“The” Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Ten Volumes Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements; ... Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warburton, 1. köideFredrick Nicolai, 1762 |
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Page x
... Ancients ( to fay the leaft of them ) had as much Genius as we and that to take more pains , and em- ploy more time , cannot fail to produce more complete pieces . They conftantly apply'd them- felves not only to that art , but to that ...
... Ancients ( to fay the leaft of them ) had as much Genius as we and that to take more pains , and em- ploy more time , cannot fail to produce more complete pieces . They conftantly apply'd them- felves not only to that art , but to that ...
Page x
... Ancients , may as well fay our faces are not our own , because they are like our Fathers : And indeed it is very unreafonable , that people fhould expect us to be Scholars , and yet be angry to find us fo . I fairly confefs that I have ...
... Ancients , may as well fay our faces are not our own , because they are like our Fathers : And indeed it is very unreafonable , that people fhould expect us to be Scholars , and yet be angry to find us fo . I fairly confefs that I have ...
Page xvii
... Ancients fhewn , Fancy improves , and judgment makes your own : For great mens fashions to be follow'd are , Altho ' difgraceful ' tis their clothes to wear . Some in a polifh'd ftyle write Paftoral , Arcadia fpeaks the language of the ...
... Ancients fhewn , Fancy improves , and judgment makes your own : For great mens fashions to be follow'd are , Altho ' difgraceful ' tis their clothes to wear . Some in a polifh'd ftyle write Paftoral , Arcadia fpeaks the language of the ...
Page xxiii
... Ancients might at once agree To fing within my lays , and fing of thee . Horace himfelf would own thou doft excell In candid arts to play the Critic well , Ovid himself might wish to fing the Daine Whom Windsor Foreft fees a gliding ...
... Ancients might at once agree To fing within my lays , and fing of thee . Horace himfelf would own thou doft excell In candid arts to play the Critic well , Ovid himself might wish to fing the Daine Whom Windsor Foreft fees a gliding ...
Page xxiv
... ancient heat ; He fhines in Council , thunders in the Fight , And flames with ev'ry fenfe of great delight . So Long has that Poet reign'd , and long unknown , Like Monarchs fparkling on a diftant throne ; In all the Majefty of Greek ...
... ancient heat ; He fhines in Council , thunders in the Fight , And flames with ev'ry fenfe of great delight . So Long has that Poet reign'd , and long unknown , Like Monarchs fparkling on a diftant throne ; In all the Majefty of Greek ...
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