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... died in 1775 , at the age of 91. We may believe that he was in the habit of stating that Bolingbroke had supplied the scheme of the Essay on Man in prose , and that Pope had done no more than put it into verse . This is reported by two ...
... died in 1775 , at the age of 91. We may believe that he was in the habit of stating that Bolingbroke had supplied the scheme of the Essay on Man in prose , and that Pope had done no more than put it into verse . This is reported by two ...
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... his criticism on Young ( Dr. Edward Young , died 1765 ) , that ' he had much of a sublime genius without com- mon sense . ' Into the highest ideal sphere in which the poet and artist are one , the sphere of Plato and Greek 6 INTRODUCTORY .
... his criticism on Young ( Dr. Edward Young , died 1765 ) , that ' he had much of a sublime genius without com- mon sense . ' Into the highest ideal sphere in which the poet and artist are one , the sphere of Plato and Greek 6 INTRODUCTORY .
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... died 1804 ) , and was habitually quoted by him in his lectures . ( K. Fischer , Gesch . d . Philos . 3.64 . ) It will be apparent from what has been said that anything like a system of natural religion must not be looked for ...
... died 1804 ) , and was habitually quoted by him in his lectures . ( K. Fischer , Gesch . d . Philos . 3.64 . ) It will be apparent from what has been said that anything like a system of natural religion must not be looked for ...
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... ( died 1800 ) . The school of which Pope is the last representative , and the most perfect type , may be said to have been in possession of the poetical stage for the century from 1660 to 1760. It may be broadly contrasted with the poetry ...
... ( died 1800 ) . The school of which Pope is the last representative , and the most perfect type , may be said to have been in possession of the poetical stage for the century from 1660 to 1760. It may be broadly contrasted with the poetry ...
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... ( died 1643 ) ; but in Donne ( died 1631 ) we have versification which can scarcely be said to be subject to any laws at all . As the century advances we trace a growing effort to bring English versification under metrical law . Dryden ...
... ( died 1643 ) ; but in Donne ( died 1631 ) we have versification which can scarcely be said to be subject to any laws at all . As the century advances we trace a growing effort to bring English versification under metrical law . Dryden ...
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Page 30 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutored 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 66 - 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 fancied life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death.
Page 77 - As may express them best ; though what if earth Be but the shadow of heaven, and things therein Each to other like, more than on earth is thought...
Page 100 - Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Page 9 - Cease then, nor order imperfection name : Our proper bliss depends on what we blame. Know thy own point : This kind, this due degree Of blindness, weakness, heaven bestows on thee. Submit. — In this, or any other sphere, Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear : Safe in the hand of one disposing pow'r, Or in the natal, or the mortal hour.
Page 36 - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees; Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Page 70 - When statesmen, heroes, kings, in dust repose, Whose sons shall blush their fathers were thy foes, Shall then this verse to future age pretend Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend?
Page 30 - Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of fate, All but the page prescrib'd, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know ; Or who could suffer being here below? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed today, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flow'ry food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.
Page 86 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Page 35 - To be another in this general frame : Just as absurd, to mourn the tasks or pains The great directing mind of all ordains. All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul ; That chang'd through all, and yet in all the same ; Great in the Earth, as in th...