The works of Alexander Pope, with notes and illustrations, by himself and others. To which are added, a new life of the author [&c.] by W. Roscoe, Band 1Longman, Brown and Company, 1847 |
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... Johnson , has been considered as one of the best of that series , which , unfortunately for the memory of our national poets , and the character of our national poetry , he was induced to undertake . Throughout the whole of those lives ...
... Johnson , has been considered as one of the best of that series , which , unfortunately for the memory of our national poets , and the character of our national poetry , he was induced to undertake . Throughout the whole of those lives ...
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... of the biographical writings of Johnson , his Life of Pope exhibits too many instances . Brief yet decisive , superficial yet sententious , he seems neither to know , nor to be very anxious to inquire into the various X PREFACE .
... of the biographical writings of Johnson , his Life of Pope exhibits too many instances . Brief yet decisive , superficial yet sententious , he seems neither to know , nor to be very anxious to inquire into the various X PREFACE .
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... Johnson , like those before adverted to , is in a great part occupied in criticisms on the poetry of Pope , in which it is scarcely necessary to observe , that amongst much unjust and illiberal censure , there are many judicious and ...
... Johnson , like those before adverted to , is in a great part occupied in criticisms on the poetry of Pope , in which it is scarcely necessary to observe , that amongst much unjust and illiberal censure , there are many judicious and ...
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... Johnson ; en- larging on a few minuter literary subjects , which more particularly attracted the Doctor's notice . Unfortu- nately for Pope , Dr. Warton entered upon his task of editor with certain preconceived opinions of the poetical ...
... Johnson ; en- larging on a few minuter literary subjects , which more particularly attracted the Doctor's notice . Unfortu- nately for Pope , Dr. Warton entered upon his task of editor with certain preconceived opinions of the poetical ...
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... Johnson and Warton , all further attempts to illustrate the incidents of his fortune , or the character of his mind , must appear superfluous . " He also observes , that charity might seem to suggest , that when so many years have ...
... Johnson and Warton , all further attempts to illustrate the incidents of his fortune , or the character of his mind , must appear superfluous . " He also observes , that charity might seem to suggest , that when so many years have ...
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Seite 135 - Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, 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 168 - For forms of government let fools contest: Whate'er is best administer'd is best: For modes of faith, let graceless zealots fight; His can't be wrong whose life is in the right; In faith and hope the world will disagree.
Seite 8 - 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...
Seite 159 - Condemn'd whole years in absence to deplore, And image charms he must behold no more ; Such, if there be, who loves so long, so well ; Let him our sad, our tender story tell ! The well-sung woes will sooth my pensive ghost ; He best can paint them who shall feel them most ! THE TEMPLE OF FAME.
Seite 441 - Horace, and, though lean, am short, Ammon's great son one shoulder had too high, Such Ovid's nose, and "Sir! you have an eye"— Go on, obliging creatures, make me see All that disgraced my betters, met in me. Say for my comfort, languishing in bed, "Just so immortal Maro held his head:" And when I die, be sure you let me know Great Homer died three thousand years ago.
Seite 116 - Iliad, because he had looked over Mr. Tickell's, but could wish to have the benefit of his observations on my second, which I had then finished, and which Mr. Tickell had not touched upon.
Seite 7 - Bestia's from the throne. Born to no pride, inheriting no strife, Nor marrying discord in a noble wife, Stranger to civil and religious rage, The good man walk'd innoxious through his age.
Seite 135 - The next day, while I was heated with what I had heard, I wrote a letter to Mr. Addison, to let him know that I was not unacquainted with this behaviour of his; that if I was to speak severely of him in return for it, it should not be in such a dirty way; that I should rather tell him himself fairly of his faults, and allow his good qualities; and that it should be something in the following manner.
Seite 195 - Thy reliques, Rowe, to this fair urn we trust, And sacred, place by Dryden's awful dust; Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies, , To which thy tomb shall guide inquiring eyes. . '• ' Peace to thy gentle shade, and endless rest! Blest in thy genius, in thy love too blest ! One grateful woman to thy fame supplies What a whole thankless land to his denies.
Seite 74 - The numerous and violent claps of the whig party on the one side of the theatre, were echoed back by the tories on the other; while the author sweated behind the scenes with concern to find their applause proceeding more from the hand than the head.