The works of Alexander Pope. Containing the principal notes of drs. Warburton and Warton [&c.]. To which are added, some original letters, with additional observations, and memoirs, by W.L. Bowles, Volume 11806 |
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... sense , mixed with love of literature , exhibited , at the close of life , in the shades of his native foreft , that fair example to Society , a country gentleman of education and knowledge of the world , dispensing hospitality , and ...
... sense , mixed with love of literature , exhibited , at the close of life , in the shades of his native foreft , that fair example to Society , a country gentleman of education and knowledge of the world , dispensing hospitality , and ...
Page xxxii
... sense can be given to these words ? " Why bade ye else , ye powers , her foul afpire " Beyond the vulgar flight of low defire ? " AMBITION first sprung from your bright abodes , " The glorious fault of Angels and of Gods ! " She She was ...
... sense can be given to these words ? " Why bade ye else , ye powers , her foul afpire " Beyond the vulgar flight of low defire ? " AMBITION first sprung from your bright abodes , " The glorious fault of Angels and of Gods ! " She She was ...
Page xli
... sense and common charity , it can be thought to reflect on Addison . Besides , at this time , Pope was so satisfied with Addison , that he courted his favour , by writing two things , which at once honoured and disgraced him the ...
... sense and common charity , it can be thought to reflect on Addison . Besides , at this time , Pope was so satisfied with Addison , that he courted his favour , by writing two things , which at once honoured and disgraced him the ...
Page xlii
... sense , every circumstance in the transactions of life has two colourings : " in the cafe before us , we only see the colouring of one fide . Pope's friends represented the tranfaction in the light in which Pope represented it to them ...
... sense , every circumstance in the transactions of life has two colourings : " in the cafe before us , we only see the colouring of one fide . Pope's friends represented the tranfaction in the light in which Pope represented it to them ...
Page xliii
... of common feelings and common sense , that as the ac- count comes from one who obviously tries to make the best of Pope's cause , we should be cautious before we believe believe the truth of the statement . Addison said , OF POPE . xliii.
... of common feelings and common sense , that as the ac- count comes from one who obviously tries to make the best of Pope's cause , we should be cautious before we believe believe the truth of the statement . Addison said , OF POPE . xliii.
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Page 315 - Be kind and courteous to this gentleman ; Hop in his walks, and gambol in his eyes ; Feed him with apricocks and dewberries, With purple grapes, green figs, and mulberries.
Page 306 - Safe from the treach'rous friend, the daring spark, The glance by day, the whisper in the dark, When kind occasion prompts their warm desires, When music softens, and when dancing fires ? Tis but their sylph, the wise celestials know, Though honour is the word with men below.
Page 180 - 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.
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Page 289 - Jilts rul'd the state, and statesmen farces writ; Nay, wits had pensions, and young Lords had wit: The Fair...
Page 180 - ... 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 315 - Where the bee sucks, there suck I; In a cowslip's bell I lie: There I couch when owls do cry. On the bat's back I do fly, After summer, merrily : Merrily, merrily, shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
Page 314 - While every beam new transient colours flings, Colours that change whene'er they wave their wings. Amid the circle, on the gilded mast, Superior by the head, was Ariel...
Page 221 - OF all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is pride, the never-failing vice of fools. Whatever Nature has in worth...