The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Memoirs of the life and writings of Pope. Recommendatory poems. A discourse on pastoral poetry. Pastorals. Messiah. Windsor forest. Odes. Two chorus's to the tragedy of Brutus. The dying Christian to his soul. An essay on criticism. The rape of the lock. Elegy to the memory of an unfortunate lady. Prologue to Mr. Addison's tragedy of Cato. Epilogue to Mr. Rowe's Jane ShoreJ. Johnson, 1806 |
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... whofe hufband was recalled from his embaffy . The year after the death of his father , 1718 , his thoughts were occupied with the idea of her making Twickenham the happy refidence of her future years . But , alas , the vifions of ...
... whofe hufband was recalled from his embaffy . The year after the death of his father , 1718 , his thoughts were occupied with the idea of her making Twickenham the happy refidence of her future years . But , alas , the vifions of ...
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... whofe partiality he would have been proud , he was lefs guarded than ufual in his remarks . Thefe of course were all ex- aggerated , and repeated : replication was the confe- quence ; fo that if there was no open rupture as yet , there ...
... whofe partiality he would have been proud , he was lefs guarded than ufual in his remarks . Thefe of course were all ex- aggerated , and repeated : replication was the confe- quence ; fo that if there was no open rupture as yet , there ...
Page lxxv
... whofe name we regret the moft to fee among them was that of Hill . Pope trembled whilst he ftruck . The letters to Hill evince his cowardice , whilst his equivocation is as unmanly as his conduct was unfriendly . Hill , however , might ...
... whofe name we regret the moft to fee among them was that of Hill . Pope trembled whilst he ftruck . The letters to Hill evince his cowardice , whilst his equivocation is as unmanly as his conduct was unfriendly . Hill , however , might ...
Page lxxx
... whofe house and gardens were meant , and whofe character was intended to be ridiculed under the name of Timon . In fact , HE was the perfon moft gratified.- This feems evident from the caricature by Hogarth , in in which Pope is ...
... whofe house and gardens were meant , and whofe character was intended to be ridiculed under the name of Timon . In fact , HE was the perfon moft gratified.- This feems evident from the caricature by Hogarth , in in which Pope is ...
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... whofe tafte he had obliquely praised . He was now confidered the " arbiter elegantiarum " of rural decoration : at Lord Bathurst's feat , the build- ings , which are interfperfed along the immenfe line of plantation , were defigned by ...
... whofe tafte he had obliquely praised . He was now confidered the " arbiter elegantiarum " of rural decoration : at Lord Bathurst's feat , the build- ings , which are interfperfed along the immenfe line of plantation , were defigned by ...
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Page 333 - For, that sad moment, when the sylphs withdrew, And Ariel weeping from Belinda flew, Umbriel...
Page 187 - The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes; my ears With sounds seraphic ring! Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death! where is thy sting?
Page 226 - Fired at first sight with what the Muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts, While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind ; But, more...
Page 218 - Music resembles poetry; in each Are nameless graces which no methods teach, And which a master-hand alone can reach. If, where the rules not far enough extend, (Since rules were made but to promote their end) Some lucky licence answer to the full Th' intent propos'd, that licence is a rule.
Page 324 - The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, And wretches hang that jurymen may dine; The merchant from th' Exchange returns in peace, And the long labours of the toilet cease.
Page 309 - 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 332 - What time would spare, from steel receives its date, And monuments, like men, submit to fate! Steel could the labour of the gods destroy, And strike to dust th' imperial tow'rs of Troy; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground.
Page 110 - Be smooth, ye Rocks; ye rapid Floods, give way ! The SAVIOUR comes! by ancient bards foretold! Hear Him, ye Deaf; and all ye Blind, behold! He from thick films shall purge the visual ray, And on the sightless eye-ball pour the day: Tis He th' obstructed paths of sound shall clear, And bid new music charm th...
Page 115 - See, a long race thy spacious courts adorn; See future sons, and daughters yet unborn, In crowding ranks on every side arise, Demanding life, impatient for the skies ! See barbarous nations at thy gates attend, Walk in thy light, and in thy temple bend...
Page 182 - HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground ; Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in Summer yield him shade, In Winter fire.