The works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements; together with all his notes: pr. verbatim from the octavo ed. of mr. Warburton, Volumen11754 |
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Página ix
... nature , force , and extent of his genius , exemplified from thefe writings ; and a vindication of his moral character exemplified by his more distinguished virtues ; his filial piety , his difinterested friend- fhips , his reverence ...
... nature , force , and extent of his genius , exemplified from thefe writings ; and a vindication of his moral character exemplified by his more distinguished virtues ; his filial piety , his difinterested friend- fhips , his reverence ...
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... nature , that I was born with a love to poetry ; for nothing more conduces to fill up all the intervals of our time , or , if rightly ufed , to make the whole courfe of life entertaining : Cantantes licet ufque ( minus via lædet ...
... nature , that I was born with a love to poetry ; for nothing more conduces to fill up all the intervals of our time , or , if rightly ufed , to make the whole courfe of life entertaining : Cantantes licet ufque ( minus via lædet ...
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... Nature , Senfe improv'd by Sound . Unlike thofe Wits , whofe numbers glide along So fmooth , no thought e'er interrupts the fong : Laboriously enervate they appear , And write not to the head , but to the ear : Our minds unmov'd and ...
... Nature , Senfe improv'd by Sound . Unlike thofe Wits , whofe numbers glide along So fmooth , no thought e'er interrupts the fong : Laboriously enervate they appear , And write not to the head , but to the ear : Our minds unmov'd and ...
Página xv
... Nature to the Ancients fhewn , Fancy improves , and judgment makes your own : For great mens fashions to be follow'd are , Altho ' difgraceful ' tis their clothes to wear . Some in a polish'd ftyle write Paftoral , Arcadia fpeaks the ...
... Nature to the Ancients fhewn , Fancy improves , and judgment makes your own : For great mens fashions to be follow'd are , Altho ' difgraceful ' tis their clothes to wear . Some in a polish'd ftyle write Paftoral , Arcadia fpeaks the ...
Página xxiii
... Mines , that ages long before Fed the large realms around with golden Ore , When choak'd by finking banks , no more appear , And fhepherds only fay , The mines were here : бо Should fome rich youth ( if nature warm his heart c 3 [ xxiii ]
... Mines , that ages long before Fed the large realms around with golden Ore , When choak'd by finking banks , no more appear , And fhepherds only fay , The mines were here : бо Should fome rich youth ( if nature warm his heart c 3 [ xxiii ]
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Página 117 - Which lives as long as fools are pleas'd to laugh. Some valuing those of their own side or mind, Still make themselves the measure of mankind : Fondly we think we honour merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men.
Página 112 - Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line: While they ring round the same unvaried chimes With sure returns of still expected rhymes: Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze...
Página 157 - 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 145 - Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face : Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.
Página 118 - Where a new world leaps out at his command, And ready nature waits upon his hand ; When the ripe colours...
Página 149 - Their fluid bodies half dissolv'd in light. Loose to the wind their airy garments flew, Thin glitt'ring textures of the filmy dew, Dipt in the richest tincture of the skies, Where light disports in ever-mingling dyes, While ev'ry beam new transient colours flings, Colours that change whene'er they wave their wings.
Página 148 - 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 46 - On rifted rocks, the dragon's late abodes, The green reed trembles, and the bulrush nods.
Página 145 - Grace, And calls forth all the Wonders of her Face ; Sees by Degrees a purer Blush arise, And keener Lightnings quicken in her Eyes. The busy Sylphs surround their darling Care...
Página 108 - Some to Conceit alone their taste confine. And glittering thoughts struck out at every line; Pleased with a work where nothing's just or fit; One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit.