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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... affected difdain of the " great , " was fufficiently proud of the distinction he received from them , wifhed to deduce his " stem- mata " * It feems understood by Johnson , that he was a linen - draper . mata " from the noble family of ...
... affected difdain of the " great , " was fufficiently proud of the distinction he received from them , wifhed to deduce his " stem- mata " * It feems understood by Johnson , that he was a linen - draper . mata " from the noble family of ...
Page xxx
... affected that of gal- lantry and licentious pleasantry from a companion who flattered him both for his poetry and powers of pleafing * . Cromwell was a man of fingularity , a quaint com- pound of the beau and the pedant . Pope early ...
... affected that of gal- lantry and licentious pleasantry from a companion who flattered him both for his poetry and powers of pleafing * . Cromwell was a man of fingularity , a quaint com- pound of the beau and the pedant . Pope early ...
Page xlix
... affected a levity of diffipa- tion . In his verfes " On leaving Town , " he calls himself " The gayeft valetudinaire , " Most thinking rake alive . ” Doncastle , in a letter extant , written not long af terwards , fays : " I am glad you ...
... affected a levity of diffipa- tion . In his verfes " On leaving Town , " he calls himself " The gayeft valetudinaire , " Most thinking rake alive . ” Doncastle , in a letter extant , written not long af terwards , fays : " I am glad you ...
Page lxv
... affecting , that , what- ever might have been his private views , we can hardly help exclaiming , " AMBITION SHOULD BE ... affected pathos , could hardly exceed . In this letter he evidently VOL . I. d evidently feemed to anticipate the ...
... affecting , that , what- ever might have been his private views , we can hardly help exclaiming , " AMBITION SHOULD BE ... affected pathos , could hardly exceed . In this letter he evidently VOL . I. d evidently feemed to anticipate the ...
Page civ
... affected to defpife . Such are the viciffitudes of human life ! May they teach a leffon which Pope never , I fear , ftooped to learn , that of humility and forbearance ! I proceed from the period to which we have al- ready traced the ...
... affected to defpife . Such are the viciffitudes of human life ! May they teach a leffon which Pope never , I fear , ftooped to learn , that of humility and forbearance ! I proceed from the period to which we have al- ready traced the ...
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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.
Page 344 - Nor fear'd the chief th' unequal fight to try, Who sought no more than on his foe to die. But this bold lord with manly strength...
Page 53 - For we were nursed upon the self-same hill, Fed the same flock by fountain, shade, and rill. Together both, ere the high lawns appear'd Under the opening eye-lids of the morn, We drove a-field, and both together heard What time the gray-fly winds her sultry horn...
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...