Alexander PopeHarper & Brothers, 1880 - 209 pages |
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Page 78
... Orrery , and afterwards in the family of Trumball's widow . Pope , who introduced him to Lady Trumball , had also intro- duced him to Craggs , who , when Secretary of State , felt his want of a decent education , and wished to be ...
... Orrery , and afterwards in the family of Trumball's widow . Pope , who introduced him to Lady Trumball , had also intro- duced him to Craggs , who , when Secretary of State , felt his want of a decent education , and wished to be ...
Page 136
... ported is fully set forth in Mr. Elwin's edition of Pope's Works , Vol . I. , and in the notes to the Orrery Correspondence in the third volume of letters . - . splay - footed , and " baker - kneed CHAPTER VI CORRESPONDENCE.
... ported is fully set forth in Mr. Elwin's edition of Pope's Works , Vol . I. , and in the notes to the Orrery Correspondence in the third volume of letters . - . splay - footed , and " baker - kneed CHAPTER VI CORRESPONDENCE.
Page 147
... Orrery . Orrery was the dull member of a family eminent for its talents . His father had left a valuable library to Christ Church , ostensibly because the son was not capable of profiting by books , though a less creditable reason has 1 ...
... Orrery . Orrery was the dull member of a family eminent for its talents . His father had left a valuable library to Christ Church , ostensibly because the son was not capable of profiting by books , though a less creditable reason has 1 ...
Page 150
... Orrery to inspect the book , and say what he thought of it . " Guess in what a situation I must be , " exclaimed this sincere and modest person , " not to be able to see what all the world is to read as mine ! " Orrery was quite as ...
... Orrery to inspect the book , and say what he thought of it . " Guess in what a situation I must be , " exclaimed this sincere and modest person , " not to be able to see what all the world is to read as mine ! " Orrery was quite as ...
Page 151
... Orrery , as we have seen , had himself taken a packet of letters to Pope , which would be of course the letters from Pope to Swift . The packet being sealed , Orrery did not know the con- tents , and Pope asserted that he had burnt it ...
... Orrery , as we have seen , had himself taken a packet of letters to Pope , which would be of course the letters from Pope to Swift . The packet being sealed , Orrery did not know the con- tents , and Pope asserted that he had burnt it ...
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Page 132 - Sense ! See Mystery to Mathematics fly ! In vain! They gaze, turn giddy, rave, and die. Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires," And unawares Morality expires. Nor public flame, nor private, dares to shine ; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine! Lo ! thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restored ; Light dies before thy uncreating word ; Thy hand, great Anarch, lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all.
Page 60 - Peace to all such! But were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please. 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; View him with scornful, yev with jealous eyes.
Page 172 - Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame; 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! Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart...
Page 116 - Here shift the scene, to represent How those I love, my death lament. Poor Pope will grieve a month; and Gay A week ; and Arbuthnot a day. St John himself will scarce forbear, To bite his pen, and drop a tear. The rest will give a shrug and cry I'm sorry; but we all must die.
Page 88 - 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 117 - You cannot pump this dry; and as long as it continues in its present bed, so long all the causes which weaken authority by distance will continue. Ye gods, annihilate but space and time, And make two lovers happy!
Page 98 - 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 awhile one parent from the sky ! On cares like these if length of days attend.
Page 41 - This Day, black Omens threat the brightest Fair, That e'er deserv'da watchful Spirit's Care ; Some dire Disaster, or by Force, or Slight; But what, or where, the Fates have wrapt in Night. Whether the Nymph shall break Diana's Law, Or some frail China Jar receive a Flaw...
Page 192 - Yes, I am proud ; I must be proud to see Men, not afraid of God, afraid of me ; Safe from the bar, the pulpit, and the throne, Yet touch'd and sham'd by ridicule alone.
Page 214 - With a, full View of the English-Dutch Struggle against Spain, and of the Origin and Destruction of the Spanish Armada. By JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY, LL.D., DCL Portraits.