The works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements; together with all his notes: pr. verbatim from the octavo ed. of mr. Warburton, Volume 41754 |
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Page 26
... spirit to the ridicule of the question . - Julian has a parallel ftroke , in his farcaftic difcourfe to the people of Anti- och , where he tells them a ftory out of Plutarch , concerning Cato ; who , when he came near their City , found ...
... spirit to the ridicule of the question . - Julian has a parallel ftroke , in his farcaftic difcourfe to the people of Anti- och , where he tells them a ftory out of Plutarch , concerning Cato ; who , when he came near their City , found ...
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... know , in the Cha- racter or Hiftory of Cervius , which might bring up that line o the spirit and poignancy of the 83a verfe of the Imitation . › Slander or Poifon dread from Delia's rage , Hard 44 Book II . IMITATIONS.
... know , in the Cha- racter or Hiftory of Cervius , which might bring up that line o the spirit and poignancy of the 83a verfe of the Imitation . › Slander or Poifon dread from Delia's rage , Hard 44 Book II . IMITATIONS.
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... spirits light as air . 70 74 f How pale , each Worshipful and Rev'rend guest Rife from a Clergy , or a City feast ! What life in all that ample body , say ? Alter , ubi dicto citius curata fopori Membra dedit , What heav'nly particle ...
... spirits light as air . 70 74 f How pale , each Worshipful and Rev'rend guest Rife from a Clergy , or a City feast ! What life in all that ample body , say ? Alter , ubi dicto citius curata fopori Membra dedit , What heav'nly particle ...
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... ] To the fimple elegance of the original , the Poet has here added great spirit and vivacky , with- out departing from the fidelity of a translation , * Time was , a fober Englishman would knock His 3 126 Book II . IMITATIONS.
... ] To the fimple elegance of the original , the Poet has here added great spirit and vivacky , with- out departing from the fidelity of a translation , * Time was , a fober Englishman would knock His 3 126 Book II . IMITATIONS.
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... Spirit . 385 The Hero William , and the Martyr Charles , One knighted Blackmore , and one penfion'd Quarles ; Which made old Ben , and furly Dennis swear , " No Lord's anointed , but a'Ruffian Bear . " d Not with fuch majefty , fuch ...
... Spirit . 385 The Hero William , and the Martyr Charles , One knighted Blackmore , and one penfion'd Quarles ; Which made old Ben , and furly Dennis swear , " No Lord's anointed , but a'Ruffian Bear . " d Not with fuch majefty , fuch ...
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Page 49 - Hear this, and tremble! you, who 'scape the Laws. Yes, while I live, no rich or noble knave ^/ Shall walk the World, in credit, to his grave.
Page 27 - Me, let the tender office long engage To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death; Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep a while one parent from the sky ! On cares like these, if length of days attend, May Heaven, to bless those days, preserve my friend!
Page 12 - Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Page 14 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Page 4 - They pierce my thickets, through my grot they glide, By land, by water, they renew the charge, They stop the chariot, and they board the barge.
Page 13 - 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...
Page 167 - Bright through the rubbish of some hundred years ; Command old words, that long have slept, to wake, Words that wise Bacon or...
Page 6 - A virgin tragedy, an orphan muse.' If I dislike it, 'Furies, death and rage!' If I approve, 'Commend it to the stage.
Page 20 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence...
Page 41 - My head and heart thus flowing thro' my quill, Verse-man or prose-man, term me which you will, Papist or Protestant, or both between, Like good Erasmus in an honest mean, In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory.