The Works of Alexander Pope, Volumen 4J.F. Dove, St. John's Square, 1822 |
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... Divine . " Bless me ! a packet.- " " Tis a stranger sues , A Virgin Tragedy , an Orphan Muse . " Ver . 53 in the MS . VARIATIONS . If you refuse , he goes , as fates incline , To plague Sir Robert , or to turn Divine . NOTES . 50 55 Ver ...
... Divine . " Bless me ! a packet.- " " Tis a stranger sues , A Virgin Tragedy , an Orphan Muse . " Ver . 53 in the MS . VARIATIONS . If you refuse , he goes , as fates incline , To plague Sir Robert , or to turn Divine . NOTES . 50 55 Ver ...
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... divine doctrine , on account of things foreign and adventitious , the speculations and disputes of curious men , is in my mind , an absurdity of the same kind as it would be to cut down a fine tree yielding fruit and shade , be- cause ...
... divine doctrine , on account of things foreign and adventitious , the speculations and disputes of curious men , is in my mind , an absurdity of the same kind as it would be to cut down a fine tree yielding fruit and shade , be- cause ...
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... Divine as Dr. 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 ...
... Divine as Dr. 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 ...
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... divine whom Wisdom calls her own ; 180 Great without Title , without Fortune bless'd ; Rich ' ev'n when plunder'd , " honour'd while op- press'd ; Lov'd without youth , and follow'd without pow'r ; At home , tho ' exil'd ; ' free , tho ...
... divine whom Wisdom calls her own ; 180 Great without Title , without Fortune bless'd ; Rich ' ev'n when plunder'd , " honour'd while op- press'd ; Lov'd without youth , and follow'd without pow'r ; At home , tho ' exil'd ; ' free , tho ...
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... divine origin of Government , and the unlimited obedience of the People . W. Ver . 53. than HYDE ! ] Much beyond the Original ; particu- larly on account of the very happy and artful use Pope has made of the neighbourhood of the House ...
... divine origin of Government , and the unlimited obedience of the People . W. Ver . 53. than HYDE ! ] Much beyond the Original ; particu- larly on account of the very happy and artful use Pope has made of the neighbourhood of the House ...
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Addison admirable Æneid Alluding ancient Aristotle atque Augustus Author beauty Ben Jonson better Bishop Boileau Brutus called censure character Court Critics Dacier divine Donne Dryden Dunciad Elijah Fenton English Epic Epistle Ev'n ev'ry excellent expression fable father fool French genius give grace Homer honour Horace Iliad imitation invention judgment King language laugh laws learned lines live Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Fanny Lucilius manners mean Milton moral Muse nature never NOTES numbers nunc observed Odyssey Original passage person piece Pindar Poem Poet Poet's poetical poetry Pope Pope's Pow'r praise Prince quæ quam quid Quintilian quod racter rhyme ridicule Satire says sense Shakspeare shew speak spirit style sublime Swift tamen taste thing thought tibi tion tragedy translation true truth verse Virgil Virtue Voltaire Whig whole words write wrote
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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?