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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Page 38
... quam trifti lædere verfu Pantolabum fcurram , Nomentanumve nepotem ? Cum fibi quifque timet , quamquam eft intactus , et O odit . H. Quid faciam ? faltat Milonius , ut femel icto Acceffit fervor capiti , numerufque lucernis . Caftor ...
... quam trifti lædere verfu Pantolabum fcurram , Nomentanumve nepotem ? Cum fibi quifque timet , quamquam eft intactus , et O odit . H. Quid faciam ? faltat Milonius , ut femel icto Acceffit fervor capiti , numerufque lucernis . Caftor ...
Page 56
... Quam laudas , pluma ? cotove num adeft honor idem ? Carne tamen quamvis distat nihil hac , magis illa ¡ Imparibus ... quam , quam VER . 26. Hog barbecu'd , etc. ] A Weft Indian term of glut tony , a hog roafted whole , ftuffed with fpice ...
... Quam laudas , pluma ? cotove num adeft honor idem ? Carne tamen quamvis distat nihil hac , magis illa ¡ Imparibus ... quam , quam VER . 26. Hog barbecu'd , etc. ] A Weft Indian term of glut tony , a hog roafted whole , ftuffed with fpice ...
Page 62
... Quam puer et validus praefumis , mollitiem ; feu Dura valetudo inciderit , feu tarda fenectus ? * Rancidum aprum antiqui laudabant : non quia nafus Illis nullus erat ; fed , credo , hac mente , quod hofpes Tardius adveniens vitiatum ...
... Quam puer et validus praefumis , mollitiem ; feu Dura valetudo inciderit , feu tarda fenectus ? * Rancidum aprum antiqui laudabant : non quia nafus Illis nullus erat ; fed , credo , hac mente , quod hofpes Tardius adveniens vitiatum ...
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... Quam nunc accifis . Videas , metato in agello , Cum pecore et gnatis , fortem mercede colonum , Non ego , narrantem , temere edi luce profesta Quidquam , praeter * olus fumofae cum pede pernac Ac mihi feu longum poft tempus venerat ...
... Quam nunc accifis . Videas , metato in agello , Cum pecore et gnatis , fortem mercede colonum , Non ego , narrantem , temere edi luce profesta Quidquam , praeter * olus fumofae cum pede pernac Ac mihi feu longum poft tempus venerat ...
Page 96
... quam fatis eft , virtutem fi petat ipsam . I nunc , argentum et marmor " vetus , aeraque et artes VER . 22. Whether we joy or grieve , the fame the curse , Sur- priz'd at better , or surpriz'd at worse . ] The elegance of this is ...
... quam fatis eft , virtutem fi petat ipsam . I nunc , argentum et marmor " vetus , aeraque et artes VER . 22. Whether we joy or grieve , the fame the curse , Sur- priz'd at better , or surpriz'd at worse . ] The elegance of this is ...
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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.