The Works of Alexander Pope, Volumen 4J.F. Dove, St. John's Square, 1822 |
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... DONNE , Dean of St. Satire II . Satire IV . Paul's , Versified . - 141 - 209 247 - 264 EPILOGUE to the SATIRES . Dialogue I. - Dialogue II . - On receiving from the Right Honourable the FRANCES SHIRLEY , a Standish and two Pens - 293 ...
... DONNE , Dean of St. Satire II . Satire IV . Paul's , Versified . - 141 - 209 247 - 264 EPILOGUE to the SATIRES . Dialogue I. - Dialogue II . - On receiving from the Right Honourable the FRANCES SHIRLEY , a Standish and two Pens - 293 ...
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... Donne , seemed a proof with what indignation and contempt a Christian may treat Vice or Folly , in ever so low , or ever so high a Station . Both these Authors were acceptable to the Princes and Ministers under whom they lived . The ...
... Donne , seemed a proof with what indignation and contempt a Christian may treat Vice or Folly , in ever so low , or ever so high a Station . Both these Authors were acceptable to the Princes and Ministers under whom they lived . The ...
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... Donne and Swift were undoubtedly men of wit and men of sense ; but what traces have they left of pure poetry ? It is remarkable that Dryden says of Donne , " He was the greatest wit , though not the greatest poet , of this nation ...
... Donne and Swift were undoubtedly men of wit and men of sense ; but what traces have they left of pure poetry ? It is remarkable that Dryden says of Donne , " He was the greatest wit , though not the greatest poet , of this nation ...
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... Comes titt'ring on , and shoves you from the stage : Leave such to trifle with more grace and ease , 326 Whom Folly pleases , and whose Follies please . THE SATIRES OF DR . JOHN DONNE , DEAN OF EP . II . 245 OF HORACE .
... Comes titt'ring on , and shoves you from the stage : Leave such to trifle with more grace and ease , 326 Whom Folly pleases , and whose Follies please . THE SATIRES OF DR . JOHN DONNE , DEAN OF EP . II . 245 OF HORACE .
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... Lucili scripta legentes Quærere , num illius , num rerum dura negarit Versiculos natura magis factos , et euntes Mollius ? HOR . THE wit , the vigour , and the honesty , The SATIRES of Dr JOHN DONNE, Dean of Paul's, Versified -
... Lucili scripta legentes Quærere , num illius , num rerum dura negarit Versiculos natura magis factos , et euntes Mollius ? HOR . THE wit , the vigour , and the honesty , The SATIRES of Dr JOHN DONNE, Dean of Paul's, Versified -
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Página 13 - twas when he knew no better. Dare you refuse him? Curll invites to dine, He'll write a. Journal, or he'll turn divine.' Bless me ! a packet - ' 'Tis a stranger sues, A Virgin Tragedy, an Orphan Muse.' If I dislike it, 'Furies, death and rage!' If I approve, 'Commend it to the stage.
Página 32 - 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 32 - 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 408 - 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 337 - 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 37 - 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 unfeathered two-legged thing, a son; Got, while his soul did huddled notions try; And born a shapeless lump, like anarchy.
Página 77 - 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 45 - 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 53 - 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?