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Página 52
Your last Eclogue being upon the same subject as that of mine on Mrs . Tempest '
s Death , I shou ' d take it very kindly in you to give it a little turn , as if it were to
the Memory of the same Lady , if they were not written for some particular Woman
...
Your last Eclogue being upon the same subject as that of mine on Mrs . Tempest '
s Death , I shou ' d take it very kindly in you to give it a little turn , as if it were to
the Memory of the same Lady , if they were not written for some particular Woman
...
Página 55
To come to the Hiatus , or Gap between two words , which is caus ' d by two
vowels opening on each other , ( upon which you desire me to be particular ) I
think the rule in this case is either to use the Cæsura , or admit the Hiatus , just as
the ...
To come to the Hiatus , or Gap between two words , which is caus ' d by two
vowels opening on each other , ( upon which you desire me to be particular ) I
think the rule in this case is either to use the Cæsura , or admit the Hiatus , just as
the ...
Página 58
... and on this in particular , that it will show me ( to my comfort ) that even a wise
man is sometimes very idle ; for so you must needs be when you can find leisure
to write to Your , & c . LETTER * L E T T E R II . April 58 LETTERS to and from.
... and on this in particular , that it will show me ( to my comfort ) that even a wise
man is sometimes very idle ; for so you must needs be when you can find leisure
to write to Your , & c . LETTER * L E T T E R II . April 58 LETTERS to and from.
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If you will oblige me at your leisure with the confirmation of your recovery , under
your own hand , it will be extream grateful to me , for next to the pleasure of
seeing my friends , is that I take in hearing from them ; and in this particular I am ...
If you will oblige me at your leisure with the confirmation of your recovery , under
your own hand , it will be extream grateful to me , for next to the pleasure of
seeing my friends , is that I take in hearing from them ; and in this particular I am ...
Página 68
The Hiatus in particular I wou ' d avoid as much as possible , to which you are
certainly in the right to be a profess ' d enemy ; tho ' I confess I could not think it
poslible at all times to be avoided by any writer , till I found by reading Malherbe ...
The Hiatus in particular I wou ' d avoid as much as possible , to which you are
certainly in the right to be a profess ' d enemy ; tho ' I confess I could not think it
poslible at all times to be avoided by any writer , till I found by reading Malherbe ...
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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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