The Works of Alexander Pope: The life [by W.J. Courthope] and indexJ. Murray, 1889 - Poets, English |
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... poet loved to involve all his actions . The example set by his papers in the Athenćum ' was widely followed , and every recorded incident in the poet's life was subjected to a rigorous examination , which led to many discoveries of real ...
... poet loved to involve all his actions . The example set by his papers in the Athenćum ' was widely followed , and every recorded incident in the poet's life was subjected to a rigorous examination , which led to many discoveries of real ...
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... poet credited himself with a lineage much more splendid but no less fabulous . In his ' Epistle to Arbuth- not ' he asserted- " Of gentle blood ( part shed in honour's cause While yet in Britain honour had applause ) Each parent sprung ...
... poet credited himself with a lineage much more splendid but no less fabulous . In his ' Epistle to Arbuth- not ' he asserted- " Of gentle blood ( part shed in honour's cause While yet in Britain honour had applause ) Each parent sprung ...
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... poet's grandfather was one Alexander Pope , Rector of Thruxton in Hampshire , who died in 1645. ' Alexander Pope , his son , and the poet's father , is said to have been a posthumous child . ' On the mother's side the lineage can be ...
... poet's grandfather was one Alexander Pope , Rector of Thruxton in Hampshire , who died in 1645. ' Alexander Pope , his son , and the poet's father , is said to have been a posthumous child . ' On the mother's side the lineage can be ...
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... poets , and must be taken into account in judging of his character and con- duct in episodes which will hereafter be described . No English poet had yet been trained in a manner so inde- pendent of the life and institutions of his ...
... poets , and must be taken into account in judging of his character and con- duct in episodes which will hereafter be described . No English poet had yet been trained in a manner so inde- pendent of the life and institutions of his ...
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... poet of tolerable reputation in this country . He makes all the merriment in our entertainments , and but for him there would be so miserable a dearth of catches , that I fear they would sans cérémonie put either the parson or me upon ...
... poet of tolerable reputation in this country . He makes all the merriment in our entertainments , and but for him there would be so miserable a dearth of catches , that I fear they would sans cérémonie put either the parson or me upon ...
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Page 110 - And hence th' egregious wizard shall foredoom The fate of Louis, and the fall of Rome. Then cease, bright Nymph! to mourn thy ravish'd hair, Which adds new glory to the shining sphere! Not all the tresses that fair head can boast, Shall draw such envy as the lock you lost.
Page 43 - Twere well might critics still this freedom take : But Appius reddens at each word you speak, And stares tremendous, with a threatening eye, Like some fierce tyrant in old tapestry.
Page 54 - And hence perhaps may be given some reason of that common observation, that men who have a great deal of wit, and prompt memories, have not always the clearest judgment or deepest reason...
Page 68 - And something previous ev'n to taste — 'tis sense : Good sense, which only is the gift of Heaven, And, though no science, fairly worth the seven : A light which in yourself you must perceive ; Jones and Le Notre have it not to give.
Page 271 - Oh let me live my own, and die so too! (To live and die is all I have to do:) Maintain a poet's dignity and ease. And see what friends, and read what books I please: Above a patron, though I condescend Sometimes to call a minister my friend.
Page 112 - Whatever spirit, careless of his charge, His post neglects, or leaves the fair at large, Shall feel sharp vengeance soon o'ertake his sins, Be...
Page 52 - MAN, as the minister and interpreter of nature, does and understands as much, as his observations on the order of nature, either with regard to things or the mind, permit him, and neither knows nor is capable of more.
Page 183 - There my retreat the best companions grace, Chiefs out of war, and statesmen out of place: There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul: And he, whose lightning pierced the' Iberian lines, Now forms my quincunx, and now ranks my vines; Or tames the genius of the stubborn plain, Almost as quickly as he conquer'd Spain.
Page 249 - That reason, passion, answer one great aim ; That true self-love and social are the same ; That virtue only makes our bliss below, And all our knowledge is — ourselves to know.
Page 320 - Are what ten thousand envy and adore : All, all look up, with reverential awe, At crimes that 'scape, or triumph o'er the law : While truth, worth, wisdom, daily they decry — " Nothing is sacred now but villany.