The Beauties of Pope: Consisting of Selections from His Poetical and Prose Works |
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... writing his Alcander , and the follow- ing year executed his Paftorals . He communicated these first to Mr. Walsh , who recommended to him that correctness , which has fo peculiarly marked the harmony of his numbers . In the year 1704 ...
... writing his Alcander , and the follow- ing year executed his Paftorals . He communicated these first to Mr. Walsh , who recommended to him that correctness , which has fo peculiarly marked the harmony of his numbers . In the year 1704 ...
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... writing the Examiner . All thefe fhafts of malice were ren- dered fruitless , by his address in guarding off their venom , and his moderation in fcorning to proceed too violently in retaliating their attacks . The fuc- cefs of his ...
... writing the Examiner . All thefe fhafts of malice were ren- dered fruitless , by his address in guarding off their venom , and his moderation in fcorning to proceed too violently in retaliating their attacks . The fuc- cefs of his ...
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... writing fatires , wherein he ventured to attack the characters of many perfons of very elevated rank . His fup- pofed reflections on the Duke of Chandos incurred the difpleasure of the Court ; and , though he used every endeavour to ...
... writing fatires , wherein he ventured to attack the characters of many perfons of very elevated rank . His fup- pofed reflections on the Duke of Chandos incurred the difpleasure of the Court ; and , though he used every endeavour to ...
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... writer had all his life been fubject to an ha- bitual head - ach ; and that hereditary complaint was now greatly ... write commentaries upon , and had not otherwife been alienated , with this condition , that they were published ...
... writer had all his life been fubject to an ha- bitual head - ach ; and that hereditary complaint was now greatly ... write commentaries upon , and had not otherwife been alienated , with this condition , that they were published ...
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... writing his compofitions on the back of letters , as may be feen in the remaining copy of the Iliad , by which perhaps in five years five fhillings were faved ; or in a niggardly recep- " tion of his friends , and fcantinefs of enter ...
... writing his compofitions on the back of letters , as may be feen in the remaining copy of the Iliad , by which perhaps in five years five fhillings were faved ; or in a niggardly recep- " tion of his friends , and fcantinefs of enter ...
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Page 90 - 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 33 - 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 153 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys: So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray...
Page 98 - With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act or rest, In doubt to deem himself a God or Beast, In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err...
Page 45 - All side in parties, and begin th' attack; Fans clap, silks rustle, and tough whalebones crack; Heroes' and heroines' shouts confus'dly rise, And bass and treble voices strike the skies. No common weapons in their hands are found, Like gods they fight, nor dread a mortal wound. So when bold Homer makes the gods engage...
Page 166 - Are what ten thousand envy and adore : All, all look up with reverential awe, At crimes that 'scape or triumph o'er the law ; While truth, worth, wisdom, daily they decry : Nothing is sacred now but villainy.
Page 49 - What though no friends in sable weeds appear, Grieve for an hour, perhaps, then mourn a year, And bear about the mockery of woe To midnight dances, and the public show...
Page 120 - Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. What's fame? a fancy'd life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death.
Page 34 - 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. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide : If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all.
Page 90 - Eye Nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can; But vindicate the ways of God to man.