The works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements; together with all his notes: pr. verbatim from the octavo ed. of mr. Warburton, Volume 41754 |
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Page 89
... Town . " At am'rous Flavio is the * ftocken thrown ? That very night he longs to lie alone . 1 The Fool , whofe Wife elopes fome thrice a quarter , For matrimonial folace dies a martyr . Did ever 151 m Proteus , Merlin , any witch ...
... Town . " At am'rous Flavio is the * ftocken thrown ? That very night he longs to lie alone . 1 The Fool , whofe Wife elopes fome thrice a quarter , For matrimonial folace dies a martyr . Did ever 151 m Proteus , Merlin , any witch ...
Page 110
... of his Cotemporaries , firft against the Tafte of the Town , whofe humour it was to magnify the Authors of the preceding Age ; fecondly against the Court and Nobility , who encouraged only the Writers for the Advertisement .
... of his Cotemporaries , firft against the Tafte of the Town , whofe humour it was to magnify the Authors of the preceding Age ; fecondly against the Court and Nobility , who encouraged only the Writers for the Advertisement .
Page 144
... virorum Clarorum apparent . nec fermones ego mallem e Repentes per humum , quam res componere geftas , Terrarumque fitus et flumina dicere , et arces X And from the moment we oblige the town , I 144 Book ! IMITATIONS.
... virorum Clarorum apparent . nec fermones ego mallem e Repentes per humum , quam res componere geftas , Terrarumque fitus et flumina dicere , et arces X And from the moment we oblige the town , I 144 Book ! IMITATIONS.
Page 145
Alexander Pope. X And from the moment we oblige the town , Expect a place , or penfion f.om the Crown ; Or dubb'd Hiftorians by exprefs command , T'enroll your triumphs o'er the feas and land , Be call'd to Court to plan fome work divine ...
Alexander Pope. X And from the moment we oblige the town , Expect a place , or penfion f.om the Crown ; Or dubb'd Hiftorians by exprefs command , T'enroll your triumphs o'er the feas and land , Be call'd to Court to plan fome work divine ...
Page 152
... hunc , et lite moraris iniqua . VER . 4. This Lad , Sir , is of Blois : ] A Town in Beauce , where the French tongue is spoken in great purity . 16 46 EPISTLE II . D EAR Col'nel , COBHAM's and your 152 Book II . IMITATIONS.
... hunc , et lite moraris iniqua . VER . 4. This Lad , Sir , is of Blois : ] A Town in Beauce , where the French tongue is spoken in great purity . 16 46 EPISTLE II . D EAR Col'nel , COBHAM's and your 152 Book II . IMITATIONS.
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Page 49 - Hear this, and tremble! you, who 'scape the Laws. Yes, while I live, no rich or noble knave ^/ Shall walk the World, in credit, to his grave.
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Page 14 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
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Page 167 - Bright through the rubbish of some hundred years ; Command old words, that long have slept, to wake, Words that wise Bacon or...
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Page 20 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence...
Page 41 - My head and heart thus flowing thro' my quill, Verse-man or prose-man, term me which you will, Papist or Protestant, or both between, Like good Erasmus in an honest mean, In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory.