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Page ii
... fhould have fuffered , it was owing to a reason which the Editor need not be ashamed to tell . It was his regard to the family - interefts of his deceafed Friend . Mr. Pope , at his death , had left large impref- fions of feveral parts ...
... fhould have fuffered , it was owing to a reason which the Editor need not be ashamed to tell . It was his regard to the family - interefts of his deceafed Friend . Mr. Pope , at his death , had left large impref- fions of feveral parts ...
Page iv
... of which , at prefent , I have only this further to add , That it was at my requeft he laid the plan of a fourth Book . I often told him , It was pity fo fine a poem fhould remain difgraced by the meanness iv ADVERTISEMENT .
... of which , at prefent , I have only this further to add , That it was at my requeft he laid the plan of a fourth Book . I often told him , It was pity fo fine a poem fhould remain difgraced by the meanness iv ADVERTISEMENT .
Page viii
... fhould . Nor indeed could they be concealed , if we were fo difpofed , for they fine thro ' his Virtues ; no man being more a Dupe to the fpecious ap- pearances of virtue in others . In a word , I mean not to be his Panegyrift but his ...
... fhould . Nor indeed could they be concealed , if we were fo difpofed , for they fine thro ' his Virtues ; no man being more a Dupe to the fpecious ap- pearances of virtue in others . In a word , I mean not to be his Panegyrift but his ...
Page xiv
... fhould contemplate the dangerous fate of authors , he would fcarce be of their number on any confideration . The life of a Wit is a warfare upon earth ; and the prefent fpirit of the learned world is fuch , that to attempt to ferve it ...
... fhould contemplate the dangerous fate of authors , he would fcarce be of their number on any confideration . The life of a Wit is a warfare upon earth ; and the prefent fpirit of the learned world is fuch , that to attempt to ferve it ...
Page xv
... fhould expect us to be Scho- lars , and yet be angry to find us fo . I fairly confefs that I have ferved myfelf all I could by reading ; that I made use of the judgment of authors dead and living ; that I omitted no means in my power to ...
... fhould expect us to be Scho- lars , and yet be angry to find us fo . I fairly confefs that I have ferved myfelf all I could by reading ; that I made use of the judgment of authors dead and living ; that I omitted no means in my power to ...
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Page 84 - HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground ; Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in Summer yield him shade, In Winter fire.
Page 187 - He springs to vengeance with an eager pace, And falls like thunder on the prostrate ace. The nymph exulting fills with shouts the sky...
Page 50 - Here hills and vales, the woodland and the plain, Here earth and water seem to strive again ; Not chaos-like together crush'd and bruis'd, But, as the world, harmoniously confus'd : Where order in variety we see, And where, though all things differ, all agree.
Page 44 - On rifted rocks, the dragon's late abodes, The green reed trembles, and the bulrush nods.
Page 171 - Then gay Ideas crowd the vacant brain, While Peers, and Dukes, and all their sweeping train, And Garters, Stars, and Coronets appear...
Page xv - All that is left us is to recommend our productions by the imitation of the ancients ; and it will be found true that, in every age, the highest character for sense and learning has been obtained by those who have been most indebted to them.
Page 112 - She gives in large recruits of needful pride ; For, as in bodies, thus in souls we find, What wants in blood and spirits, swell'd with wind : Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty void of sense.
Page 119 - The manners, passions, unities, what not? All which, exact to rule, were brought about, Were but a combat in the lists left out. "What! leave the combat out?" exclaims the knight; Yes, or we must renounce the Stagirite. "Not so, by Heaven" (he answers in a rage), "Knights, squires, and steeds, must enter on the stage.
Page 177 - 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. This nymph, to the destruction of mankind, Nourished two locks, which graceful hung behind In equal curls, and well conspired to deck With...
Page 211 - What though no friends in sable weeds appear, Grieve for an hour, perhaps, then mourn a year, And bear about the mockery of woe To midnight dances, and the public show?