Letters of Mr. Pope, and Several Eminent Persons, from the Year 1705, to 1711booksellers of London and Westminster, 1735 |
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... Lines , but my Life . A As to the damn'd Verfes I entrusted you with , I hope you will let them undergo . your Purgatory , to fave them from other . People's damning them ; fince the Critics , who are generally the first damn'd in this ...
... Lines , but my Life . A As to the damn'd Verfes I entrusted you with , I hope you will let them undergo . your Purgatory , to fave them from other . People's damning them ; fince the Critics , who are generally the first damn'd in this ...
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... Lines in the H. M. are these . Thus Dulness , the fafe Opiate of the Mind , The laft kind refuge sweary Wit can find , Fit for all ftations , and in each content , Is fatisfy'd , fecure , and innocent ; No pains it takes , and no ...
... Lines in the H. M. are these . Thus Dulness , the fafe Opiate of the Mind , The laft kind refuge sweary Wit can find , Fit for all ftations , and in each content , Is fatisfy'd , fecure , and innocent ; No pains it takes , and no ...
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... Lines ; which is like the Spaniards paying a Debt of Gold with a load of brafs Money . But to be a Plain - dealer , I must tell you , I will revenge the raillery of your Letters upon mine , by printing them , ( as Dennis did mine ) ...
... Lines ; which is like the Spaniards paying a Debt of Gold with a load of brafs Money . But to be a Plain - dealer , I must tell you , I will revenge the raillery of your Letters upon mine , by printing them , ( as Dennis did mine ) ...
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... lines together , without the Interpo- fition of another ; elfe it will be apt to wea- ry the Ear with one continu'd Tone , at leaft it does mine : That at the 5th runs quicker , and carries not quite fo dead a weight , ' fo tires not fo ...
... lines together , without the Interpo- fition of another ; elfe it will be apt to wea- ry the Ear with one continu'd Tone , at leaft it does mine : That at the 5th runs quicker , and carries not quite fo dead a weight , ' fo tires not fo ...
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... lines of each other , as tiresome to the Ear thro their Monotony . 6. Monofyllable - Lines , unless very artfully managed , are ftiff , or languifhing : but may be beautiful to exprefs Melancholy , Slow nefs , or Labour . 7. To come to ...
... lines of each other , as tiresome to the Ear thro their Monotony . 6. Monofyllable - Lines , unless very artfully managed , are ftiff , or languifhing : but may be beautiful to exprefs Melancholy , Slow nefs , or Labour . 7. To come to ...
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Página 106 - 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 65 - People seek for what they call wit, on all subjects, and in all places ; not considering that nature loves truth so well, that it hardly ever admits of flourishing : Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty ; it is not only needless, but impairs what it would improve.
Página 107 - ... 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 197 - I wanted nothing but a black gown and a salary, to be as mere a book-worm as any there. I...
Página 113 - Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends...
Página 194 - As soon as they can wipe off the sweat of the day, they must simper an hour, and catch cold, in the princess's apartment : from thence (as Shakespear has it) to dinner, with what appetite they may and after that, till midnight, walk, work, or think, which they please.
Página 73 - Niceties, which, tho' not much obferved even by eon-eft verfifiers, I cannot but think, deferve to be better regarded. i . It is not enough that nothing offends the ear, but a good Poet will adapt the very Sounds, as well as Words, to the thing he treats of.
Página 67 - A mutual commerce makes Poetry flourish; but then Poets like Merchants, shou'd repay with something of their own what they take from others; not like Pyrates, make prize of all they meet.
Página 79 - Such was Roscommon, not more learn'd than good, With manners gen'rous as his noble blood; To him the wit of Greece and Rome was known, And ev'ry author's merit, but his own. Such late was Walsh — the Muse's judge and friend, Who justly knew to blame or to commend; To failings mild, but zealous for desert; The clearest head, and the sincerest heart.