Alexander PopeHarper & Brothers, 1880 - 209 pages |
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... whole energies of his mind were absorbed in the struggle to place his name as high as possible in that temple of fame , which he painted after Chaucer in one of his early poems . External conditions pointed to let- ters as the sole path ...
... whole energies of his mind were absorbed in the struggle to place his name as high as possible in that temple of fame , which he painted after Chaucer in one of his early poems . External conditions pointed to let- ters as the sole path ...
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... whole tone of the cor- respondence by omission , and still worse by addition . He did not publish a letter in which Wycherley gently remon- strates with his young admirer for excessive adulation ; he omitted from his own letters the ...
... whole tone of the cor- respondence by omission , and still worse by addition . He did not publish a letter in which Wycherley gently remon- strates with his young admirer for excessive adulation ; he omitted from his own letters the ...
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... whole in prose . It is , however , written without any elaborate logical plan , though it is quite sufficiently cohe- rent for its purpose . The maxims on which Pope chiefly dwells are , for the most part , the obvious rules which have ...
... whole in prose . It is , however , written without any elaborate logical plan , though it is quite sufficiently cohe- rent for its purpose . The maxims on which Pope chiefly dwells are , for the most part , the obvious rules which have ...
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... whole career . No one will accept his position at the present time ; but any one who is incapable of , at least , a provisional sympathy , may as well throw Pope aside at once , and with Pope most con- temporary literature . The ...
... whole career . No one will accept his position at the present time ; but any one who is incapable of , at least , a provisional sympathy , may as well throw Pope aside at once , and with Pope most con- temporary literature . The ...
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... whole . Here are half a dozen lines : - " The time shall come , when , free as seas and wind , Unbounded Thames shall flow for all mankind , Whole nations enter with each swelling tide , And seas but join the regions they divide ...
... whole . Here are half a dozen lines : - " The time shall come , when , free as seas and wind , Unbounded Thames shall flow for all mankind , Whole nations enter with each swelling tide , And seas but join the regions they divide ...
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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.