The works of Alexander Pope. With a selection of explanatory notes, and the account of his life by dr. Johnson, כרך 31812 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 23
עמוד 6
... hand he demands the perfections of the Angels , and on the other the bodily qualifications of the Brutes ; though , to possess any of the sensitive faculties in a higher degree , would render bim miserable , ver . 173 , & c . VII . That ...
... hand he demands the perfections of the Angels , and on the other the bodily qualifications of the Brutes ; though , to possess any of the sensitive faculties in a higher degree , would render bim miserable , ver . 173 , & c . VII . That ...
עמוד 8
... hand - writing of Bolingbroke , and drawn up in a series of propositions , which Pope was to amplify , versify , and illustrate . In doing which , our poet , it must be confessed , left several passages so expressed , as to be ...
... hand - writing of Bolingbroke , and drawn up in a series of propositions , which Pope was to amplify , versify , and illustrate . In doing which , our poet , it must be confessed , left several passages so expressed , as to be ...
עמוד 16
... hand just rais'd to shed his blood . Oh blindness to the future ! kindly giv❜n , That each may fill the circle mark'd by Heav'n : Who sees with equal eye , as God of all , 85 A hero perish , or a sparrow fall , Atoms After ver . 68 ...
... hand just rais'd to shed his blood . Oh blindness to the future ! kindly giv❜n , That each may fill the circle mark'd by Heav'n : Who sees with equal eye , as God of all , 85 A hero perish , or a sparrow fall , Atoms After ver . 68 ...
עמוד 18
... hand the balance and the rod , Re - judge his justice , be the God of GOD . In pride , in reas'ning pride , our error lies ; 115 120 All quit their sphere , and rush into the skies . Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes , 125 Men ...
... hand the balance and the rod , Re - judge his justice , be the God of GOD . In pride , in reas'ning pride , our error lies ; 115 120 All quit their sphere , and rush into the skies . Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes , 125 Men ...
עמוד 19
... hand the light'ning forms , Who heaves old ocean , and who wings the storms ; Pours fierce ambition in a Cæsar's mind , Or turns young Ammon loose to scourge mankind ? From pride , from pride , our very reas'ning springs ; Account for ...
... hand the light'ning forms , Who heaves old ocean , and who wings the storms ; Pours fierce ambition in a Cæsar's mind , Or turns young Ammon loose to scourge mankind ? From pride , from pride , our very reas'ning springs ; Account for ...
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Balaam Bishop Bishop of Marseilles blessing blest bliss Cæsar charms Chartres court death divine Duke Dunciad e'er Earl ears ease EPISTLE Ev'n ev'ry eyes fame fate folly fool former editions give glory gold grace grave happiness hate heart Heav'n honest honour Horace int'rest king knave lady laugh learn'd learned less than angels live Lord Lord Bathurst Lord Bolingbroke Lord Chamberlain Lord Hervey lov'd mankind mighty mind moral muse nature nature's ne'er never numbers o'er parterre passion pleas'd pleasure poet poor Pope pow'r praise pride proud Queen reason rhyme rich rise rules Sappho satire SATIRE IV scarce Self-love sense slave soul Stephen Duck taste tell thee things thou thousand thro truth Twas verse vice virtue wealth whate'er Whig whole whore wife wise wretched write
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 13 - AWAKE, my St John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die...
עמוד 18 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
עמוד 18 - Pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be Angels, Men rebel: And who but wishes to invert the laws Of Order, sins against th
עמוד 16 - Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of Fate, All but the page prescrib'd, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know : Or who could suffer Being here below? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy Reason, would he skip and play? Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flow'ry food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.
עמוד 17 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutored mind Sees GOD in clouds, or hears Him in the wind ; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
עמוד 244 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.
עמוד 131 - Or in proud falls magnificently lost, But clear and artless, pouring through the plain Health to the sick, and solace to the swain. Whose causeway parts the vale with shady rows? Whose seats the weary traveller repose ? Who taught that heaven-directed spire to rise ?
עמוד 24 - Great in the earth as in the ethereal frame, Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees : Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
עמוד 164 - twas when he knew no better. Dare you refuse him? Curll invites to dine, He'll write a. Journal, or he'll turn divine.' Bless me ! a packet - ' 'Tis a stranger sues, A Virgin Tragedy, an Orphan Muse.' If I dislike it, 'Furies, death and rage!' If I approve, 'Commend it to the stage.
עמוד 67 - Honour and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honour lies.