The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, Volume 1C. Cooke, 1796 |
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Page iii
... Dryden ; in the laft of which he immediately found what he wanted , and the poems of that excel- lent writer were never out of his hands ; they became his model , and from them alone he learned the whole magic of his versification . The ...
... Dryden ; in the laft of which he immediately found what he wanted , and the poems of that excel- lent writer were never out of his hands ; they became his model , and from them alone he learned the whole magic of his versification . The ...
Page v
... Dryden's opinion , is the most complete work of this kind which any nation has produced ever fince the time of Virgil ; but this he faid before Mr. Pope's Paftorals appeared . Mr. Walth pronounces on our Shepherd's Boy ( as Mr. Pope ...
... Dryden's opinion , is the most complete work of this kind which any nation has produced ever fince the time of Virgil ; but this he faid before Mr. Pope's Paftorals appeared . Mr. Walth pronounces on our Shepherd's Boy ( as Mr. Pope ...
Page xxiv
... Dryden's Mac Flecknoe ; but as it is more gene- ral , fo it is more pleafing . The Dunciad has been fo univerfally read , that we reckon it fuperfluous to give any further account of it here ; and it would be an unpleafing task to trace ...
... Dryden's Mac Flecknoe ; but as it is more gene- ral , fo it is more pleafing . The Dunciad has been fo univerfally read , that we reckon it fuperfluous to give any further account of it here ; and it would be an unpleafing task to trace ...
Page xxvii
... Dryden I obferve borrows for want of " leasure , and Pope for want of genius : Milton out of " pride , and Addifon out of modefty . " And when Theobald published " Shakespeare , " in oppofition to Pope , the best notes were fupplied by ...
... Dryden I obferve borrows for want of " leasure , and Pope for want of genius : Milton out of " pride , and Addifon out of modefty . " And when Theobald published " Shakespeare , " in oppofition to Pope , the best notes were fupplied by ...
Page xxxii
... Dryden . With the two former it is un- natural to compare him , as their province in writing is fo very different . Pope has never attempted the drama , nor publifhed an epic poem , in which these two diftinguished geniufes have fo ...
... Dryden . With the two former it is un- natural to compare him , as their province in writing is fo very different . Pope has never attempted the drama , nor publifhed an epic poem , in which these two diftinguished geniufes have fo ...
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Page 61 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all.
Page 161 - Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe. If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way...
Page 170 - Of all the Causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is Pride, the never-failing vice of fools. Whatever Nature has in worth...
Page 70 - Here living tea-pots stand, one arm held out, One bent ; the handle this, and that the spout...
Page 66 - What boots the regal circle on his head, His giant limbs, in state unwieldy spread; That long behind he trails his pompous robe, And, of all monarchs, only grasps the globe? The baron now his diamonds pours apace; Th...
Page 43 - See a long race thy spacious courts adorn ; See future sons, and daughters yet unborn, In crowding ranks on every side arise, Demanding life, impatient for the skies ! See barbarous nations at thy gates attend, Walk in thy light, and in thy temple bend...
Page 68 - A thousand wings, by turns, blow back the hair ; And thrice they twitch'd the diamond in her ear ; Thrice she look'd back, and thrice the foe drew near.
Page 99 - If ever chance two wand'ring lovers brings, To Paraclete's white walls, and silver springs, O'er the pale marble shall they join their heads, And drink the...
Page 171 - The gen'rous pleasure to be charmed with wit. But in such lays as neither ebb, nor flow, Correctly cold, and regularly low, That shunning faults, one quiet tenor keep; We cannot blame indeed - but we may sleep. In wit, as nature, what affects our hearts Is not th...
Page 97 - Stain all my soul, and wanton in my eyes. I waste the Matin lamp in sighs for thee, Thy image steals between my God and me, Thy voice I seem in...