The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope. ...Bell and Daldy, 1866 - English poetry |
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... Dunciad : Warburton says it was written at the age of fourteen . 2 According to Ruffhead , these two plays were composed between his thirteenth and fifteenth year . - Life of Pope , p . 23 . against him in the first book , as Juno do ...
... Dunciad : Warburton says it was written at the age of fourteen . 2 According to Ruffhead , these two plays were composed between his thirteenth and fifteenth year . - Life of Pope , p . 23 . against him in the first book , as Juno do ...
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... Dunciad . 5 60 He appears to have regarded Betterton and esteem ; and after his death published , und a version into modern English of Chaucer's Pr one of his Tales , which , as was related by Mr. believed to have been the performance ...
... Dunciad . 5 60 He appears to have regarded Betterton and esteem ; and after his death published , und a version into modern English of Chaucer's Pr one of his Tales , which , as was related by Mr. believed to have been the performance ...
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... Dunciad , it seems , had occupied his early as 1725 ; and the provocation w recently received hastened its produc Swift's return to Ireland , Pope writes Oct. 22 , 1727 : " My poem ( which i that I dare not send you a copy of , fo ...
... Dunciad , it seems , had occupied his early as 1725 ; and the provocation w recently received hastened its produc Swift's return to Ireland , Pope writes Oct. 22 , 1727 : " My poem ( which i that I dare not send you a copy of , fo ...
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... Dunciad , was probably no other than the printer , to whom he had himself intrusted it ; and the complaints of spurious editions were doubtless nothing more than a pretext to give notoriety to the work . Had this not been the case , can ...
... Dunciad , was probably no other than the printer , to whom he had himself intrusted it ; and the complaints of spurious editions were doubtless nothing more than a pretext to give notoriety to the work . Had this not been the case , can ...
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Alexander Pope. fect edition before that of London i The quarto of The Dunciad , Vario Prolegomena of Scriblerus , & c . in distinguished by the name of the bears date 1729. On the 12th that year , it was presented to th queen ( who had ...
Alexander Pope. fect edition before that of London i The quarto of The Dunciad , Vario Prolegomena of Scriblerus , & c . in distinguished by the name of the bears date 1729. On the 12th that year , it was presented to th queen ( who had ...
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Page lvii - 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, yev with jealous eyes.
Page 96 - Now Jove suspends his golden scales in air, Weighs the Men's wits against the Lady's hair; The doubtful beam long nods from side to side; At length the wits mount up, the hairs subside. \ See, fierce Belinda on the Baron flies, With more than usual lightning in her eyes: \ , ,. Nor feared the Chief th' unequal fight to try, Who sought no more than on his foe to die.
Page lvii - 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 43 - Father of the future age. No more shall nation against nation rise, Nor ardent warriors meet with hateful eyes; Nor fields with gleaming steel be cover'd o'er, The brazen trumpets kindle rage no more; But useless lances into scythes shall bend, And the broad falchion in a ploughshare end.
Page 77 - But chiefly Love — to Love an altar built, Of twelve vast French romances, neatly gilt. There lay three garters, half a pair of gloves, And all the trophies of his former loves ; With tender billet-doux he lights the pyre, And breathes three am'rous sighs to raise the fire.
Page 85 - ... ends; This just behind Belinda's neck he spread, As o'er the fragrant steams she bends her head. Swift to the Lock a thousand Sprites repair...
Page 91 - She said ; then raging to Sir Plume repairs, And bids her beau demand the precious hairs : (Sir Plume of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane...
Page 70 - Belinda may vouchsafe to view : Slight is the subject, but not so the praise, If she inspire, and he approve my lays.
Page 46 - O'erflow thy courts : the Light himself shall shine Reveal'd, and God's eternal day be thine ! The seas shall waste, the skies in smoke decay, Rocks fall to dust, and mountains melt away ; But fix'd his word, his saving power remains; Thy realm for ever lasts, thy own MESSIAH reigns !" My dear children, make this king of Zion your friend, by sweetly submitting to the sceptre of his grace.
Page cxxiii - ... into the Motives that might induce him in his Satyrical Works, to be so frequently fond of Mr. Cibber's Name.