The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 3J. Murray, 1881 - Poets, English |
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Page 41
... rhyme walks forth ' from the Mint ; and the dealings of the ill - lodged bard of Drury Lane with his aristocratic or commercial patrons , are exposed in the full light of pitiless ridicule . As we read , the society of the past rises ...
... rhyme walks forth ' from the Mint ; and the dealings of the ill - lodged bard of Drury Lane with his aristocratic or commercial patrons , are exposed in the full light of pitiless ridicule . As we read , the society of the past rises ...
Page 111
... rhyme ; " to covet flying " should be " to covet it flying ; " the inversion in the next couplet is very harsh ; and in ver . 237 , the word " before " is misplaced , for as it stands the line 225 230 235 240 seems to mean " ashamed to ...
... rhyme ; " to covet flying " should be " to covet it flying ; " the inversion in the next couplet is very harsh ; and in ver . 237 , the word " before " is misplaced , for as it stands the line 225 230 235 240 seems to mean " ashamed to ...
Page 112
... rhymed for Moore , " implying that he had allowed Moore to make use of the verses . 2 Advice for their true interest.- POPE . 245 250 3 The word " grow " in the first verse unhappily breaks in upon the continuity of metaphorical expres ...
... rhymed for Moore , " implying that he had allowed Moore to make use of the verses . 2 Advice for their true interest.- POPE . 245 250 3 The word " grow " in the first verse unhappily breaks in upon the continuity of metaphorical expres ...
Page 227
... rhyme , ) Stands in the streets , abstracted from the crew , And while he seems to study , thinks of you ; Just when his fancy points your sprightly eyes , Or sees the blush of soft Parthenia rise , ' 2 Gay pats my shoulder , and you ...
... rhyme , ) Stands in the streets , abstracted from the crew , And while he seems to study , thinks of you ; Just when his fancy points your sprightly eyes , Or sees the blush of soft Parthenia rise , ' 2 Gay pats my shoulder , and you ...
Page 242
... rhyme , Happy ! to catch me , just at dinner - time . Is there a parson , much bemused in beer , " A maudlin poetess , a rhyming peer , Mallet , author of William and Mar- garet . Perhaps Pope may have in- tended to punish Mallet for ...
... rhyme , Happy ! to catch me , just at dinner - time . Is there a parson , much bemused in beer , " A maudlin poetess , a rhyming peer , Mallet , author of William and Mar- garet . Perhaps Pope may have in- tended to punish Mallet for ...
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Page 381 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance.
Page 252 - View him with scornful yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise, Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Page 533 - He, who still wanting, though he lives on theft, Steals much, spends little, yet has nothing left: And he, who now to sense, now nonsense leaning, Means not, but blunders round about a meaning...
Page 118 - Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man ; but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin : and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Page 150 - Of mimic statesmen, and their merry king. No wit to flatter, left of all his store ! No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame ; this lord of useless thousands ends.
Page 472 - Argyll, the state's whole thunder born to wield, And shake alike the senate and the field? Or Wyndham, just to freedom and the throne, The master of our passions and his own? Names which I long have...
Page 530 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Page 239 - Wit, and Poetry, and Pope. Friend to my Life ! (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song...
Page 176 - His gardens next your admiration call; On every side you look, behold the wall! No pleasing intricacies intervene, No artful wildness to perplex the scene ; Grove nods at grove, each alley has a brother, And half the platform just reflects the other.
Page 91 - Nothing so true as what you once let fall, "Most women have no characters at all." Matter too soft a lasting mark to bear, And best distinguished by black, brown, or fair.