Letters of Mr. Pope, and Several Eminent Persons, from the Year 1705, to 1711. Vol. 1booksellers of London and Westminster, 1735 |
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Página 69
... Homer has been accus'd of burn- ing those that wrote before him , that his Thefts might not be discover'd . The best of the modern Poets in all Languages , are thofe that have the nearest copied the An- " cients . Indeed in all the ...
... Homer has been accus'd of burn- ing those that wrote before him , that his Thefts might not be discover'd . The best of the modern Poets in all Languages , are thofe that have the nearest copied the An- " cients . Indeed in all the ...
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... Homer is very incorrect . While they talk at this rate , one would think them above the com- mon rate of mortals : but generally they are great admirers of Ovid and Lucan , and when they write themfelves , we find out all the Myftery ...
... Homer is very incorrect . While they talk at this rate , one would think them above the com- mon rate of mortals : but generally they are great admirers of Ovid and Lucan , and when they write themfelves , we find out all the Myftery ...
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... Homer and Virgil , and no where else that I know of to any obfervable degree . The following Examples will make this plain , which I have taken from Vida . Molle viam tacito lapfu per levia radit . Incedit tardo molimine fubfidendo ...
... Homer and Virgil , and no where else that I know of to any obfervable degree . The following Examples will make this plain , which I have taken from Vida . Molle viam tacito lapfu per levia radit . Incedit tardo molimine fubfidendo ...
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... do * Jacob Tonfon's fixth Volume of Poetical Mifcellanies , in which Mr. Pope's Paftorals and fome Verfions of Homer and Chaucer were firft printed . Bloffoms , Bloffoms , a very few whereof ever come to be 96 LETTERS of.
... do * Jacob Tonfon's fixth Volume of Poetical Mifcellanies , in which Mr. Pope's Paftorals and fome Verfions of Homer and Chaucer were firft printed . Bloffoms , Bloffoms , a very few whereof ever come to be 96 LETTERS of.
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... Homer ) have fhewn a particular regard to thefe animals . That of Toby is the more remarkable , be- cause there was no manner of reason to take notice of the Dog , befides the great hu- I manity manity of the Author . Homer's account of ...
... Homer ) have fhewn a particular regard to thefe animals . That of Toby is the more remarkable , be- cause there was no manner of reason to take notice of the Dog , befides the great hu- I manity manity of the Author . Homer's account of ...
Términos y frases comunes
affure againſt almoſt anfwer becauſe befides beft beſt call'd cauſe converfation cou'd Dear Sir deferve defign defire eafy efteem Expreffion fafe faid fame favour feems feen felf felves fenfe fent ferve feveral fhall fhort fhould fince fincere firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon fpeak Friend friendſhip ftate ftill fubject fuch fure give good-natur'd happineſs himſelf Homer honeft honour hope houſe juft juſt kindneſs Lady laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs Letter Lord Lord Burlington Mifcellanies moft moſt Mufes muft muſt myſelf never obferve oblig'd occafion opinion Paftoral Perfon pleafing pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure Poem Poet Poetry poffible POPE Pray prefent publick reaſon receiv'd refpect reft ſelf Senfe ſhall tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand thro Town Tranflation Twickenham Verfes vifit Whig whofe WILLIAM TRUMBULL wiſh wou'd writ write Wycherley
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Página 87 - Lordship may cause me to live agreeably in the town, or contentedly in the country, which is really all the difference I set between an easy fortune and a small one.
Página 27 - ... putrify, and are good for nothing, and running violently on, do but the more mischief in their passage to others, and are swallowed up and lost the sooner themselves.
Página 73 - It is not enough that nothing offends the Ear, but a good Poet will adapt the very Sounds, as well as Words, to the things he treats of. So that there is (if one may express it so) a Style of Sound. As in describing a gliding Stream, the Numbers shou'd run easy and flowing; in describing a rough Torrent or Deluge, sonorous and swelling, and so of the rest.
Página 197 - I wanted nothing but a black gown and a salary to be as mere a bookworm as any there. I conformed...
Página 209 - Welcome to your native soil, welcome to your friends, thrice welcome to me, whether returned in glory, blest with court interest, the love and familiarity of the great, and filled with agreeable hopes ; or melancholy with dejection, contemplative of the changes of fortune, and doubtful for the future. Whether returned a triumphant Whig or a...
Página 126 - The fields in the northern side are divided by hedgerows of myrtle. Several fountains and rivulets add to the beauty of this landscape, which is likewise set off by the variety of some barren spots, and naked rocks.
Página 125 - ... to one of the few, who (in any age) have come up to that character. I am...
Página 165 - I KNOW of nothing that will be so interesting to you at present, as some circumstances of the last act of that eminent comic poet, and our friend, Wycherley. He had often told me, as I doubt not he did all his acquaintance, that he would marry as soon as his life was despaired of. Accordingly, a few days before his death, he underwent the ceremony, and joined together those two sacraments which, wise men say, should be the last we receive ; for, if you...
Página 65 - People seek for what they call wit, on all subjects, and in all places ; not considering that nature loves truth so well, that it hardly ever admits of flourishing : Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty ; it is not only needless, but impairs what it would improve.
Página 211 - ... went. We are now at the Bath, where (if you are not, as I heartily hope, better engaged) your coming would be the greatest pleasure to us in the world.