An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ...W.J. and J. Richardson, 1806 |
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... Homer's age , and yet that poet remains still the favourite of every reader of taste and judgment . Homer copied true natural manners , which , however rough and uncultivated , will always form an agree- able whose attitudes and ...
... Homer's age , and yet that poet remains still the favourite of every reader of taste and judgment . Homer copied true natural manners , which , however rough and uncultivated , will always form an agree- able whose attitudes and ...
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... Homer , an ode of Pindar , an idyllium of Theocritus , & c . so that I would have exhibited a general view of their poesie , throughout its different ages . " That eagle's fate and mine are one , Which on 36 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... Homer , an ode of Pindar , an idyllium of Theocritus , & c . so that I would have exhibited a general view of their poesie , throughout its different ages . " That eagle's fate and mine are one , Which on 36 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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... Homer . † H 4 45. Such * Ver . 241 . Chapit . 13 , De L'Esprit des Loix . These few words are the whole chapter . Woe be to the liberty and science of that country , where this noble and original work is prohibited to be read . Can that ...
... Homer . † H 4 45. Such * Ver . 241 . Chapit . 13 , De L'Esprit des Loix . These few words are the whole chapter . Woe be to the liberty and science of that country , where this noble and original work is prohibited to be read . Can that ...
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... Homer - in the original ? " If Boileau ( said the Prince of Conti ) does not write against Perrault , I will go myself to the Academy , and I will write upon his seat , Brutus , you are asleep . " constant and general manner . Those ...
... Homer - in the original ? " If Boileau ( said the Prince of Conti ) does not write against Perrault , I will go myself to the Academy , and I will write upon his seat , Brutus , you are asleep . " constant and general manner . Those ...
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... cornu petat , & pedibus qui spargat arenam . Alluding to the prizes that Achilles bestows in the games of Homer . Iliad . 23. b . * Ver . 67 . ( or morning ) orgies of the gamesters at BROOKS's 154 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... cornu petat , & pedibus qui spargat arenam . Alluding to the prizes that Achilles bestows in the games of Homer . Iliad . 23. b . * Ver . 67 . ( or morning ) orgies of the gamesters at BROOKS's 154 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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Page 236 - Peace to all such ! But were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease ; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear like the Turk no brother near the throne ,View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer...
Page 77 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of Truth, in endless Error hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Page 59 - AWAKE, my St John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of Man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan ; A wild, where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot ; Or garden, tempting with forbidden fruit.
Page 111 - Touch their immortal harps of golden wires, With those just spirits that wear victorious palms, Hymns devout and holy psalms Singing everlastingly ; That we on earth with undiscording voice May rightly answer that melodious noise ; As once we did, till disproportion'd sin Jarr'd against nature's chime, and with harsh din Broke the fair music that all creatures made To their great Lord, whose love their motion sway'J In perfect diapason, whilst they stood In first obedience, and their state of good.
Page 249 - As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks, Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad...
Page 249 - Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies. His wit all see-saw, between that and this, Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile Antithesis. Amphibious thing! that acting either part, The trifling head or the corrupted heart, Fop at the toilet, flatt'rer at the board, Now trips a Lady, and now struts a Lord. Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have exprest, A Cherub's face, a reptile all the rest; Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust; Wit that can creep, and...
Page 205 - Statesman \ yet friend to Truth! of soul sincere, ' In action faithful, and in honour clear ; 'Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, 'Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend ; 'Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd, 'And prais'd, unenvy'd, by the Muse he lov'd.
Page 70 - See, through this air, this ocean, and this earth, All matter quick, and bursting into birth. Above, how high, progressive life may go! Around, how wide! how deep extend below! Vast chain of being! which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from infinite to thee, From thee to nothing.
Page 64 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire ; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Page 94 - Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat? Loves of his own and raptures swell the note.