The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 4J.F. Dove, St. John's Square, 1822 |
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... taste is fixed and con- firmed , and we are thoroughly tinctured with a knowledge of the Latin language : and I mention this my opinion more freely , be- cause I perceive many masters use a contrary method . " Dial . iv . Ver . 13. Mint ...
... taste is fixed and con- firmed , and we are thoroughly tinctured with a knowledge of the Latin language : and I mention this my opinion more freely , be- cause I perceive many masters use a contrary method . " Dial . iv . Ver . 13. Mint ...
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... taste has been improved , and with how many good compositions our lan- guage has been enriched , since that time . When Gray published his exquisite ode on Eton College , his first publication , little no- tice was taken of it : but I ...
... taste has been improved , and with how many good compositions our lan- guage has been enriched , since that time . When Gray published his exquisite ode on Eton College , his first publication , little no- tice was taken of it : but I ...
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... taste , and sense . Commas and points they set exactly right , And ' twere a sin to rob them of their mite . Yet ne'er one sprig of laurel grac'd these ribalds , From slashing Bentley down to piddling Tibalds : 160 NOTES . Ver . 151 ...
... taste , and sense . Commas and points they set exactly right , And ' twere a sin to rob them of their mite . Yet ne'er one sprig of laurel grac'd these ribalds , From slashing Bentley down to piddling Tibalds : 160 NOTES . Ver . 151 ...
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... taste in Rome . It was the practice ( says Bentley ) to publish their pieces semel simulque . But I say neither semel nor simul . The 4th Sat. 1. i . was pub- lished most evidently before the 10th of the same book , for the 10th ...
... taste in Rome . It was the practice ( says Bentley ) to publish their pieces semel simulque . But I say neither semel nor simul . The 4th Sat. 1. i . was pub- lished most evidently before the 10th of the same book , for the 10th ...
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... taste in literature , I mean Sir William Blackstone ; who thus concludes this vindication : Nothing surely could justify so deep a resentment , unless the story be true of the commerce between Addison and Gildon ; which will require to ...
... taste in literature , I mean Sir William Blackstone ; who thus concludes this vindication : Nothing surely could justify so deep a resentment , unless the story be true of the commerce between Addison and Gildon ; which will require to ...
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Page 26 - 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 26 - 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...
Page 388 - Read Homer once, and you can read no more ; For all books else appear so mean, so poor, Verse will seem prose : but still persist to read, And Homer will be all the books you need.
Page 321 - Though thy clime Be fickle, and thy year, most part, deform'd With dripping rains, or withered by a frost, I would not yet exchange thy sullen skies, And fields without a flower, for warmer France With all her vines ; nor for Ausonia's groves Of golden fruitage, and her myrtle bowers.
Page 69 - Rolls o'er my grotto, and but sooths my sleep. There, my retreat the best companions grace, Chiefs out of war, and statesmen out of place. There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul : And he, whose lightning pierc'd th...
Page 31 - Refuse his age the needful hours of rest? Punish a body which he could not please ; Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease ? And all to leave what with his toil he won, To that unfeather'd two-legg'd thing, a son ; Got, while his soul did huddled notions try ; And born a shapeless lump, like anarchy.
Page 39 - 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, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies.
Page 47 - 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...
Page 11 - And curses Wit, and Poetry, and Pope. Friend to my Life! (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What Drop or Nostrum can this plague remove?
Page 28 - Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he? What though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals? Or smoking forth, a hundred hawkers load, On wings of winds came flying all abroad?