The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Compiled from Original Manuscripts; with a Critical Essay on His Writings and GeniusC. Bathurst, H. Woodfall, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, W. Johnston, B. White, T. Caslon, T. Longman, B. Law, Johnson and Payne, S. Bladon, T. Cadell, and the executors of A. Millar., 1769 - 578 páginas |
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... admirable commentary fubjoined to it . But it would not be confiftent with the profeffed plan of this hiftory , fhould I omit to point out its moft diftinguished beauties and de- fects , which cannot be done , without giving a fhort ...
... admirable commentary fubjoined to it . But it would not be confiftent with the profeffed plan of this hiftory , fhould I omit to point out its moft diftinguished beauties and de- fects , which cannot be done , without giving a fhort ...
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... admirable apof- trophe : “ Hail , Bards triumphant ! born in happier " days ; " Immortal heirs of univerfal praise ! " Whose honours with increase of ages grow , " As ftreams roll down , enlarging as they flow : " Nations unborn your ...
... admirable apof- trophe : “ Hail , Bards triumphant ! born in happier " days ; " Immortal heirs of univerfal praise ! " Whose honours with increase of ages grow , " As ftreams roll down , enlarging as they flow : " Nations unborn your ...
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... admirable fimile . " Falfe eloquence , like the prifmatic glass , " Its gaudy colours fpreads on ev'ry place ; " The " The face of Nature we no more furvey , 5 84 THE LIFE OF wit, which he ridicules by a fimile drawn from ...
... admirable fimile . " Falfe eloquence , like the prifmatic glass , " Its gaudy colours fpreads on ev'ry place ; " The " The face of Nature we no more furvey , 5 84 THE LIFE OF wit, which he ridicules by a fimile drawn from ...
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... admirable ; and as the * There feems , nevertheless , to be a grammatical inaccuracy in thefe lines , in making the copulative follow the genitive cafe of the pronoun . effayist effayift candidly obferves , more fuitable to the ...
... admirable ; and as the * There feems , nevertheless , to be a grammatical inaccuracy in thefe lines , in making the copulative follow the genitive cafe of the pronoun . effayist effayift candidly obferves , more fuitable to the ...
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... admirable temper and good fenfe , where , fpeaking of Dennis , he says , " To give " him his due , he has objected to one or two lines " with reafon , and I will alter them in cafe of " another edition : I will make my enemy do me " a ...
... admirable temper and good fenfe , where , fpeaking of Dennis , he says , " To give " him his due , he has objected to one or two lines " with reafon , and I will alter them in cafe of " another edition : I will make my enemy do me " a ...
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Términos y frases comunes
AARON HILL addreffed admirable affured againſt beautiful becauſe beft beſt cenfure character compofition critic Dean Swift defcribed defcription defign defire difplayed Dunciad Effay effayift efteemed epiftle ev'ry excellent expofed expreffed fafe faid fame fatire fays feems fenfe fenfibility fentiments ferve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fincere firft firſt fome foon fpeaking fpirit friendſhip ftate ftill ftriking fubject fublime fuch fuperior fuppofed fure genius himſelf honour Iliad illuftrates imagination inftance itſelf John Searl judgment juft juſt laft laſt leaft learned lefs letter likewife Lord Lord Bolingbroke merit mind moft moral moſt muft muſt nature never nevertheleſs numbers obferves occafion paffage paffed paffion paftorals perfon philofopher piece pleaſed pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry POPE POPE's prefent profe publiſhed purpoſe racter reafon refpect ridicule ſay ſpeak tafte thefe themſelves theſe lines thofe thoſe thought tion tranflation uſed verfe virtue whofe writings
Pasajes populares
Página 256 - Know then this truth (enough for man to know) 'Virtue alone is happiness below.
Página 192 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Página 123 - In some lone isle, or distant northern land; Where the gilt chariot never marks the way, Where none learn ombre, none e'er taste bohea!
Página 265 - Let not this weak unknowing hand Presume Thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land, On each I judge Thy foe. If I am right, Thy grace impart Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, oh, teach my heart To find that better way...
Página 299 - Consult the Genius of the Place in all; That tells the Waters or to rise, or fall; Or helps th...
Página 152 - Oh! happy state! when souls each other draw, When love is liberty, and nature law...
Página 192 - 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; Alike...
Página 299 - Or helps th' ambitious Hill the heav'ns to scale, Or scoops in circling theatres the Vale; Calls in the Country, catches op'ning glades, Joins willing Woods, and varies shades from shades; Now breaks, or now directs, th' intending Lines; Paints as you plant, and, as you work, designs.
Página 355 - 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 a while one parent from the sky ! On cares like these, if length of days attend, May Heaven, to bless those days, preserve my friend!
Página 264 - What conscience dictates to be done. Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than Hell to shun, That more than Heaven pursue.