The poetical works of Alexander Pope. Ed. by R. Carruthers, Volumen 41854 |
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... Never , before or since , was the low vice of avarice united to such transcendant talents as in the case of Marlborough ; and it is to be regretted , that Pope did not anatomise his character in the style of Atticus or Atossa . The ...
... Never , before or since , was the low vice of avarice united to such transcendant talents as in the case of Marlborough ; and it is to be regretted , that Pope did not anatomise his character in the style of Atticus or Atossa . The ...
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... carried his descriptions of avarice or gluttony so far as what has happened in real life . Other vices have been exaggerated ; these two never have been . " ] ADDITIONAL NOTES . LORD COBHAM . SIR RICHARD TEMPLE , EP . I. ] 13 MORAL ESSAYS .
... carried his descriptions of avarice or gluttony so far as what has happened in real life . Other vices have been exaggerated ; these two never have been . " ] ADDITIONAL NOTES . LORD COBHAM . SIR RICHARD TEMPLE , EP . I. ] 13 MORAL ESSAYS .
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... never in the way , and never out of the way . ' This pointed remark goes far to explain Godolphin's extraordinary success in life . He acted at different times with both the great political parties ; but he never shared in the passions ...
... never in the way , and never out of the way . ' This pointed remark goes far to explain Godolphin's extraordinary success in life . He acted at different times with both the great political parties ; but he never shared in the passions ...
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... never mends , Because she's honest , and the best of friends . Or her , whose life the church and scandal share , For ever in a passion , or a prayer . 105 Or her , who laughs at hell , but ( like her grace ) 11 Cries , " Ah ! how ...
... never mends , Because she's honest , and the best of friends . Or her , whose life the church and scandal share , For ever in a passion , or a prayer . 105 Or her , who laughs at hell , but ( like her grace ) 11 Cries , " Ah ! how ...
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... never , never , reached one generous thought . Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour , Content to dwell in decencies for ever . So very reasonable , so unmoved , 160 165 As never yet to love , or to be loved . She , while her lover ...
... never , never , reached one generous thought . Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour , Content to dwell in decencies for ever . So very reasonable , so unmoved , 160 165 As never yet to love , or to be loved . She , while her lover ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 76 - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Página 117 - Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.
Página 87 - His gardens next your admiration call; On every side you look, behold the wall! No pleasing intricacies intervene, No artful wildness to perplex the scene ; Grove nods at grove, each alley has a brother, And half the platform just reflects the other.
Página 112 - 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 reserved to blame or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend ; Dreading e'en fools; by flatterers besieged, And so obliging that he ne'er obliged; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause...
Página 106 - And to be grave, exceeds all power of face. I sit with sad civility, I read With honest anguish, and an aching head; And drop at last, but in unwilling ears, This saving counsel, 'Keep your piece nine years.
Página 108 - The truth once told (and wherefore should we lie?) The Queen of Midas slept, and so may I. You think this cruel? take it for a rule, No creature smarts so little as a fool.
Página 121 - 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 91 - Flood contain, The Mole projected break the roaring Main; Back to his bounds their subject Sea command, And roll obedient Rivers thro' the Land: These Honours, Peace to happy Britain brings, These are Imperial Works, and worthy Kings.
Página 117 - His wit all see-saw, between that and this, Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis.
Página 62 - Like you, Sir John ? That I can do, when all I have is gone." Resolve me, Reason, which of these is worse, Want with a full, or with an empty purse...