The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, כרך 7J. and P. Knapton [and others], 1751 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 33
עמוד 32
... tion by their paradoxical or ironical praises ; your ' forefathers have done it , Erafmus and others . For all mankind who know me muft confess , he must be no ordinary genius , or little friend , who can find out any thing to commend ...
... tion by their paradoxical or ironical praises ; your ' forefathers have done it , Erafmus and others . For all mankind who know me muft confess , he must be no ordinary genius , or little friend , who can find out any thing to commend ...
עמוד 35
... tion , which have been my employment ever fince Eafter - monday : I hope before Michaelmas to have discharg❜d my tafk ; which , upon the word of a D2 friend , friend , is the moft pleafing one I could be FROM MR . WYCHERLEY . 35.
... tion , which have been my employment ever fince Eafter - monday : I hope before Michaelmas to have discharg❜d my tafk ; which , upon the word of a D2 friend , friend , is the moft pleafing one I could be FROM MR . WYCHERLEY . 35.
עמוד 64
... tion true enough to be pass'd into a rule , but not a rule without exceptions , nor that ever it had been reduced to practice : But this example of one of the most correct and best of their Poets has unde- ceived me , and confirms your ...
... tion true enough to be pass'd into a rule , but not a rule without exceptions , nor that ever it had been reduced to practice : But this example of one of the most correct and best of their Poets has unde- ceived me , and confirms your ...
עמוד 65
... tion to one year , it is manifeftly exceeded in the very firft two books : The narration begins with Oedi- pus's prayer to the Fury to promote difcord betwixt his fons ; afterward the Poet exprefly defcribes their entring into the ...
... tion to one year , it is manifeftly exceeded in the very firft two books : The narration begins with Oedi- pus's prayer to the Fury to promote difcord betwixt his fons ; afterward the Poet exprefly defcribes their entring into the ...
עמוד 72
... tion ; yet we cannot but hope the concurring prayers and tears of fo many wretched ladies may induce this haughty prince to reason . I am , & c . As LETTER X. I May faylyn more Oct. 19 , 1709 . this fum- mer than to any of my ...
... tion ; yet we cannot but hope the concurring prayers and tears of fo many wretched ladies may induce this haughty prince to reason . I am , & c . As LETTER X. I May faylyn more Oct. 19 , 1709 . this fum- mer than to any of my ...
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Æneid affure againſt almoft anſwer becauſe befides beft believe beſt cauſe converfation Correfpondence critics defign defire eſteem expreffion fafely faid fame fatire fatisfaction favour feems felf fend fenfe fent ferve feven fhall fhew fhort fhould fhow fince fincerity firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon friendſhip ftill fubject fuch fure give happineſs himſelf Homer hope juft juſt kindneſs lady laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs leſs LETTER Mifcellanies moft moſt muft muſt myſelf never obferve obliged occafion opinion Ovid paftoral perfon pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poem Poet poetry Pope praiſe Pray prefent Priam printed profe publiſhed reafon receiv'd reft Sappho ſay ſee ſeems ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſome ſpeak Statius tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tranflation uſe verfes verſes Virgil whofe whoſe wifh WILLIAM TRUMBULL wiſh write Wycherley yourſelf
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 69 - 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.
עמוד 190 - 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?
עמוד 190 - The Dying Christian to his Soul: Ode Vital spark of heav'nly flame! Quit, oh quit this mortal frame: Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying. Oh the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. Hark! they whisper; Angels say. Sister spirit, come away.
עמוד 189 - I should myself be much better pleased, if I were told you called me your little friend, than if you complimented me with the title of a great genius, or an eminent hand, as Jacob does all his authors.
עמוד 244 - Don't you design to let him pass a year at Oxford ? "To what purpose? (said he) the Universities do but make Pedants, and I intend to breed him a man of business.
עמוד 244 - Now damn them ! what if they should put it into the newspaper, how you and I went together to Oxford ? what would I care? If I should go down into Sussex, they would say I was gone to the Speaker. But what of that ? If my son were but big enough to go on with the business, by G — d I would keep as good company as old Jacob.
עמוד 214 - ... me to live agreeably in the town, or contentedly in the country, which is really all the difference I set between an easy fortune and a small one.
עמוד 236 - ... to one of the few, who (in any age) have come up to that character. I am...
עמוד 132 - Shakespear has it) to dinner, with what appetite they may and after that, till midnight, walk, work, or think, which they please.
עמוד 184 - ... not very common to young men, that the attractions of the world have not dazzled me very much ; and I...