The works of Alexander Pope. Containing the principal notes of drs. Warburton and Warton [&c.]. To which are added, some original letters, with additional observations, and memoirs, by W.L. Bowles, Band 41806 |
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... ? ] In the first edition , Pope had the name " Paris , " instead of Sporus ; it seems a more fuitable name . There is , I believe , no account why it was altered . E 4 P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings TO THE SATIRES . 55.
... ? ] In the first edition , Pope had the name " Paris , " instead of Sporus ; it seems a more fuitable name . There is , I believe , no account why it was altered . E 4 P. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings TO THE SATIRES . 55.
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... seem- ing seriousness , applies for advice to the celebrated Roman lawyer , C. Trebatius Tefta , an intimate friend of Julius Cæfar , and of Tully , Omnino verfus ? d T. Quiefcas . H. Ne faciam SAT . I. 73 OF HORACE .
... seem- ing seriousness , applies for advice to the celebrated Roman lawyer , C. Trebatius Tefta , an intimate friend of Julius Cæfar , and of Tully , Omnino verfus ? d T. Quiefcas . H. Ne faciam SAT . I. 73 OF HORACE .
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... seem- ed to encourage and engage in . Luther reprefented him as an Arian and a time - ferver . " I thought , " faid Erafmus , " Lu- ther's marriage would have foftened him a little . It is hard for a man of my moderation and of my years ...
... seem- ed to encourage and engage in . Luther reprefented him as an Arian and a time - ferver . " I thought , " faid Erafmus , " Lu- ther's marriage would have foftened him a little . It is hard for a man of my moderation and of my years ...
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... seems to be more spirit here than in the original : But it is hard to pronounce with certainty : for though one may be confident there is more force in the 83d and 84th lines than in “ Canidia Albutî , quibus eft inimica , venenum ...
... seems to be more spirit here than in the original : But it is hard to pronounce with certainty : for though one may be confident there is more force in the 83d and 84th lines than in “ Canidia Albutî , quibus eft inimica , venenum ...
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... seems to allude to Viscount Falmouth , who brought into Parliament feve- ral members for the Cornish boroughs . VER . 107. laugh at your own jest . ] An admirable picture of fep- tennial folly and meannefs during an election canvass ...
... seems to allude to Viscount Falmouth , who brought into Parliament feve- ral members for the Cornish boroughs . VER . 107. laugh at your own jest . ] An admirable picture of fep- tennial folly and meannefs during an election canvass ...
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Seite 93 - 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 pierc'd th...
Seite 36 - 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 21 - I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Seite 413 - His similes are like pictures, where the principal figure has not only its proportion given agreeable to the original, but is also set off with occasional ornaments and prospects.
Seite 215 - Nassau to Kneller's hand decreed To fix him graceful on the bounding Steed; So well in paint and stone they judg'd of merit: But Kings in Wit may want discerning spirit.
Seite 11 - I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.
Seite 89 - What? arm'd for virtue when I point the pen, Brand the bold front of shameless guilty men; Dash the proud gamester in his gilded car ; Bare the mean heart that lurks beneath a star ; Can there be wanting, to defend her cause, Lights of the Church, or guardians of the laws ? no Could pension'd Boileau lash in honest strain Flatt'rers and bigots ev'n in Louis
Seite 353 - I touch thee ! but with honest zeal, To rouse the watchmen of the public weal, To virtue's work provoke the tardy hall, And goad the prelate, slumbering in his stall.
Seite 15 - A virgin tragedy, an orphan muse.' If I dislike it, 'Furies, death and rage!' If I approve, 'Commend it to the stage.
Seite 20 - It is the slaver kills, and not the bite. A fool quite angry is quite innocent: Alas! 'tis ten times worse when they repent. One dedicates in high heroic prose, And ridicules beyond a hundred...