The Poetical Works of Alexander PopeMacmillan and Company, limited, 1895 - 505 pages |
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Page xvi
... rest . She died at the age of 93 , in 1733 , affectionately mourned in death as she had been tenderly cherished through- out his life by her son . On a monument which he erected to her he recorded her character as that of the best of ...
... rest . She died at the age of 93 , in 1733 , affectionately mourned in death as she had been tenderly cherished through- out his life by her son . On a monument which he erected to her he recorded her character as that of the best of ...
Page xxxv
... rest doubly content , like Sir Robert Walpole , at having condemned the scheme from the outset and after- wards sold out at the highest price1 . But he had no reason to lament for himself the effects of a catastrophe which brought ruin ...
... rest doubly content , like Sir Robert Walpole , at having condemned the scheme from the outset and after- wards sold out at the highest price1 . But he had no reason to lament for himself the effects of a catastrophe which brought ruin ...
Page xl
... rest as- sured , been intended by Pope for publication ; and as this proceeding had been effected without his consent , no opportunity had been afforded him for controlling the arrangement of the letters . But in 1735 , when Pope had ...
... rest as- sured , been intended by Pope for publication ; and as this proceeding had been effected without his consent , no opportunity had been afforded him for controlling the arrangement of the letters . But in 1735 , when Pope had ...
Page liii
... rest ; so on the other , the world has no title to demand , that the whole care and time of any particular person should be sacrificed to its entertainment . Therefore I cannot but believe that writers and readers are under equal ...
... rest ; so on the other , the world has no title to demand , that the whole care and time of any particular person should be sacrificed to its entertainment . Therefore I cannot but believe that writers and readers are under equal ...
Page liv
... rest of the world in general is too well bred to shock them with a truth , which generally their Booksellers are the first that inform them of This happens not till they have spent too much of their time , to apply to any profession ...
... rest of the world in general is too well bred to shock them with a truth , which generally their Booksellers are the first that inform them of This happens not till they have spent too much of their time , to apply to any profession ...
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Page lv - ch. xxxv. 7.—'The parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: In the habitations where dragons lay, shall be grass, and reeds, and rushes.' Ch. Iv. 13.—'Instead of the thorn shall come up the firtree, and instead of the briar shall come up the myrtle-tree.
Page 165 - To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; 110 But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. IV. Go, wiser thou ! and, in thy scale of sense, Weigh thy Opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection what thou fancy'st such, i
Page 247 - Like Cato, give his little Senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; 210 While Wits and Templars ev'ry sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise: Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if ATTIC us
Page 197 - me bound, Or think Thee Lord alone of Man, When thousand Worlds are round : Let not this weak, unknowing hand 25 Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land, On each I judge thy Foe. If I am right, thy grace impart, If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way.
Page 168 - And hound sagacious on the tainted green : Of hearing, from the life that fills the Flood, To that which warbles thro' the vernal wood: The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine ! Feels at each thread, and lives along the line : In the nice bee, what sense so subtly true From pois'nous herbs extracts the healing dew?
Page 197 - Save me alike from foolish Pride, Or impious Discontent, At aught thy Wisdom has deny'd, 35 Or aught thy Goodness lent. Teach me to feel another's Woe, To hide the Fault I see; That Mercy I to others show, That Mercy show to me. 40 Mean tho
Page 165 - And" now a bubble burst, and now a world. 90 Hope humbly then ; with trembling pinions soar ; Wait the great teacher Death ; and God adore. What future bliss, he gives not thee to know, But gives that Hope to be thy blessing now. Hope springs eternal in the human breast
Page 170 - Know thy own point : This kind, this due degree Of blindness, weakness, Heav'n bestows on thee. Submit.—In this, or any other sphere, 285 Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear: Safe in the hand of one disposing Pow'r, Or in the natal, or the mortal hour 3 . All Nature is but Art, unknown to
Page 27 - Something, whose truth convinc'd at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind. 300 As shades more sweetly recommend the light, So modest plainness sets off sprightly wit. For works may have more wit than does 'em good, As bodies perish thro' excess of blood. Others for Language all their care
Page 26 - Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be. In every work regard the writer's End, Since none can compass more than they intend ; And if the means be just, the conduct true, Applause, in