The Works of Alexander Popekesq., with Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others: To which Were Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks, Volume 6C. and J. Rivington, 1824 |
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... moral and intellectual , the following piece does great credit ; and in the situation where it is now placed , it may serve as no unsuitable introduction to the Sa- tires of Pope , as it contains sound principles and correct critical ...
... moral and intellectual , the following piece does great credit ; and in the situation where it is now placed , it may serve as no unsuitable introduction to the Sa- tires of Pope , as it contains sound principles and correct critical ...
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... morals the court - poet blush'd to sing : ' Twas all his praise to say , the oddest thing . 430 Proud for a jest obscene , a patron's nod , To martyr virtue , or blaspheme his God . Ill - fated DRYDEN ! who unmoved can see Th ' extremes ...
... morals the court - poet blush'd to sing : ' Twas all his praise to say , the oddest thing . 430 Proud for a jest obscene , a patron's nod , To martyr virtue , or blaspheme his God . Ill - fated DRYDEN ! who unmoved can see Th ' extremes ...
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... moral transport o'er the heart . Fantastic wit shoots momentary fires , And , like a meteor , while we gaze , expires ; Wit kindled by the sulphurous breath of vice , Like the blue lightning , while it shines , destroys : But Genius ...
... moral transport o'er the heart . Fantastic wit shoots momentary fires , And , like a meteor , while we gaze , expires ; Wit kindled by the sulphurous breath of vice , Like the blue lightning , while it shines , destroys : But Genius ...
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... moral , critical , or didactic , his subjects are extraneous , and are drawn either from mankind in general , or from the persons with whom he was acquainted , and the scenes and circumstances by which he was surrounded ; but in the ...
... moral , critical , or didactic , his subjects are extraneous , and are drawn either from mankind in general , or from the persons with whom he was acquainted , and the scenes and circumstances by which he was surrounded ; but in the ...
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... moral and poetic character . For after having told his case , and humorously applied to his physician in the manner one would ask for a receipt to kill ver- min , he straight goes on , in the common character of askers of advice , to ...
... moral and poetic character . For after having told his case , and humorously applied to his physician in the manner one would ask for a receipt to kill ver- min , he straight goes on , in the common character of askers of advice , to ...
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Page 177 - For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight; His can't be wrong whose life is in the right...
Page 82 - Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies. His wit all seesaw, between that and this, Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis.
Page 41 - A clerk, foredoom'd his father's soul to cross, Who pens a stanza, when he should engross?
Page 36 - 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!
Page 40 - 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. What walls can guard me, or what shades can hide? They pierce my thickets, through my grot they glide, By land, by water, they renew the charge, They stop the chariot, and they board the barge.
Page 75 - Oh let me live my own, and die so too ! (To live and die is all I have to do:) Maintain a Poet's dignity and ease, And see what friends, and read what books I please : Above a Patron, tho...
Page 414 - ... male necne Lepos saltet; sed quod magis ad nos pertinet et nescire malum est agitamus: utrumne divitiis homines an sint virtute beati; quidve ad amicitias, usus rectumne, trahat nos; 75 et quae sit natura boni summumque quid eius.
Page 464 - So bright is thy beauty, so charming thy song, As had drawn both the beasts and their Orpheus along : But such is thy avarice, and such is thy pride, That the beasts must have starved, and the poet have died. THE BALANCE OF EUROPE. Now Europe balanced, neither side prevails ; For nothing's left in either of the scales.
Page 81 - Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt that stinks and stings...
Page 63 - 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, Alike...
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| Title | The Works of Alexander Popekesq., with Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others: To which Were Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks, Volume 6 The Works of Alexander Popekesq., with Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others: To which Were Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks, Alexander Pope |
| Author | Alexander Pope |
| Publisher | C. and J. Rivington, 1824 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | May 24, 2007 |
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