The Works of Alexander Pope, Volumen 4J.F. Dove, St. John's Square, 1822 |
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... Whig ; Rich , poor , male , female , young , old , gay , or sad , Whether extremely witty , or quite mad ; Profoundly dull , or shallowly polite , Men that read well , or men that only write ; Whether peers , porters , tailors , tune ...
... Whig ; Rich , poor , male , female , young , old , gay , or sad , Whether extremely witty , or quite mad ; Profoundly dull , or shallowly polite , Men that read well , or men that only write ; Whether peers , porters , tailors , tune ...
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... Whig , and Whigs a Tory . 60 65 . NOTES . Ver . 66. Like good Erasmus ] The violence and haughtiness of Luther disgusted the mild and moderate Erasmus , and alienated him from pursuing the plan of reformation which at first he seemed to ...
... Whig , and Whigs a Tory . 60 65 . NOTES . Ver . 66. Like good Erasmus ] The violence and haughtiness of Luther disgusted the mild and moderate Erasmus , and alienated him from pursuing the plan of reformation which at first he seemed to ...
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... Whig - Ministers . In the beginning of George I. Lord Halifax , of his own motion , sent for Mr. Pope , and told him , it had often given him concern that so great a Poet had never been distinguished ; that he was glad it was now in his ...
... Whig - Ministers . In the beginning of George I. Lord Halifax , of his own motion , sent for Mr. Pope , and told him , it had often given him concern that so great a Poet had never been distinguished ; that he was glad it was now in his ...
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... Whig , now Tory , what we lov'd we hate ; Now all for Pleasure , now for Church and State ; Now for Prerogative , and now for Laws ; Effects unhappy ! from a Noble Cause . " Time was , a sober Englishman would knock His servants up ...
... Whig , now Tory , what we lov'd we hate ; Now all for Pleasure , now for Church and State ; Now for Prerogative , and now for Laws ; Effects unhappy ! from a Noble Cause . " Time was , a sober Englishman would knock His servants up ...
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... Whig interest found their characters torn in pieces , and treated in the most cruel and unjust manner . The Tatler ... Whigs and Tories were unanimous in the applauses they gave to the Spectator : and invidiously represents it as a ...
... Whig interest found their characters torn in pieces , and treated in the most cruel and unjust manner . The Tatler ... Whigs and Tories were unanimous in the applauses they gave to the Spectator : and invidiously represents it as a ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 26 - Peace to all such ! But were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone. Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Página 26 - 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...
Página 388 - Read Homer once, and you can read no more ; For all books else appear so mean, so poor, Verse will seem prose : but still persist to read, And Homer will be all the books you need.
Página 321 - Though thy clime Be fickle, and thy year, most part, deform'd With dripping rains, or withered by a frost, I would not yet exchange thy sullen skies, And fields without a flower, for warmer France With all her vines ; nor for Ausonia's groves Of golden fruitage, and her myrtle bowers.
Página 69 - Rolls o'er my grotto, and but sooths my sleep. There, my retreat the best companions grace, Chiefs out of war, and statesmen out of place. There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul : And he, whose lightning pierc'd th...
Página 31 - Refuse his age the needful hours of rest? Punish a body which he could not please ; Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease ? And all to leave what with his toil he won, To that unfeather'd two-legg'd thing, a son ; Got, while his soul did huddled notions try ; And born a shapeless lump, like anarchy.
Página 39 - As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies.
Página 47 - 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 awhile one parent from the sky...
Página 11 - And curses Wit, and Poetry, and Pope. Friend to my Life! (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What Drop or Nostrum can this plague remove?
Página 28 - Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he? What though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals? Or smoking forth, a hundred hawkers load, On wings of winds came flying all abroad?