The works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements; together with all his notes: pr. verbatim from the octavo ed. of mr. Warburton, 4. köide1754 |
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... neque enim quivis horrentia pilis Agmina , nec fracta pereuntes cufpide Gallos , Aut labentis equo defcribat vulnera Parthi . T. Attamen et juftum poteras et fcribere fortem , Scipiadam ut fapiens Lucilius . For concifenefs , when it is ...
... neque enim quivis horrentia pilis Agmina , nec fracta pereuntes cufpide Gallos , Aut labentis equo defcribat vulnera Parthi . T. Attamen et juftum poteras et fcribere fortem , Scipiadam ut fapiens Lucilius . For concifenefs , when it is ...
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... neque , fi male gefferat , ufquam Decurrens alio , neque fi bene : quo fit , ut omnis Votiva pateat veluti descripta tabella Vita fenis . fequor hunc , anceps : Lucanus an Appulus , [ Nam Venufinus arat finem fub utrumque colonus ...
... neque , fi male gefferat , ufquam Decurrens alio , neque fi bene : quo fit , ut omnis Votiva pateat veluti descripta tabella Vita fenis . fequor hunc , anceps : Lucanus an Appulus , [ Nam Venufinus arat finem fub utrumque colonus ...
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... neque calce lupus quemquam , neque dente petit bos ) Sed mala tollet anum vitiato melle cicuta . b Ne longum faciam : feu me tranquilla fenectus Exfpectat , feu mors atris circumvolat alis ; Dives , inops ; Romae , feu fors ita jufferit ...
... neque calce lupus quemquam , neque dente petit bos ) Sed mala tollet anum vitiato melle cicuta . b Ne longum faciam : feu me tranquilla fenectus Exfpectat , feu mors atris circumvolat alis ; Dives , inops ; Romae , feu fors ita jufferit ...
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... , 13 The pleasure lies in you , and not the meat . VER . 9. BETHEL . ] The fame to whom feveral of Mr. Pope's letters are addreffed . k Sudando . pinguem vitiis albumque neque oftrea , Nec B 4 Sat. II . 55 OF HORACE .
... , 13 The pleasure lies in you , and not the meat . VER . 9. BETHEL . ] The fame to whom feveral of Mr. Pope's letters are addreffed . k Sudando . pinguem vitiis albumque neque oftrea , Nec B 4 Sat. II . 55 OF HORACE .
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Alexander Pope. k Sudando . pinguem vitiis albumque neque oftrea , Nec fcarus , aut poterit peregrina juvare lagoïs . * Vix tamen eripiam , pofito pavone , velis quin Hoc potius quam gallina tergere palatum ; Corruptus vanis rerum : quia ...
Alexander Pope. k Sudando . pinguem vitiis albumque neque oftrea , Nec fcarus , aut poterit peregrina juvare lagoïs . * Vix tamen eripiam , pofito pavone , velis quin Hoc potius quam gallina tergere palatum ; Corruptus vanis rerum : quia ...
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Page 49 - Hear this, and tremble! you, who 'scape the Laws. Yes, while I live, no rich or noble knave ^/ Shall walk the World, in credit, to his grave.
Page 27 - 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!
Page 12 - Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Page 14 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Page 4 - They pierce my thickets, through my grot they glide, By land, by water, they renew the charge, They stop the chariot, and they board the barge.
Page 13 - 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...
Page 167 - Bright through the rubbish of some hundred years ; Command old words, that long have slept, to wake, Words that wise Bacon or...
Page 6 - A virgin tragedy, an orphan muse.' If I dislike it, 'Furies, death and rage!' If I approve, 'Commend it to the stage.
Page 20 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence...
Page 41 - My head and heart thus flowing thro' my quill, Verse-man or prose-man, term me which you will, Papist or Protestant, or both between, Like good Erasmus in an honest mean, In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory.