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I have not atttempted any thing of a Pastoral comedy , because I think the taste of
our age will not relish a poem of that fort . People seek for what they call wit , on
all subjects , and in all places ; not considering that nature loves truth so well ...
I have not atttempted any thing of a Pastoral comedy , because I think the taste of
our age will not relish a poem of that fort . People seek for what they call wit , on
all subjects , and in all places ; not considering that nature loves truth so well ...
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As for the Greek Pcets , if we cannot trace them so plainly , ' tis perhaps because
we have none before them ; ' tis evident that most of them borrowed from Homer ,
and Homer has been accus ' d of burning those that wrote before him , that his ...
As for the Greek Pcets , if we cannot trace them so plainly , ' tis perhaps because
we have none before them ; ' tis evident that most of them borrowed from Homer ,
and Homer has been accus ' d of burning those that wrote before him , that his ...
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contain a peculiar beauty and majesty , and were left out for no other reason , but
because the consequence of this machine appears not till the second book . )
The translation goes on from thence to the words Hic vero ambobus rabiem ...
contain a peculiar beauty and majesty , and were left out for no other reason , but
because the consequence of this machine appears not till the second book . )
The translation goes on from thence to the words Hic vero ambobus rabiem ...
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... and revenge it upon ; his Translator , , I shall be extreamly glad if the reading
this can be any amusement to you , the rather because I had the dissatisfaction to
hear you have been confin ' d to your chamber by an illness , which I fear was as
...
... and revenge it upon ; his Translator , , I shall be extreamly glad if the reading
this can be any amusement to you , the rather because I had the dissatisfaction to
hear you have been confin ' d to your chamber by an illness , which I fear was as
...
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that those of Mycænæ came not to the war « at this time , because they were then
in confusion C by the divisions of the brothers , Atreus and Thy . “ estes . ” Now
from the raising the Greek army against Thebes , back to the time of this journey ...
that those of Mycænæ came not to the war « at this time , because they were then
in confusion C by the divisions of the brothers , Atreus and Thy . “ estes . ” Now
from the raising the Greek army against Thebes , back to the time of this journey ...
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Página 204 - The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes! my ears With sounds seraphic ring: Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death! where is thy sting?
Página 47 - 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 228 - 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 53 - 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 206 - I have an ambition of having it known that you are my friend, I shall be very proud of showing it by this, or any other instance. I question not but your Translation will enrich our tongue, and do honour to our country...
Página 195 - Plutarch just now told me, that 'tis in human life as in a game at tables, where a man may wish for the highest cast, but, if his chance be otherwise, he is e'en to play it as well as he can, and to make the best of it.
Página 73 - ... shade. In winter fire. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years slide soft away. In health of body, peace of mind, Quiet by day. Sound sleep by night; study and ease, Together mixt; sweet recreation: And innocence, which most does please With meditation.
Página 141 - I paced on slowly, without company, or any interruption to the range of my thoughts. About a mile before I reached Oxford, all the bells...
Página 197 - The memory of man, (as it is elegantly exprefs'd in the Book of Wifdom) pafleth away as the remembrance of a gueft that tarrieth but one day. There are reafons enough, in the fourth chapter of the fame . book, to make any young man contented with the profpect of death.
Página 233 - Great Turk in poetry, who can never bear a brother on the throne ; and has his mutes too, a set of nodders, winkers, and whisperers, whose business is to strangle all other offsprings of wit in their birth.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | The Works of Alexander Pope, Volumen 6 The Works of Alexander Pope, Alexander Pope |
| Autor | Alexander Pope |
| Editor | Henry Lintot, 1737 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 11 Jul 2007 |
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