The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death, Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warburton, Volume 1A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, C. Bathurst, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, J. Richardson, B. Law, S. Crowder, T. Longman, T. Field, and T. Caslon, 1760 |
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... Ancients ( to say the least of them ) had as much Genius as we : and that to take more pains , and employ more time , cannot fail to produce more compleat pieces . They constantly apply'd themselves not only to that art , but to that ...
... Ancients ( to say the least of them ) had as much Genius as we : and that to take more pains , and employ more time , cannot fail to produce more compleat pieces . They constantly apply'd themselves not only to that art , but to that ...
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... Ancients , may as well fay our faces are not our own , because they are like our Fathers : And indeed it is very unreasonable , that people should expect us to be Scholars , and yet be angry to find us fo . I fairly confefs that I have ...
... Ancients , may as well fay our faces are not our own , because they are like our Fathers : And indeed it is very unreasonable , that people should expect us to be Scholars , and yet be angry to find us fo . I fairly confefs that I have ...
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... Ancients might at once agree To fing within my lays , and fing of thee . ΙΟ Horace himself would own thou doft excell In candid arts to play the Critic well . Ovid himself might wish to fing the Dame Whom Windfor Foreft fees a gliding ...
... Ancients might at once agree To fing within my lays , and fing of thee . ΙΟ Horace himself would own thou doft excell In candid arts to play the Critic well . Ovid himself might wish to fing the Dame Whom Windfor Foreft fees a gliding ...
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... ancient heat ; He shines in Council , thunders in the Fight , And flames with ev'ry sense of great delight . 50 Long has that Poet reign'd , and long unknown , Like Monarchs fparkling on a distant throne ; In all the Majesty of Greek ...
... ancient heat ; He shines in Council , thunders in the Fight , And flames with ev'ry sense of great delight . 50 Long has that Poet reign'd , and long unknown , Like Monarchs fparkling on a distant throne ; In all the Majesty of Greek ...
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... d , the bright eternal Temple stands , Its prospect an unbounded view commands : 30 Say , wond'rous youth , what Column wilt thou chufe , What laurel'd Arch for thy triumphant Muse ? 35 Tho ' each great Ancient court thee to his ( xliii )
... d , the bright eternal Temple stands , Its prospect an unbounded view commands : 30 Say , wond'rous youth , what Column wilt thou chufe , What laurel'd Arch for thy triumphant Muse ? 35 Tho ' each great Ancient court thee to his ( xliii )
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Page 99 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Page 146 - 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.
Page 261 - For, that sad moment, when the sylphs withdrew^ And Ariel weeping from Belinda flew, Umbriel, a dusky, melancholy sprite, As ever sullied the fair face of light, Down to the central earth, his proper scene, Repair'd to search the gloomy cave of Spleen.
Page 247 - But what, or where, the fates have wrapt in night. Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law, Or some frail China jar receive a flaw...
Page 171 - From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art, Which without passing through the judgment gains The heart and all its end at once attains.
Page 241 - Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face : Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.
Page 275 - The Lock, obtain'd with Guilt, and kept with Pain, In ev'ry place is sought, but sought in vain: With such a Prize no Mortal must be blest, So Heav'n decrees!
Page 207 - And while self-love each jealous writer rules, Contending wits become the sport of fools; But still the worst with most regret commend. For each ill author is as bad a friend. To what base ends, and by what abject ways, 520 Are mortals urged through sacred
Page 178 - 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 191 - Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line: While they ring round the same unvaried chimes With sure returns of still expected rhymes: Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze...