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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... quae dicere ipfi noluiffent . " VER . 6. the medium must be clear . ] Allufion to a fountain of limpid water , thro ' which the contents of the bottom are difcovered . This thought affifted him in the easy and happy change of the ...
... quae dicere ipfi noluiffent . " VER . 6. the medium must be clear . ] Allufion to a fountain of limpid water , thro ' which the contents of the bottom are difcovered . This thought affifted him in the easy and happy change of the ...
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... quae praecepit Ofellus , Q Rufticus , abnormis Sapiens , craffaque Minerva ) ` Difcite , non inter lances menfafque nitentes ; Cum ftupet infanis acies fulgoribus , et cum Acclinis falfis animus meliora recufat : d Verum hic impránfi ...
... quae praecepit Ofellus , Q Rufticus , abnormis Sapiens , craffaque Minerva ) ` Difcite , non inter lances menfafque nitentes ; Cum ftupet infanis acies fulgoribus , et cum Acclinis falfis animus meliora recufat : d Verum hic impránfi ...
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... quae quantaque fecum Afferat . In primis valeas bene ; nam variae res Ut noceant homini , credas , memor illius efcae , Qu¿ fimplex alim tibi federit . at fimul affis Mifcueris elixa , fimul conchylia turdis с f Dulcia fe in bilem ...
... quae quantaque fecum Afferat . In primis valeas bene ; nam variae res Ut noceant homini , credas , memor illius efcae , Qu¿ fimplex alim tibi federit . at fimul affis Mifcueris elixa , fimul conchylia turdis с f Dulcia fe in bilem ...
Page 62
... quae carmine gratior aurem Occupet humanam ? grandes rhombi , patin¿que VER . 79 , 80. The Soul fubfides , and wickedly inclines - To feem but mortal ev'n in found Divines . ] Horace was an Epicurean , and laughed at the immortality of ...
... quae carmine gratior aurem Occupet humanam ? grandes rhombi , patin¿que VER . 79 , 80. The Soul fubfides , and wickedly inclines - To feem but mortal ev'n in found Divines . ] Horace was an Epicurean , and laughed at the immortality of ...
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... qu¿ mox depromere poffim . Ac ne farte roges , quo me duas , quo Lare tuter ; Nullius addi & us jurare in verba ... quae fpem Confiliumque morantur agendi gnaviter ' id , quod Aeque pauperibus prodeft , locupletibus aeque , Aeque ...
... qu¿ mox depromere poffim . Ac ne farte roges , quo me duas , quo Lare tuter ; Nullius addi & us jurare in verba ... quae fpem Confiliumque morantur agendi gnaviter ' id , quod Aeque pauperibus prodeft , locupletibus aeque , Aeque ...
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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.
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| Pealkiri | 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. köide 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, Alexander Pope |
| Autor | Alexander Pope |
| Published | 1754 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 22 sept. 2006 |
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