The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death, Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warburton, Volume 5A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, C. Bathurst, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, J. Richardson, B. Law, S. Crowder, T. Longman, T. Field, and T. Caslon, 1760 - English poetry |
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... fame who for several years paft have made free with the greatest names in Church and State , expofed to the world the private misfortunes of Families , abused all , even to Women , and whofe proftitu- ted papers ( for one or other Party ...
... fame who for several years paft have made free with the greatest names in Church and State , expofed to the world the private misfortunes of Families , abused all , even to Women , and whofe proftitu- ted papers ( for one or other Party ...
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... fame of bad authors would be much better con- fulted than that of all the good ones in the world ; and not one of an hundred had ever been called by his right name . They mistake the whole matter : It is not charity to encourage them in ...
... fame of bad authors would be much better con- fulted than that of all the good ones in the world ; and not one of an hundred had ever been called by his right name . They mistake the whole matter : It is not charity to encourage them in ...
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... Fame be their end , it must be allowed , our author , by and in this Poem , has mercifully given them a little of both . There are two or three , who by their rank and fortune have no benefit from the former ob- jections , fuppofing ...
... Fame be their end , it must be allowed , our author , by and in this Poem , has mercifully given them a little of both . There are two or three , who by their rank and fortune have no benefit from the former ob- jections , fuppofing ...
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... fame that they were . One , therefore , of their affertions I believe may be true , " That he has a contempt for " their writings . " And there is another , which would probably be fooner allowed by him elf than by any good judge befide ...
... fame that they were . One , therefore , of their affertions I believe may be true , " That he has a contempt for " their writings . " And there is another , which would probably be fooner allowed by him elf than by any good judge befide ...
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... Fame , and Fortune ; in the distinctions fhewn them by their Superiors , in the general esteem of their Equals , and in their extended reputation amongst Foreigners ; in the latter of which ours has met with the better fate , as he has ...
... Fame , and Fortune ; in the distinctions fhewn them by their Superiors , in the general esteem of their Equals , and in their extended reputation amongst Foreigners ; in the latter of which ours has met with the better fate , as he has ...
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Page 262 - As Fancy opens the quick springs of Sense, We ply the Memory, we load the brain, Bind rebel Wit, and double chain on chain; Confine the thought, to exercise the breath; And keep them in the pale of Words till death.
Page xxiv - That wit and fine writing doth not consist so much in advancing things that are new, as in giving things that are known an agreeable turn.
Page 211 - My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho' deep, yet clear ; tho' gentle, yet not dull ; Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Page 236 - The person who acted Polly, till then obscure, became all at Once the favourite of the town; her pictures were engraved, and sold in great numbers; her life written, books of letters and...
Page 317 - Night primaeval and of Chaos old ! Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sick'ning stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus
Page 277 - We only furnish what he cannot use, Or wed to what he must divorce, a muse: Full in the midst of Euclid dip at once, And petrify a genius to a dunce: Or set on metaphysic ground to prance, Show all his paces, not a step advance.
Page 245 - The moon-struck prophet felt the madding hour : Then rose the seed of Chaos, and of Night, To blot out order, and extinguish light, Of dull and venal a new world to mould, And bring Saturnian days of lead and gold.
Page 100 - Should Dennis publish, you had stabb'd your Brother, Lampoon'd your Monarch, or debauch'd your Mother ; Say, what revenge on Dennis can be had ? Too dull for laughter, for reply too mad : On one so poor you cannot take the law; On one so old your sword you scorn to draw : Uncag'd then let the harmless monster rage, Secure in dulness, madness, want, and age.
Page 96 - In merry old England it once was a rule, The King had his Poet, and also his Fool : But now we're so frugal, I'd have you to know it, That Cibber can serve both for Fool and for Poet.
Page 328 - ... persons and names being utterly secret and obscure. ' This gave Mr. Pope the thought that he had now...