The works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements; together with all his notes: pr. verbatim from the octavo ed. of mr. Warburton, Volume 1C. Bathurst, 1770 |
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... fhould publish , without future Alterations ; and that being defirous of reaping the Fruits of his Labour , which he cannot enjoy without Our Royal Licence and Protection , he hath therefore moft humbly befought Us to grant him Our ...
... fhould publish , without future Alterations ; and that being defirous of reaping the Fruits of his Labour , which he cannot enjoy without Our Royal Licence and Protection , he hath therefore moft humbly befought Us to grant him Our ...
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... fhould have time to difpofe of them to the best advantage , before the publication of this Edition ( which hath been long prepared ) fhould put a ftop to the fale . But it may be proper to be a little more particular concerning the ...
... fhould have time to difpofe of them to the best advantage , before the publication of this Edition ( which hath been long prepared ) fhould put a ftop to the fale . But it may be proper to be a little more particular concerning the ...
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... fhould be facrificed to its en- tertainment . Therefore I cannot but believe that wri- ters and readers are under equal obligations , for as much fame , or pleasure , as each affords the other . Every one acknowledges , it would be a ...
... fhould be facrificed to its en- tertainment . Therefore I cannot but believe that wri- ters and readers are under equal obligations , for as much fame , or pleasure , as each affords the other . Every one acknowledges , it would be a ...
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... fhould con- template the dangerous fate of authors , he would scarce be of their number on any confideration . The life of a Wit is a warfare upon earth ; and the present fpirit of the learned world is fuch , that to attempt to serve it ...
... fhould con- template the dangerous fate of authors , he would scarce be of their number on any confideration . The life of a Wit is a warfare upon earth ; and the present fpirit of the learned world is fuch , that to attempt to serve it ...
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Alexander Pope. If any one fhould imagine I am not in earnest , I de- fire him to reflect , that the Antients ( to say the least of - them ) had as much genius as we : and that to take more pains , and employ more time , cannot fail to ...
Alexander Pope. If any one fhould imagine I am not in earnest , I de- fire him to reflect , that the Antients ( to say the least of - them ) had as much genius as we : and that to take more pains , and employ more time , cannot fail to ...
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Page 113 - Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face : Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.
Page 115 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all.
Page 100 - And bless their Critic with a Poet's fire. An ardent Judge, who zealous in his trust, With warmth gives sentence, yet is always just ; Whose own example strengthens all his laws ; And is himself that great Sublime he draws.
Page 127 - For, that sad moment, when the sylphs withdrew^ And Ariel weeping from Belinda flew, Umbriel, a dusky, melancholy sprite, As ever sullied the fair face of light, Down to the central earth, his proper scene, Repair'd to search the gloomy cave of Spleen.
Page 170 - Long-sounding aisles, and intermingled graves, Black Melancholy sits, and round her throws A death-like silence., and a dread repose: Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades ev'ry flow'r, and darkens ev'ry green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods.
Page 92 - Where a new world leaps out at his command, And ready nature waits upon his hand ; When the ripe colours...
Page 166 - Nor foes nor fortune take this pow'r away; And is my Abelard less kind than they? Tears still are mine, and those I need not spare...
Page 89 - Jove Now burns with glory, and then melts with love; Now his fierce eyes with sparkling fury glow, Now sighs steal out, and tears begin to flow: Persians and Greeks like turns of nature found.
Page 119 - And tremble at the sea that froths below !' He spoke; the spirits from the sails descend; Some, orb in orb, around the nymph extend; Some thrid the mazy ringlets of her hair; Some hang upon the pendants of her ear: 140 With beating hearts the dire event they wait, Anxious, and trembling for the birth of Fate.
Page 36 - See heaven its sparkling portals wide display, And break upon thee in a flood of day. No more the rising sun shall gild the morn, Nor evening Cynthia fill her silver horn; But lost, dissolved in thy superior rays, One tide of glory, one unclouded blaze O'erflow thy courts; the Light himself shall shine Reveal'd, and God's eternal day be thine!