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, Band 41754 |
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... use of theirs as they have done of mine . However , I fhall have this advantage , and honour , on my fide , that whereas , by their proceeding , any abufe may be directed at any man , no injury can poffibly be done by mine , fince a ...
... use of theirs as they have done of mine . However , I fhall have this advantage , and honour , on my fide , that whereas , by their proceeding , any abufe may be directed at any man , no injury can poffibly be done by mine , fince a ...
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... uses the Roman Poet for little more than his canvas : And if the old defign or co- louring chance to fuit his purpose , it is well : if not , he employs his own , without fcruple or ceremony . Hence it is , he is fo frequently ferious ...
... uses the Roman Poet for little more than his canvas : And if the old defign or co- louring chance to fuit his purpose , it is well : if not , he employs his own , without fcruple or ceremony . Hence it is , he is fo frequently ferious ...
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... use ) without a Fee . F. I'd write no more . P. Not write ? but then I think , And for my foul I cannot sleep a wink . S 10 VER . 7. Tim'rous by nature , of the Rich in awe , ] The delicacy of this does not fo much lie in the ironical ...
... use ) without a Fee . F. I'd write no more . P. Not write ? but then I think , And for my foul I cannot sleep a wink . S 10 VER . 7. Tim'rous by nature , of the Rich in awe , ] The delicacy of this does not fo much lie in the ironical ...
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... . 182. when plunder'd ] i . e . By the Public ; which has arely her revenge on her plunderers ; and when the has , more rarely knows how to use it . You laugh , if coat and breeches strangely vary , go Book II . IMITATIONS.
... . 182. when plunder'd ] i . e . By the Public ; which has arely her revenge on her plunderers ; and when the has , more rarely knows how to use it . You laugh , if coat and breeches strangely vary , go Book II . IMITATIONS.
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... use it when got . Procure a tafte , fays he . That is , of the Virtuofi ; whofe fcience you are to buy for that purpose : for true tafte , which is from nature , comes of itself . And how are you to use it ? Not to cure you of that bane ...
... use it when got . Procure a tafte , fays he . That is , of the Virtuofi ; whofe fcience you are to buy for that purpose : for true tafte , which is from nature , comes of itself . And how are you to use it ? Not to cure you of that bane ...
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Seite 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.
Seite 27 - Me, let the tender office long engage To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death; Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep a while one parent from the sky ! On cares like these, if length of days attend, May Heaven, to bless those days, preserve my friend!
Seite 12 - Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Seite 14 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Seite 4 - They pierce my thickets, through my grot they glide, By land, by water, they renew the charge, They stop the chariot, and they board the barge.
Seite 13 - And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Seite 167 - Bright through the rubbish of some hundred years ; Command old words, that long have slept, to wake, Words that wise Bacon or...
Seite 6 - A virgin tragedy, an orphan muse.' If I dislike it, 'Furies, death and rage!' If I approve, 'Commend it to the stage.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.