The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: With Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks,, 1. köideJ. Rivington, 1824 |
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... appears to have had some acquaintance . There are however some anecdotes related , and some observations oc- casionally introduced , which are deserving of attention ; and as it exhibits in general , a candid and impartial spirit , it ...
... appears to have had some acquaintance . There are however some anecdotes related , and some observations oc- casionally introduced , which are deserving of attention ; and as it exhibits in general , a candid and impartial spirit , it ...
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... to undertake . Throughout the whole of those lives there appears an assumption of superiority in the biographer over the subjects of his labours , 1 which diminishes the idea of their talents , and leaves PREFACE . xi.
... to undertake . Throughout the whole of those lives there appears an assumption of superiority in the biographer over the subjects of his labours , 1 which diminishes the idea of their talents , and leaves PREFACE . xi.
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... appears that the pedigree which Pope made out for himself , was as much fabricated as Mr. Ireland's descent from Shakespear . " Mr. Ire- land , it must be observed , had traced a regular series of ancestors from Shakespear to himself ...
... appears that the pedigree which Pope made out for himself , was as much fabricated as Mr. Ireland's descent from Shakespear . " Mr. Ire- land , it must be observed , had traced a regular series of ancestors from Shakespear to himself ...
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... June does against Æneas ; he is cast away and swims to shore , as Ulysses did to the island of * Ruffhead , Life of Pope , pp . 23 , 24 . Phæacia . " Hence it appears that the young poet 18 [ CHAP . I. LIFE OF POPE .
... June does against Æneas ; he is cast away and swims to shore , as Ulysses did to the island of * Ruffhead , Life of Pope , pp . 23 , 24 . Phæacia . " Hence it appears that the young poet 18 [ CHAP . I. LIFE OF POPE .
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... appears that the young poet was desirous of displaying his learning in collect- ing the beauties of such preceding epic writers as he was acquainted with , and adding to them from the stores of his own imagination . This at- tempt he ...
... appears that the young poet was desirous of displaying his learning in collect- ing the beauties of such preceding epic writers as he was acquainted with , and adding to them from the stores of his own imagination . This at- tempt he ...
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Page 104 - He who still wanting, tho' he lives on theft, Steals much, spends little, yet has nothing left; And he who now to sense, now nonsense, leaning, Means not, but blunders round about a meaning; And he whose...
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Page 171 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike; Alike reserved to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading even fools, by flatterers besieged, And so obliging, that he ne'er obliged; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause...
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Page 222 - Nymph of the Grot, these sacred Springs I keep, And to the Murmur of these Waters sleep ; Ah spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave ! And drink in silence, or in silence lave ! You'll think I have been very Poetical in this Description, but it is pretty near the Truth.
Page 222 - It is finished with shells, interspersed with pieces of looking-glass in angular forms, and in the ceiling is a star of the same material, at which, when a lamp (of an orbicular figure of thin alabaster) is hung in the middle, a thousand pointed rays glitter and are reflected over the place.
Page 171 - Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; While wits and Templars every 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 Atticus were he? What though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals? Or smoking forth, a hundred hawkers load, On wings of winds came flying all abroad?
Page 416 - As fruits ungrateful to the planter's care, On savage stocks inserted, learn to bear, The surest virtues thus from passions shoot. Wild nature's vigour working at the root. What crops of wit and honesty appear From spleen, from obstinacy, hate, or fear ! See anger zeal and fortitude supply ; E'en avarice prudence, sloth philosophy ; Lust, through some certain strainers well refin'd, Is gentle love, and charms all womankind; Envy, to which th...
Page 170 - The next day, while I was heated with what I had heard, I wrote a letter to Mr. Addison, to let him know that I was not unacquainted with this behaviour of his; that if I was to speak severely of him in return for it, it should not be in such a dirty way; that I should rather tell him himself fairly of his faults, and allow his good qualities; and that it should be something in the following manner.