The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Compiled from Original Manuscripts; with a Critical Essay on His Writings and GeniusC. Bathurst, H. Woodfall, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, W. Johnston, B. White, T. Caslon, T. Longman, B. Law, Johnson and Payne, S. Bladon, T. Cadell, and the executors of A. Millar., 1769 - 578 עמודים |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 39
עמוד 31
... ev'ry watry bow'r , " And Jove confented in a filent fhow'r . " Though Though it may be allowed that the new images in ALEXANDER POPE , ESQ . 31.
... ev'ry watry bow'r , " And Jove confented in a filent fhow'r . " Though Though it may be allowed that the new images in ALEXANDER POPE , ESQ . 31.
עמוד 32
... ev'ry plant that grew , " And ev'ry herb that drinks the morning dew ; " Ah ! wretched fhepherd , what avails thy art " To cure thy lambs , but not to heal thy heart . " death death of Daphne affords a new image , and the 32 THE LIFE OF.
... ev'ry plant that grew , " And ev'ry herb that drinks the morning dew ; " Ah ! wretched fhepherd , what avails thy art " To cure thy lambs , but not to heal thy heart . " death death of Daphne affords a new image , and the 32 THE LIFE OF.
עמוד 53
... ev'ry vein , " And pawing , feems to beat the diftant plain * : " Hills , vales , and floods appear already cross'd , " And ere he starts , a thousand fteps are loft . ' 1 The first two lines are tranflated from Statius . " Stare adeo ...
... ev'ry vein , " And pawing , feems to beat the diftant plain * : " Hills , vales , and floods appear already cross'd , " And ere he starts , a thousand fteps are loft . ' 1 The first two lines are tranflated from Statius . " Stare adeo ...
עמוד 66
... ev'ry focial tye , " United wish , and mutual joy ! " What various joys on one attend , " As fon , as father , brother , hufband , friend ? " Whether his hoary fire he fpies , " While thousand grateful thoughts arife ; " Or meets his ...
... ev'ry focial tye , " United wish , and mutual joy ! " What various joys on one attend , " As fon , as father , brother , hufband , friend ? " Whether his hoary fire he fpies , " While thousand grateful thoughts arife ; " Or meets his ...
עמוד 80
... ev'ry friend --- and ev'ry foe . " The fimile here employed to fhew the refem- blance between an inflated mind and a bloated body , is the most happy that could be conceived . Superficial learning is the next caufe which our author ...
... ev'ry friend --- and ev'ry foe . " The fimile here employed to fhew the refem- blance between an inflated mind and a bloated body , is the most happy that could be conceived . Superficial learning is the next caufe which our author ...
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עמוד 256 - Know then this truth (enough for man to know) 'Virtue alone is happiness below.
עמוד 192 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
עמוד 123 - In some lone isle, or distant northern land; Where the gilt chariot never marks the way, Where none learn ombre, none e'er taste bohea!
עמוד 265 - Let not this weak unknowing hand Presume Thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land, On each I judge Thy foe. If I am right, Thy grace impart Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, oh, teach my heart To find that better way...
עמוד 299 - Consult the Genius of the Place in all; That tells the Waters or to rise, or fall; Or helps th...
עמוד 152 - Oh! happy state! when souls each other draw, When love is liberty, and nature law...
עמוד 192 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike; Alike...
עמוד 299 - Or helps th' ambitious Hill the heav'ns to scale, Or scoops in circling theatres the Vale; Calls in the Country, catches op'ning glades, Joins willing Woods, and varies shades from shades; Now breaks, or now directs, th' intending Lines; Paints as you plant, and, as you work, designs.
עמוד 355 - 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!
עמוד 264 - What conscience dictates to be done. Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than Hell to shun, That more than Heaven pursue.