The Works of Alexander Pope: The life [by W.J. Courthope] and indexJ. Murray, 1889 - Poets, English |
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... say , he did not confine the sense to the couplet , but carried on his sentences from one couplet to another , frequently ... says he , " obscure ; he leaves him prose where he found him verse . .. This is at least the idea which I have ...
... say , he did not confine the sense to the couplet , but carried on his sentences from one couplet to another , frequently ... says he , " obscure ; he leaves him prose where he found him verse . .. This is at least the idea which I have ...
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... say that he did not begin the study of Dryden till he was twelve years old , and after his removal to Binfield , and as ... says is that he saw Dryden when he was about twelve years of age , ' but that he was not so happy as to know him ...
... say that he did not begin the study of Dryden till he was twelve years old , and after his removal to Binfield , and as ... says is that he saw Dryden when he was about twelve years of age , ' but that he was not so happy as to know him ...
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... says that they used to take a ride together three or four days in the week , and at last every day , and it may be safely assumed that the idea of the ' Pastorals ' was the fruit of their intercourse . ' The first of them is inscribed ...
... says that they used to take a ride together three or four days in the week , and at last every day , and it may be safely assumed that the idea of the ' Pastorals ' was the fruit of their intercourse . ' The first of them is inscribed ...
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... say , " writes supposed to represent the typical opinion of the day , to Wycherley , " that Virgil had written ... says he , " is ascribed to that age which succeeded the creation of the world : and as the keeping of flocks 1 Works ...
... say , " writes supposed to represent the typical opinion of the day , to Wycherley , " that Virgil had written ... says he , " is ascribed to that age which succeeded the creation of the world : and as the keeping of flocks 1 Works ...
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... says Johnson justly , " is evidently derived from ' Cooper's Hill , ' with some attention to Waller's poem on the Park ; but Pope cannot be denied to excel his masters in variety and elegance , and in the art of interchanging descrip ...
... says Johnson justly , " is evidently derived from ' Cooper's Hill , ' with some attention to Waller's poem on the Park ; but Pope cannot be denied to excel his masters in variety and elegance , and in the art of interchanging descrip ...
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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.