An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ...W.J. and J. Richardson, 1806 |
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... excepting Virgil and Horace . One of our late great poets is sunk in his reputation , because he could never forgive any conceit that came in his way ; but swept , like a drag- a drag - net , great and small . There 8 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... excepting Virgil and Horace . One of our late great poets is sunk in his reputation , because he could never forgive any conceit that came in his way ; but swept , like a drag- a drag - net , great and small . There 8 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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... never been excelled in our language ; I mean in rhyme . As general and unexemplified criticism is always useless and absurd , I must beg leave to select a few passages from these three poems ; and the reader must not think any ...
... never been excelled in our language ; I mean in rhyme . As general and unexemplified criticism is always useless and absurd , I must beg leave to select a few passages from these three poems ; and the reader must not think any ...
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... never excel in tragedy , though so fond of theatrical spectacles ? Or why the Greeks , so fruitful in every species of poetry , yet never produced but one great epic poet ? While , on the other hand , modern Italy can shew two or three ...
... never excel in tragedy , though so fond of theatrical spectacles ? Or why the Greeks , so fruitful in every species of poetry , yet never produced but one great epic poet ? While , on the other hand , modern Italy can shew two or three ...
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... never cease . SLANDER beside her , like a magpie chatters , With ENVY ( spitting cat ) dread foe to peace ; Like a curs'd cur , MALICE before her clatters , And vexing every wight , tears cloaths and all to tatters . But these ...
... never cease . SLANDER beside her , like a magpie chatters , With ENVY ( spitting cat ) dread foe to peace ; Like a curs'd cur , MALICE before her clatters , And vexing every wight , tears cloaths and all to tatters . But these ...
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... never sleep , but that one eye Still ope he keeps for that occasion ; Ne ever rests he in tranquillity , The roaring billows beat his bowre so boisterously . + Here all is in life and motion ; here we behold the true Poet or MAKER ...
... never sleep , but that one eye Still ope he keeps for that occasion ; Ne ever rests he in tranquillity , The roaring billows beat his bowre so boisterously . + Here all is in life and motion ; here we behold the true Poet or MAKER ...
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Page 235 - 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...
Page 59 - AWAKE, my St John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of Man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan ; A wild, where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot ; Or garden, tempting with forbidden fruit.
Page 111 - Touch their immortal harps of golden wires, With those just spirits that wear victorious palms, Hymns devout and holy psalms Singing everlastingly ; That we on earth with undiscording voice May rightly answer that melodious noise ; As once we did, till disproportion'd sin Jarr'd against nature's chime, and with harsh din Broke the fair music that all creatures made To their great Lord, whose love their motion sway'J In perfect diapason, whilst they stood In first obedience, and their state of good.
Page 249 - As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks, Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad...
Page 249 - Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies. His wit all see-saw, between that and this, Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile Antithesis. Amphibious thing! that acting either part, The trifling head or the corrupted heart, Fop at the toilet, flatt'rer at the board, Now trips a Lady, and now struts a Lord. Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have exprest, A Cherub's face, a reptile all the rest; Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust; Wit that can creep, and...
Page 236 - 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 reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging that he ne'er oblig'd; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; While wits and Templers ev'ry sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face...
Page 64 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Page 72 - 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 205 - Statesman \ yet friend to Truth! of soul sincere, ' In action faithful, and in honour clear ; 'Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, 'Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend ; 'Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd, 'And prais'd, unenvy'd, by the Muse he lov'd.
Page 287 - There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul...