The Works of the English Poets: PopeH. Hughs, 1779 - English poetry |
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Page 89
... atque Poetæ , " Interdum urbani , parcentis viribus , atque , " Extenuantis eas confultò . " HOR . [ 91 ] TH HE ESSAY ON MAN was intended.
... atque Poetæ , " Interdum urbani , parcentis viribus , atque , " Extenuantis eas confultò . " HOR . [ 91 ] TH HE ESSAY ON MAN was intended.
Page 168
... nothing is fo odious as a Libeller , for the fame reafon as to a man truly virtuous nothing is so hateful as a Hypocrite . “ Uni aequus Virtuti atque ejus Amicis . " WHOEVER WHOEVER expects a Paraphrase of Horace , or a faithful [ 168 ]
... nothing is fo odious as a Libeller , for the fame reafon as to a man truly virtuous nothing is so hateful as a Hypocrite . “ Uni aequus Virtuti atque ejus Amicis . " WHOEVER WHOEVER expects a Paraphrase of Horace , or a faithful [ 168 ]
Page 177
... atque ejus Amicis . h Quin ubi fe a vulgo et fcena in fecreta remorant Virtus Scipiadae et mitis fapientia Laeli , Nugari cum illo , et difcincti ludere , donec Decoqueretur olus , foliti . VOL . II . Quidquid fum ego , quamvis N Or ...
... atque ejus Amicis . h Quin ubi fe a vulgo et fcena in fecreta remorant Virtus Scipiadae et mitis fapientia Laeli , Nugari cum illo , et difcincti ludere , donec Decoqueretur olus , foliti . VOL . II . Quidquid fum ego , quamvis N Or ...
Page 182
... coquite horum opfonia ; quamquam Putet aper rhombufque recens , mala copia quando Aegrum follicitat ftomachum ; cum rapula plenus Atque acidas mavult inulas necdum omnis abacta ი P The Robin - red - breaft till of late 182 POEMS . POPE'S.
... coquite horum opfonia ; quamquam Putet aper rhombufque recens , mala copia quando Aegrum follicitat ftomachum ; cum rapula plenus Atque acidas mavult inulas necdum omnis abacta ი P The Robin - red - breaft till of late 182 POEMS . POPE'S.
Page 184
... atque In neutram partem cultus mifer . Hic neque Albuti fenis exemplo , dum munia didiț , fervis Saevus erit : nec fic ut fimplexa Naevius , unctam • Convivis præbebit aquam : vitium hoc quoque magnum , b Accipe nunc , victus tenuis ...
... atque In neutram partem cultus mifer . Hic neque Albuti fenis exemplo , dum munia didiț , fervis Saevus erit : nec fic ut fimplexa Naevius , unctam • Convivis præbebit aquam : vitium hoc quoque magnum , b Accipe nunc , victus tenuis ...
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Page 82 - Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe. If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way...
Page 132 - 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 33 - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees : Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Page 35 - The proper study of mankind is Man. Placed on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise and rudely great: With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest; In doubt to deem himself a God or Beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err...
Page 151 - 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 54 - Nor think, in Nature's state they blindly trod; The state of Nature was the reign of God: Self-love and social at her birth began, Union the bond of all things, and of man.
Page 33 - All discord, harmony not understood ; All partial evil, universal good : And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, WHATEVER is, is RIGHT.
Page 159 - 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 150 - 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 123 - Who builds a church to God, and not to Fame, Will never mark the marble with his name...