent ; the author he concludes ...
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... eminent rank and large fortune , the ward of an uncle , who , having given her a proper education , 8 1712 . See Gent . Mag . vol . LI . p . 314. N. expected , like other guardians , that she should make THE AUTHOR . xxin.
... eminent rank and large fortune , the ward of an uncle , who , having given her a proper education , 8 1712 . See Gent . Mag . vol . LI . p . 314. N. expected , like other guardians , that she should make THE AUTHOR . xxin.
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Alexander Pope. expected , like other guardians , that she should make at least an equal match ; and such he proposed to her , but found it rejected in favour of a young gentleman of inferior condition . Having discovered the ...
Alexander Pope. expected , like other guardians , that she should make at least an equal match ; and such he proposed to her , but found it rejected in favour of a young gentleman of inferior condition . Having discovered the ...
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... expected , as each faction then boasted its literary zeal , that the great men , who on other occasions prac- tised all the violence of opposition , would emulate each other in their encouragement of a poet who had de- lighted all , and ...
... expected , as each faction then boasted its literary zeal , that the great men , who on other occasions prac- tised all the violence of opposition , would emulate each other in their encouragement of a poet who had de- lighted all , and ...
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... expected from a writer to whom , as Homer says , nothing but rumour has reached , and who has no " personal knowledge . " 66 Pope doubtless approached Addison , when the re- putation of their wit first brought them together , with the ...
... expected from a writer to whom , as Homer says , nothing but rumour has reached , and who has no " personal knowledge . " 66 Pope doubtless approached Addison , when the re- putation of their wit first brought them together , with the ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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.