The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Juvenile poemsJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... use of the judgment of authors dead and living ; that I omitted no means in my power to be informed of my errors , both by my friends and enemies : But the true reason these pieces are not more correct , is owing to the confideration ...
... use of the judgment of authors dead and living ; that I omitted no means in my power to be informed of my errors , both by my friends and enemies : But the true reason these pieces are not more correct , is owing to the confideration ...
Page xi
... use for the favour of the public , is , that I have as great a respect for it , as most authors have for themselves ; and that I have facrificed much of my own felf - love for its fake , in preventing not only many mean things from ...
... use for the favour of the public , is , that I have as great a respect for it , as most authors have for themselves ; and that I have facrificed much of my own felf - love for its fake , in preventing not only many mean things from ...
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... use some illufion to render a Paftoral delightful ; and this consists in expofing the best side only of a shepherd's life , and in concealing its miseries † . Nor is it enough to introduce shep- herds discourfing together in a natural ...
... use some illufion to render a Paftoral delightful ; and this consists in expofing the best side only of a shepherd's life , and in concealing its miseries † . Nor is it enough to introduce shep- herds discourfing together in a natural ...
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... use in infpiring the Heroic paffions in particular . The fourth , fifth , and fixth , their power over all nature in the fable of Orpheus's expedition to hell ; which fubject of illuftration arose na- turally out of the preceding ...
... use in infpiring the Heroic paffions in particular . The fourth , fifth , and fixth , their power over all nature in the fable of Orpheus's expedition to hell ; which fubject of illuftration arose na- turally out of the preceding ...
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... Homer and Virgil , v . 120 to 138 . Of Licenses , and the use of them by the Ancients , v . 140 to 180 . Reverence due to the Ancients , and praise of them , v . 181 , etc. G4 PART PART II . Ver . 203 , etc. Causes hindering ( 87 )
... Homer and Virgil , v . 120 to 138 . Of Licenses , and the use of them by the Ancients , v . 140 to 180 . Reverence due to the Ancients , and praise of them , v . 181 , etc. G4 PART PART II . Ver . 203 , etc. Causes hindering ( 87 )
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ancient Author beauty Belinda beſt bleſt boſom cauſe ceaſe Critics Cynthus Dæmons DAPHNIS deſcend deſcription deſign diſplay eaſe Eclogue ev'n ev'ry eyes facred fair falſe fame fate filent filver fing firſt firſt Edition flow'rs fome foon foreſts freſh genius glory Gnome grace groves heav'n IMITATIONS inſpire itſelf juſt laſt leſs loft loſe moſt Muſe muſic muſt Nature numbers nymph o'er obſervation Paftoral paſt plain pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poem Poets pow'r praiſe publiſhed raiſe reaſon Reſound reſt rife riſe roſe ſacred ſame ſavage ſay ſcene ſee ſeem ſenſe ſeveral ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhepherds ſhining ſhore ſhort ſhould ſhow ſhun ſing ſkies ſky ſmiles ſoft ſome ſounds ſpeak ſpirit ſport ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtill ſtrains ſtreams ſubjects ſuch ſung ſurvey ſwain ſwell Sylphs ſylvan taſte thee Theocritus theſe thoſe thou thro trembling Umbriel uſe VARIATIONS verſe Virg Virgil whoſe
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Page 148 - He springs to vengeance with an eager pace, And falls like thunder on the prostrate ace. The nymph exulting fills with shouts the sky...
Page 81 - HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground ; Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in Summer yield him shade, In Winter fire.
Page 165 - The Lock, obtain'd with Guilt, and kept with Pain, In ev'ry place is sought, but sought in vain: With such a Prize no Mortal must be blest, So Heav'n decrees!
Page 138 - Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face : Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.
Page 156 - There she collects the force of female lungs, Sighs, sobs, and passions, and the war of tongues. A vial next she fills with fainting fears, Soft sorrows, melting griefs, and flowing' tears. The gnome rejoicing bears her gifts away, Spreads his black wings, and slowly mounts to day. Sunk in Thalestris' arms the nymph he found, Her eyes dejected and her hair unbound.
Page 169 - Cold is that breast which warm'd the world before, And those love-darting eyes must roll no more. Thus, if Eternal Justice rules the ball, Thus...
Page 104 - Some to Conceit alone their taste confine, And glitt'ring thoughts struck out at ev'ry line; 290 Pleas'd with a work where nothing's just or fit; One glaring Chaos and wild heap of wit. Poets like painters, thus, unskill'd to trace The naked nature and the living grace, With gold and jewels cover ev'ry part, 295 And hide with ornaments their want of art.
Page 109 - Jove Now burns with glory, and then melts with love; Now his fierce eyes with sparkling fury glow, Now sighs steal out, and tears begin to flow: Persians and Greeks like turns of nature found.
Page 170 - How lov'd , how honour'd once , avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be!
Page 107 - Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line: While they ring round the same unvaried chimes With sure returns of still expected rhymes: Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze...