The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Compiled from Original Manuscripts; with a Critical Essay on His Writings and GeniusC. Bathurst, H. Woodfall, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, W. Johnston, B. White, T. Caslon, T. Longman, B. Law, Johnson and Payne, S. Bladon, T. Cadell, and the executors of A. Millar., 1769 - 578 páginas |
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... fhort account of his genealogy . His father , whofe Chriftian name was like- wife Alexander , was a confiderable merchant , and a distant relation to the Earl of Downe , whofe fole heiress married the Earl of Lindsay . Our poet's mother ...
... fhort account of his genealogy . His father , whofe Chriftian name was like- wife Alexander , was a confiderable merchant , and a distant relation to the Earl of Downe , whofe fole heiress married the Earl of Lindsay . Our poet's mother ...
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... fhort a time as he ever fuffered any thing to lie by him . It had not probably been published fo foon , but for the importunity of his old friend Sir William Trumball , to whom he fent a copy of it , and who was was fo charmed with it ...
... fhort a time as he ever fuffered any thing to lie by him . It had not probably been published fo foon , but for the importunity of his old friend Sir William Trumball , to whom he fent a copy of it , and who was was fo charmed with it ...
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... fhort analysis of the poet's chain of argument : * That Horace attended to method in his Art of Poetry , has been fhewn by a learned critic . See Mr. Hurd's comment on the Epiftle to the Pifos . F 2 and and I cannot help thinking it a ...
... fhort analysis of the poet's chain of argument : * That Horace attended to method in his Art of Poetry , has been fhewn by a learned critic . See Mr. Hurd's comment on the Epiftle to the Pifos . F 2 and and I cannot help thinking it a ...
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... - gination is finitten on a general furvey of nature , and must confequently confine his view to detached parts , which , to his fhort fight , will frequently frequently appear irregular . This ,, however , the poet 82 THE LIFE OF.
... - gination is finitten on a general furvey of nature , and must confequently confine his view to detached parts , which , to his fhort fight , will frequently frequently appear irregular . This ,, however , the poet 82 THE LIFE OF.
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... fhort time . But the Alexan- " drine , by its paufe in the midft , is a tardy and ftately measure ; and the word unbending , one " of the moft fluggish and flow which our lan- guage affords , cannot much accelerate its mo- " tion ...
... fhort time . But the Alexan- " drine , by its paufe in the midft , is a tardy and ftately measure ; and the word unbending , one " of the moft fluggish and flow which our lan- guage affords , cannot much accelerate its mo- " tion ...
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Página 256 - Know then this truth (enough for man to know) 'Virtue alone is happiness below.
Página 192 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Página 123 - In some lone isle, or distant northern land; Where the gilt chariot never marks the way, Where none learn ombre, none e'er taste bohea!
Página 265 - Let not this weak unknowing hand Presume Thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land, On each I judge Thy foe. If I am right, Thy grace impart Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, oh, teach my heart To find that better way...
Página 299 - Consult the Genius of the Place in all; That tells the Waters or to rise, or fall; Or helps th...
Página 152 - Oh! happy state! when souls each other draw, When love is liberty, and nature law...
Página 192 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike; Alike...
Página 299 - Or helps th' ambitious Hill the heav'ns to scale, Or scoops in circling theatres the Vale; Calls in the Country, catches op'ning glades, Joins willing Woods, and varies shades from shades; Now breaks, or now directs, th' intending Lines; Paints as you plant, and, as you work, designs.
Página 355 - Me, let the tender office long engage To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death; Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep a while one parent from the sky ! On cares like these, if length of days attend, May Heaven, to bless those days, preserve my friend!
Página 264 - What conscience dictates to be done. Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than Hell to shun, That more than Heaven pursue.