The works of Alexander Pope; with a memoir of the author, notes [&c.] by G. Croly, Volume 11835 |
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... the moment , a man of fortune . He read the poems with de- light , pronounced that it was not flattery at all to say that Virgil had written nothing so good at 6 6 his age , ' and requested an introduction : MEMOIR OF POPE . xiii.
... the moment , a man of fortune . He read the poems with de- light , pronounced that it was not flattery at all to say that Virgil had written nothing so good at 6 6 his age , ' and requested an introduction : MEMOIR OF POPE . xiii.
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... light the relation in which great men and poets sometimes stand to each other . ' The famous lord Halifax , though so much talked of , was rather a pretender to taste than really pos- sessed of it . When I had finished the first two or ...
... light the relation in which great men and poets sometimes stand to each other . ' The famous lord Halifax , though so much talked of , was rather a pretender to taste than really pos- sessed of it . When I had finished the first two or ...
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... of Pope on this story are not less a curious specimen . of the different lights in which the same incident may be viewed . Johnson's begins with a maxim , - ' It is seldom that the great or the wise xlii MEMOIR OF POPE .
... of Pope on this story are not less a curious specimen . of the different lights in which the same incident may be viewed . Johnson's begins with a maxim , - ' It is seldom that the great or the wise xlii MEMOIR OF POPE .
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... light on the condition of his mind : - In my politics , I think no farther than how to preserve the peace of my life in any government under which I live ; nor in my religion , than to preserve the peace of my conscience in any church ...
... light on the condition of his mind : - In my politics , I think no farther than how to preserve the peace of my life in any government under which I live ; nor in my religion , than to preserve the peace of my conscience in any church ...
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... light those common enemies of mankind ; since , to in- validate this universal slander , it sufficed to show what contemptible men were the authors of it . He was not without hopes , that , by manifesting the dulness of those who had ...
... light those common enemies of mankind ; since , to in- validate this universal slander , it sufficed to show what contemptible men were the authors of it . He was not without hopes , that , by manifesting the dulness of those who had ...
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Page 108 - Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of the British Queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes; At ev'ry word a reputation dies.
Page 19 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Page 18 - The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed today, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Page 56 - In faith and hope the world will disagree, But all mankind's concern is charity : All must be false that thwart this one great end, And all of God that bless mankind or mend. Man, like the generous vine, supported lives ; The strength he gains is from th
Page 50 - Go, from the creatures thy instructions take : Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield ; Learn from the beasts the physic of the field ; Thy arts of building from the bee receive; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave ; Learn of the little Nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.
Page 100 - And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box.
Page 69 - What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy, The soul's calm sunshine, and the heart-felt joy, Is virtue's prize: A better would you fix?
Page 70 - Honour and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honour lies. Fortune in men has some small difference made, One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade ; The cobbler apron'd, and the parson gown'd, The friar hooded, and the monarch crown'd. " What differ more (you cry) than crown and cowl !" I'll tell you, friend ! a wise man and a fool.
Page 102 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike.
Page 94 - The Rosicrucians are a people I must bring you acquainted with. The best account I know of them is in a French book, called Le Comte de Gabalis, which both in its title and size is so like a Novel, that many of the Fair Sex have read it for one by mistake.