The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume 4 |
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Page 27
... equal to ) in order to refute the far supe rior labours of Dacior and others , in fixing the dates of each par- ticular piece . The whole of the dispute comes to this : The time of writing each particular Satire , Ode , or Epiftle has ...
... equal to ) in order to refute the far supe rior labours of Dacior and others , in fixing the dates of each par- ticular piece . The whole of the dispute comes to this : The time of writing each particular Satire , Ode , or Epiftle has ...
Page 45
... equal power , in profe , which is to be found at the end of the eighth volume , containing his Letters . The reader that turns to it , page 253 , ( for it is too long to be here inferted , and too full of matter to be abridged , ) will ...
... equal power , in profe , which is to be found at the end of the eighth volume , containing his Letters . The reader that turns to it , page 253 , ( for it is too long to be here inferted , and too full of matter to be abridged , ) will ...
Page 62
... equal to his Ariftotle's Poetics . In the former , he is perpetually ftriving to discover new meanings in his author , which Boileau called , The Revelations of Dacier . Cicero , as appears from many of his letters , had a great regard ...
... equal to his Ariftotle's Poetics . In the former , he is perpetually ftriving to discover new meanings in his author , which Boileau called , The Revelations of Dacier . Cicero , as appears from many of his letters , had a great regard ...
Page 72
... equal government , might talk at his eafe , and with all this levity of ftyle , of the difafters incident to wit . But it was a ferious matter with Horace ; and is fo ftill with our witty Neighbours ; one of whom has well expreffed ...
... equal government , might talk at his eafe , and with all this levity of ftyle , of the difafters incident to wit . But it was a ferious matter with Horace ; and is fo ftill with our witty Neighbours ; one of whom has well expreffed ...
Page 86
... equal to most of his others . Whenever I have ventured to cenfure any passage of Pope , I wish conftantly to add the following words of Fontenelle : " La cen- fure que l'on exerce fur les ouvrages d'Autrui , n'engage point à en faire de ...
... equal to most of his others . Whenever I have ventured to cenfure any passage of Pope , I wish conftantly to add the following words of Fontenelle : " La cen- fure que l'on exerce fur les ouvrages d'Autrui , n'engage point à en faire de ...
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Page 337 - Yes, I am proud ; I must be proud to see Men, not afraid of God, afraid of me ; Safe from the bar, the pulpit, and the throne, Yet touch'd and sham'd by ridicule alone.
Page 7 - I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.
Page 54 - 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 a while one parent from the sky ! On cares like these, if length of days attend, May Heaven, to bless those days, preserve my friend!
Page 316 - Hear her black trumpet through the land proclaim, That not to be corrupted is the shame. In soldier, churchman, patriot, man in power, Tis avarice all, ambition is no more! See all our nobles begging to be slaves ! See all our fools aspiring to be knaves! The wit of cheats, the courage of a...
Page 77 - Hear this, and tremble ! you who 'scape the laws. Yes, while I live, no rich or noble knave Shall walk the world, in credit, to his grave.
Page 79 - 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 207 - Besides, a fate attends on all I write, That when I aim at praise they say I bite. A vile encomium doubly ridicules : There's nothing blackens like the ink of fools. If true, a woful likeness ; and, if lies, ' Praise undeserv'd is scandal in disguise.
Page 379 - ... of both Homer's poems into one, which is yet but a fourth part as large as his. The other Epic Poets have...
Page 398 - When we read Homer, we ought to reflect that we are reading the...
Page 50 - If on a Pillory, or near a Throne, He gain his Prince's ear, or lose his own. Yet soft by nature, more a dupe than wit, Sappho can tell you how this man was bit; This dreaded...