The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, 1. köideW. Bowyer, 1717 - 408 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 59
Page
... fome- thing at our hands . We have no cause to quarrel with them but for their obstinacy in persisting , and this too may admit of alleviating circumftan- ces . Their particular friends may be either igno- rant , or infincere ; and the ...
... fome- thing at our hands . We have no cause to quarrel with them but for their obstinacy in persisting , and this too may admit of alleviating circumftan- ces . Their particular friends may be either igno- rant , or infincere ; and the ...
Page
... fome advantages accruing from a Ge- nius to Poetry , and they are all I can think of : the agreeable power of felf - amufement when a man is idle or alone ; the privilege of being admitted into the best company ; and the freedom of fay ...
... fome advantages accruing from a Ge- nius to Poetry , and they are all I can think of : the agreeable power of felf - amufement when a man is idle or alone ; the privilege of being admitted into the best company ; and the freedom of fay ...
Page
... fome obligation to me , and owes me the justice in return , to look upon no verses as mine that are not inferted in this collection . And perhaps nothing could make it worth my while to own what are really so , but to avoid the ...
... fome obligation to me , and owes me the justice in return , to look upon no verses as mine that are not inferted in this collection . And perhaps nothing could make it worth my while to own what are really so , but to avoid the ...
Page 3
... fome account of this kind of Poem , and it is my design to com- prize in this short paper the substance of those numerous differtations the Criticks have made on the subject , without omitting any of their rules in my own favour . You ...
... fome account of this kind of Poem , and it is my design to com- prize in this short paper the substance of those numerous differtations the Criticks have made on the subject , without omitting any of their rules in my own favour . You ...
Page 4
... fome diversion , none was so pro- per to that folitary life as finging ; and that in their fongs they took occafion to celebrate their own felicity . From hence a Poem was invented , and afterwards improv'd to a perfect image of that ...
... fome diversion , none was so pro- per to that folitary life as finging ; and that in their fongs they took occafion to celebrate their own felicity . From hence a Poem was invented , and afterwards improv'd to a perfect image of that ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
beſt boſom breast cauſe ceaſe charms cloſe Columbo crown'd cry'd D¿mons defcend diſplay Dryope e'er eaſe ev'n ev'ry eyes facred faid fair fame fate fide fighs filent filver fing firſt fix'd flain flames flow'rs fome foon foul grace groves heart heav'n honours inſpire Jove joys juſt laſt leſs loft lov'd moſt Muſe muſic muſt night numbers nymph o'er once paſs paſt Phœbus pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe pray'r rage raiſe reaſon reſt rife riſe ſacred ſaid Sapho ſay ſcene ſcorn ſeem ſenſe ſhades ſhall ſhe ſhed ſhepherds ſhine ſhore ſhort ſhould ſhow ſighs ſince ſing skies ſmiling ſoft ſome ſpeak ſpirits ſpoke ſpouſe ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtill ſtood ſtrains ſtreams ſuch ſurvey ſweet ſwelling Sylphs tears Thalestris Thebes thee theſe thoſe thou thouſand thro trembling Twas uſe verſe Vertumnus whoſe wife youth
Popular passages
Page 43 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Page 121 - Grace, And calls forth all the Wonders of her Face ; Sees by Degrees a purer Blush arise, And keener Lightnings quicken in her Eyes. The busy Sylphs surround their darling Care...
Page 132 - Soon as she spreads her hand, th' aerial guard Descend, and sit on each important card : First Ariel perch'd upon a matadore, Then each according to the rank they bore ; For sylphs, yet mindful of their ancient race, Are, as when women, wondrous fond of place.
Page 154 - Though mark'd by none but quick, poetic eyes: (So Rome's great founder to the heav'ns withdrew, To Proculus alone confess'd in view) A sudden star, it shot through liquid air, And drew behind a radiant trail of hair. Not Berenice's locks first rose so bright, The heav'ns bespangling with dishevel'd light.
Page 129 - And tremble at the sea that froths below ! He spoke ; the spirits from the sails descend , Some, orb in orb, around the nymph extend ; Some thrid the mazy ringlets of her hair ; Some hang upon the pendants of her ear ; With beating hearts the dire event they wait, Anxious, and trembling for the birth of Fate.
Page 117 - These, though unseen, are ever on the wing, Hang o'er the box, and hover round the ring.
Page 5 - If we would copy nature, it may be useful to take this idea along with us, that pastoral is an image of what they call the golden age. So that we are not to describe our shepherds as shepherds at this day really are, but as they may be conceived then to have been ; when the best of men followed the employment.
Page 112 - The Rosicrucians are a People I must bring You acquainted with. The best Account I know of them is in a French Book called Le Comte de Gabalis, which both in its Title and Size is so like a Novel, that many of the Fair Sex have read it for one by Mistake. According to these Gentlemen the four Elements are inhabited by Spirits, which they call Sylphs, Gnomes, Nymphs, and Salamanders. The Gnomes, or Daemons of Earth, delight in Mischief; but the Sylphs, whose Habitation is in the Air, are the best-conditioned...
Page 117 - Of airy Elves by Moonlight Shadows seen, The silver Token, and the circled Green, Or Virgins visited by Angel-Pow'rs, With Golden Crowns and Wreaths of heav'nly Flow'rs, Hear and believe!
Page 139 - Kiss, Not Tyrants fierce that unrepenting die, Not Cynthia when her Manteau's pinn'd awry, E'er felt such Rage, Resentment, and Despair, As Thou, sad Virgin ! for thy ravish'd Hair. For, that sad moment, when the Sylphs withdrew, And Ariel weeping from BELINDA flew, Umbriel...