The works of Alexander Pope. Containing the principal notes of drs. Warburton and Warton [&c.]. To which are added, some original letters, with additional observations, and memoirs, by W.L. Bowles, Volume 41806 |
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... serve for wits ; Thus his material , paper , takes its birth , From tatter'd rags of all the stuff on earth . WARTON . VER . 190. a Tate ] There is great humour in this idea . Tate . was poet laureat , and translated or rather ...
... serve for wits ; Thus his material , paper , takes its birth , From tatter'd rags of all the stuff on earth . WARTON . VER . 190. a Tate ] There is great humour in this idea . Tate . was poet laureat , and translated or rather ...
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... serve , no foul to save ? 270 274 " I found him clofe with Swift - Indeed ? no doubt 66 ( Cries prating Balbus ) something will come out . " ' Tis all in vain , deny it as I will ; " No , fuch a Genius never can lie still ; " And then ...
... serve , no foul to save ? 270 274 " I found him clofe with Swift - Indeed ? no doubt 66 ( Cries prating Balbus ) something will come out . " ' Tis all in vain , deny it as I will ; " No , fuch a Genius never can lie still ; " And then ...
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... serves them both to dine , And is at once their vinegar and wine . But on fome " lucky day ( as when they found A lost Bank - bill , or heard their Son was drown'd ) 55 At such a feast , * old vinegar to sparč , Is what two fouls so gen ...
... serves them both to dine , And is at once their vinegar and wine . But on fome " lucky day ( as when they found A lost Bank - bill , or heard their Son was drown'd ) 55 At such a feast , * old vinegar to sparč , Is what two fouls so gen ...
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... serve , and few principles to go upon . This may be faid as to the character of his critical works in general , though written with great elegance and vivacity . WARBURTON . This cenfure of Dryden's critical works is , Warton thinks ...
... serve , and few principles to go upon . This may be faid as to the character of his critical works in general , though written with great elegance and vivacity . WARBURTON . This cenfure of Dryden's critical works is , Warton thinks ...
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... serves , can fupport the dullest , as the opposite disadvan- tages can depress the noblest performance ; and give a currency or neglect to either , far beyond what the genuine character of ch demands . Hence the public voice , which is ...
... serves , can fupport the dullest , as the opposite disadvan- tages can depress the noblest performance ; and give a currency or neglect to either , far beyond what the genuine character of ch demands . Hence the public voice , which is ...
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Page 413 - His similes are like pictures, where the principal figure has not only its proportion given agreeable to the original, but is also set off with occasional ornaments and prospects.
Page 215 - Nassau to Kneller's hand decreed To fix him graceful on the bounding Steed; So well in paint and stone they judg'd of merit: But Kings in Wit may want discerning spirit.
Page 11 - I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.
Page 89 - What? arm'd for virtue when I point the pen, Brand the bold front of shameless guilty men; Dash the proud gamester in his gilded car ; Bare the mean heart that lurks beneath a star ; Can there be wanting, to defend her cause, Lights of the Church, or guardians of the laws ? no Could pension'd Boileau lash in honest strain Flatt'rers and bigots ev'n in Louis
Page 353 - I touch thee ! but with honest zeal, To rouse the watchmen of the public weal, To virtue's work provoke the tardy hall, And goad the prelate, slumbering in his stall.
Page 15 - A virgin tragedy, an orphan muse.' If I dislike it, 'Furies, death and rage!' If I approve, 'Commend it to the stage.
Page 20 - It is the slaver kills, and not the bite. A fool quite angry is quite innocent: Alas! 'tis ten times worse when they repent. One dedicates in high heroic prose, And ridicules beyond a hundred...