The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Compiled from Original Manuscripts; with a Critical Essay on His Writings and GeniusC. Bathurst, H. Woodfall, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, W. Johnston, B. White, T. Caslon, T. Longman, B. Law, Johnson and Payne, S. Bladon, T. Cadell, and the executors of A. Millar., 1769 - Biography - 578 pages |
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... first propensity to imitation , proceeded rather from motives of modefty , than vanity . He perceived how defective his own productions were , and endeavoured to mend his compofition by copying the capital ftrokes of others and thus he ...
... first propensity to imitation , proceeded rather from motives of modefty , than vanity . He perceived how defective his own productions were , and endeavoured to mend his compofition by copying the capital ftrokes of others and thus he ...
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... first view of Dryden's works , he was fo ftruck with the cxcellence of a writer , whose * We must not infer from hence , however , what a learned critic would infinuate , that Mr. POPE's genius was confined , and that he was not mafter ...
... first view of Dryden's works , he was fo ftruck with the cxcellence of a writer , whose * We must not infer from hence , however , what a learned critic would infinuate , that Mr. POPE's genius was confined , and that he was not mafter ...
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... first letter to Mr. Wycherley , in the following pa- thetic manner.- Virgilium tantum vidi . " He never spoke of him without a kind of rap- turous veneration , and he makes refpectable mention of him in feveral parts of his works ...
... first letter to Mr. Wycherley , in the following pa- thetic manner.- Virgilium tantum vidi . " He never spoke of him without a kind of rap- turous veneration , and he makes refpectable mention of him in feveral parts of his works ...
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... first productions were the children of felf - love upon innocence , I had made an epic poem , and panegyrics on all the princes of Europe , and I thought myself the greateft genius that ever was . I cannot but regret thefe delightful ...
... first productions were the children of felf - love upon innocence , I had made an epic poem , and panegyrics on all the princes of Europe , and I thought myself the greateft genius that ever was . I cannot but regret thefe delightful ...
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... first page , and put it , with your leave , among my curiofities . " As a proof , however , that this early piece was deeply im- printed in his memory , and that he was not partial to its imperfections , he took a pleasure in laughing ...
... first page , and put it , with your leave , among my curiofities . " As a proof , however , that this early piece was deeply im- printed in his memory , and that he was not partial to its imperfections , he took a pleasure in laughing ...
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AARON HILL addreffed admirable affured againſt beautiful becauſe beft beſt cenfure character compofition critic Dean Swift defcribed defcription defign defire difplayed Dunciad Effay effayift efteemed epiftle ev'ry excellent expofed expreffed fafe faid fame fatire fays feems fenfe fenfibility fentiments ferve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fincere firft firſt fome foon fpeaking fpirit friendſhip ftate ftill ftriking fubject fublime fuch fuperior fuppofed fure genius himſelf honour Iliad illuftrates imagination inftance itſelf John Searl judgment juft juſt laft laſt leaft learned lefs letter likewife Lord Lord Bolingbroke merit mind moft moral moſt muft muſt nature never nevertheleſs numbers obferves occafion paffage paffed paffion paftorals perfon philofopher piece pleaſed pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry POPE POPE's prefent profe publiſhed purpoſe racter reafon refpect ridicule ſay ſpeak tafte thefe themſelves theſe lines thofe thoſe thought tion tranflation uſed verfe virtue whofe writings
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Page 256 - Know then this truth (enough for man to know) 'Virtue alone is happiness below.
Page 192 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Page 123 - In some lone isle, or distant northern land; Where the gilt chariot never marks the way, Where none learn ombre, none e'er taste bohea!
Page 265 - Let not this weak unknowing hand Presume Thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land, On each I judge Thy foe. If I am right, Thy grace impart Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, oh, teach my heart To find that better way...
Page 299 - Consult the Genius of the Place in all; That tells the Waters or to rise, or fall; Or helps th...
Page 152 - Oh! happy state! when souls each other draw, When love is liberty, and nature law...
Page 192 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike; Alike...
Page 299 - Or helps th' ambitious Hill the heav'ns to scale, Or scoops in circling theatres the Vale; Calls in the Country, catches op'ning glades, Joins willing Woods, and varies shades from shades; Now breaks, or now directs, th' intending Lines; Paints as you plant, and, as you work, designs.
Page 355 - 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 264 - What conscience dictates to be done. Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than Hell to shun, That more than Heaven pursue.