The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Memoirs of the life and writings of Pope. Recommendatory poems. A discourse on pastoral poetry. Pastorals. Messiah. Windsor forest. Odes. Two chorus's to the tragedy of Brutus. The dying Christian to his soul. An essay on criticism. The rape of the lock. Elegy to the memory of an unfortunate lady. Prologue to Mr. Addison's tragedy of Cato. Epilogue to Mr. Rowe's Jane ShoreJ. Johnson, 1806 |
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Página xxviii
... cause of unappeafable enmities . After the publica- tion of his Pastorals , he was piqued that Phillips , who profeffed to write more from English country life than from what Pope calls the " Golden Age , " fhould be compared as a ...
... cause of unappeafable enmities . After the publica- tion of his Pastorals , he was piqued that Phillips , who profeffed to write more from English country life than from what Pope calls the " Golden Age , " fhould be compared as a ...
Página xxxiv
... cause of her perverted feelings , and untimely end . The fame year ( 1711 ) he produced the poem , which at once placed him higher than any modern writer , and exceeded every thing of the kind that had appeared in the republic of ...
... cause of her perverted feelings , and untimely end . The fame year ( 1711 ) he produced the poem , which at once placed him higher than any modern writer , and exceeded every thing of the kind that had appeared in the republic of ...
Página xxxv
... cause of the rifing bard , did not speak with difrefpect of the veteran critic . Dennis , no doubt , considered , that the ground which the young candidate for fame had gained , himself loft ; and an additional fting was , therefore ...
... cause of the rifing bard , did not speak with difrefpect of the veteran critic . Dennis , no doubt , considered , that the ground which the young candidate for fame had gained , himself loft ; and an additional fting was , therefore ...
Página xxxviii
... cause of his imputing enmity and jealousy This tranflation was executed with the affiftance of Lord Bo lingbroke . In a dedication to the Marquis Manfreda Repetta , which contains fome obfervations on the poem , the tranflator fays ...
... cause of his imputing enmity and jealousy This tranflation was executed with the affiftance of Lord Bo lingbroke . In a dedication to the Marquis Manfreda Repetta , which contains fome obfervations on the poem , the tranflator fays ...
Página xl
... cause of the final rupture between Pope and Addison , I need not follow , but fhall rather refer to his Life of Pope , page 304 .- ( Lives of the Poets . ) He there fays ( page 318 ) , that from the emiffion and reception of the pro ...
... cause of the final rupture between Pope and Addison , I need not follow , but fhall rather refer to his Life of Pope , page 304 .- ( Lives of the Poets . ) He there fays ( page 318 ) , that from the emiffion and reception of the pro ...
Términos y frases comunes
Addiſon Æneid againſt ancient beauty becauſe beſt boaſt Boileau cauſe character circumftance compofition Criticiſm Critics defcribed defcription defert Dryden Dunciad Eclogues Effay Ev'n ev'ry expreffion eyes facred faid fame fatire fays fecond feems fenfe fhade fhall fhew fhould filver fince fing firft firſt flow'rs fome foon Foreft fpirit fpring ftill fubject fublime fuch fuperior genius groves heav'n himſelf Homer Iliad IMITATIONS itſelf Johnſon juft juſt laft laſt lefs lines loft Lord Lord Hervey Lycidas moft moſt Mufe mufic Muſe muſt nature NOTES numbers nymph o'er obfervations occafion paffage paffions Paftorals perfon pleaſe poem Poet poetical Poetry Pope Pope's pow'r praiſe prefent profe publiſhed Quintilian reafon REMARKS rife ſcene ſeems ſenſe Shakeſpear ſhall ſhe ſpeak ſtill ſtrains ſtreams Sylphs thefe themſelves Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe thou thought tranflation uſed verfe verſe Virg Virgil WARBURTON WARTON whofe whoſe writing
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Página 333 - For, that sad moment, when the sylphs withdrew, And Ariel weeping from Belinda flew, Umbriel...
Página 187 - The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes; my ears With sounds seraphic ring! Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death! where is thy sting?
Página 226 - Fired at first sight with what the Muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts, While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind ; But, more...
Página 218 - Music resembles poetry; in each Are nameless graces which no methods teach, And which a master-hand alone can reach. If, where the rules not far enough extend, (Since rules were made but to promote their end) Some lucky licence answer to the full Th' intent propos'd, that licence is a rule.
Página 324 - The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, And wretches hang that jurymen may dine; The merchant from th' Exchange returns in peace, And the long labours of the toilet cease.
Página 309 - Safe from the treach'rous friend, the daring spark, The glance by day, the whisper in the dark, When kind occasion prompts their warm desires, When music softens, and when dancing fires ? Tis but their sylph, the wise celestials know, Though honour is the word with men below.
Página 332 - What time would spare, from steel receives its date, And monuments, like men, submit to fate! Steel could the labour of the gods destroy, And strike to dust th' imperial tow'rs of Troy; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground.
Página 110 - Be smooth, ye Rocks; ye rapid Floods, give way ! The SAVIOUR comes! by ancient bards foretold! Hear Him, ye Deaf; and all ye Blind, behold! He from thick films shall purge the visual ray, And on the sightless eye-ball pour the day: Tis He th' obstructed paths of sound shall clear, And bid new music charm th...
Página 115 - See, a long race thy spacious courts adorn; See future sons, and daughters yet unborn, In crowding ranks on every side arise, Demanding life, impatient for the skies ! See barbarous nations at thy gates attend, Walk in thy light, and in thy temple bend...
Página 182 - 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.