The Works of Alexander Pope: The life [by W.J. Courthope] and indexJ. Murray, 1889 - Poets, English |
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... judgment , however , told him that , as a whole , these boyish efforts were futile . " My first taking to imitating , " he says , " was not out of vanity , but humility : I saw how de- fective my own things were , and endeavoured to ...
... judgment , however , told him that , as a whole , these boyish efforts were futile . " My first taking to imitating , " he says , " was not out of vanity , but humility : I saw how de- fective my own things were , and endeavoured to ...
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... judgment he respected . Fontenelle , in his ' Discourse on Pastoralism , ' had speculated on its origin , discussed the particular feelings to which it appeals , censured Theocritus ' conception of it as being too gross , and Virgil's ...
... judgment he respected . Fontenelle , in his ' Discourse on Pastoralism , ' had speculated on its origin , discussed the particular feelings to which it appeals , censured Theocritus ' conception of it as being too gross , and Virgil's ...
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... judgment , because he avoids the latter's error of representing wolves in England ; but he has no hesitation in making roses , crocuses , and violets all bloom in the same month ; in coupling the names of Garth and Phoebus ; or in ...
... judgment , because he avoids the latter's error of representing wolves in England ; but he has no hesitation in making roses , crocuses , and violets all bloom in the same month ; in coupling the names of Garth and Phoebus ; or in ...
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... judgment had not been blinded by a prejudice in favour of classical convention- ality . On the other hand , in the descriptions of shooting and VOL . 5 . ་ " fishing , and in the enumeration of the rivers , chap . II . ] IMITATIVE ...
... judgment had not been blinded by a prejudice in favour of classical convention- ality . On the other hand , in the descriptions of shooting and VOL . 5 . ་ " fishing , and in the enumeration of the rivers , chap . II . ] IMITATIVE ...
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... judgment should have told him , must be necessarily answered in the negative . Pope was endeavouring in his imitation to blend two irrecon- cilable styles . The grandeur of Isaiah's diction arises partly from enthusiasm , for in his ...
... judgment should have told him , must be necessarily answered in the negative . Pope was endeavouring in his imitation to blend two irrecon- cilable styles . The grandeur of Isaiah's diction arises partly from enthusiasm , for in his ...
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Page 110 - And hence th' egregious wizard shall foredoom The fate of Louis, and the fall of Rome. Then cease, bright Nymph! to mourn thy ravish'd hair, Which adds new glory to the shining sphere! Not all the tresses that fair head can boast, Shall draw such envy as the lock you lost.
Page 43 - Twere well might critics still this freedom take : But Appius reddens at each word you speak, And stares tremendous, with a threatening eye, Like some fierce tyrant in old tapestry.
Page 54 - And hence perhaps may be given some reason of that common observation, that men who have a great deal of wit, and prompt memories, have not always the clearest judgment or deepest reason...
Page 68 - And something previous ev'n to taste — 'tis sense : Good sense, which only is the gift of Heaven, And, though no science, fairly worth the seven : A light which in yourself you must perceive ; Jones and Le Notre have it not to give.
Page 271 - Oh let me live my own, and die so too! (To live and die is all I have to do:) Maintain a poet's dignity and ease. And see what friends, and read what books I please: Above a patron, though I condescend Sometimes to call a minister my friend.
Page 112 - Whatever spirit, careless of his charge, His post neglects, or leaves the fair at large, Shall feel sharp vengeance soon o'ertake his sins, Be...
Page 52 - MAN, as the minister and interpreter of nature, does and understands as much, as his observations on the order of nature, either with regard to things or the mind, permit him, and neither knows nor is capable of more.
Page 183 - 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 pierced the' Iberian lines, Now forms my quincunx, and now ranks my vines; Or tames the genius of the stubborn plain, Almost as quickly as he conquer'd Spain.
Page 249 - That reason, passion, answer one great aim ; That true self-love and social are the same ; That virtue only makes our bliss below, And all our knowledge is — ourselves to know.
Page 320 - Are what ten thousand envy and adore : All, all look up, with reverential awe, At crimes that 'scape, or triumph o'er the law : While truth, worth, wisdom, daily they decry — " Nothing is sacred now but villany.