The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Four Volumes Complete. With His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements. Carefully Collated and Compared with Former Editions: Together with Notes from the Various Critics and CommentatorsEditor, and sold, 1778 |
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... fhew , or needs to hide , Which nor to Guilt nor Fear , its Caution owes , And boafts a Warmth that from no Paffion flows . A Face untaught to feign ; a judging Eye , That darts fevere upon a rifing Lie , And strikes a blush thro ...
... fhew , or needs to hide , Which nor to Guilt nor Fear , its Caution owes , And boafts a Warmth that from no Paffion flows . A Face untaught to feign ; a judging Eye , That darts fevere upon a rifing Lie , And strikes a blush thro ...
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... of fare is here fet down . etc. ↑ The harp is generally wove on the Irish Linen ; fuch as Table - cloths , The The mushrooms fhew his wit was fudden ! And for 48 MISCELLANIE S. To Mr Thomas Southern, on his Birth-day, 1742.
... of fare is here fet down . etc. ↑ The harp is generally wove on the Irish Linen ; fuch as Table - cloths , The The mushrooms fhew his wit was fudden ! And for 48 MISCELLANIE S. To Mr Thomas Southern, on his Birth-day, 1742.
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... fhew his wit was fudden ! And for his judgment , lo a pudden ! Roast beef , tho ' old , proclaims him ftout , And grace , altho ' a bard , devout . May Toм , whom Heav'n fent down to raise The price of prologues and of plays * , Be ev ...
... fhew his wit was fudden ! And for his judgment , lo a pudden ! Roast beef , tho ' old , proclaims him ftout , And grace , altho ' a bard , devout . May Toм , whom Heav'n fent down to raise The price of prologues and of plays * , Be ev ...
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... fhew he was equally a mafter of this kind of Compofition with every other he undertook , as the following lines in the Epistle to Jervas may witness ; which would have made the fineft Epitaph in the world : Call round her Tomb each ...
... fhew he was equally a mafter of this kind of Compofition with every other he undertook , as the following lines in the Epistle to Jervas may witness ; which would have made the fineft Epitaph in the world : Call round her Tomb each ...
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... fhew'd ' " the leaft emotion at the most elaborate ftrains of your ' modern Scrapers , all which have been , as it were , " tamed and humanized by ancient Muficians ? Does " not Ælian * tell us how the Libyan Mares were ex- " cited to ...
... fhew'd ' " the leaft emotion at the most elaborate ftrains of your ' modern Scrapers , all which have been , as it were , " tamed and humanized by ancient Muficians ? Does " not Ælian * tell us how the Libyan Mares were ex- " cited to ...
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affure againſt alfo almoft alſo ancient Bathos becauſe befides beft beſt caft caufe cauſe converfation Cornelius Crambe defign defire diſcover expreffion fafe faid fame feems fenfe fent feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fincerity firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon friendſhip ftill fubject fuch fure give greateſt happineſs hath himſelf Homer honour Horfes houſe inftance juft juſt Lady laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs LETTER mafter manner moft moſt Mufe muft muſt myſelf nature never obferved occafion paffion Paftoral perfon pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem Poet poetry poffible praiſe prefent Profe publiſhed reaſon reft ſay ſeems Shakeſpear ſhall ſhe ſome ſpeak ſuch tell thefe themſelves Theocritus theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought thro tranflation uſe verfes verſes Virgil whofe whoſe WILLIAM TRUMBULL wiſh words write Wycherley yourſelf
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Page 347 - HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground ; Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in Summer yield him shade, In Winter fire.
Page 347 - ... shade. In winter fire. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years slide soft away. In health of body, peace of mind, Quiet by day. Sound sleep by night; study and ease, Together mixt; sweet recreation: And innocence, which most does please With meditation.
Page 176 - To make an Episode. Take any remaining adventure of your former collection in which you could no way involve your hero, or any unfortunate accident that was too good to be thrown away, and it will be of use applied to any other person, who may be lost and evaporate in the course of the work without the least damage to the composition.
Page 404 - To eat Westphalia ham in a morning; ride over hedges and ditches on borrowed hacks; come home in the heat of the day with a fever, and (what...
Page 250 - Homer makes us hearers, and Virgil leaves us readers. If in the next place we take a view of the sentiments, the same presiding faculty is eminent in the sublimity and spirit of his thoughts. Longinus has given his opinion, that it was in this part Homer principally excelled.
Page 57 - OF manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit a man, simplicity a child : With native humour temp'ring virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age : Above temptation in a low estate, And uncorrupted ev'n among the great : 6 A safe companion, and an easy friend, Unblam'd thro
Page 201 - Jerusalem with iniquity: the heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, "Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us.
Page 347 - Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter, fire. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years, slide soft away In health of body; peace of mind; Quiet by day ; Sound sleep by night; study and ease Together mix'd; sweet recreation, And innocence, which most does please With meditation.
Page 277 - Vati noceat . But however this contention might be carried on by the Partizans on either side, I cannot help thinking these two great Poets were good friends, and lived on amicable terms and in offices of society with each other.
Page 268 - I fay of the honour fo many of the Great have done me, while the...