The Beauties of Pope: Consisting of Selections from His Poetical and Prose WorksG. Kearsley, 1783 - 278 pages |
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... whole poem of the Dunciad came out , as a fpecimen of a more correct edition of his works , which he had then refolved to give the public . From an inveterate enmity conceived against Mr. Cibber , now Lau- reat , our Bard promoted him ...
... whole poem of the Dunciad came out , as a fpecimen of a more correct edition of his works , which he had then refolved to give the public . From an inveterate enmity conceived against Mr. Cibber , now Lau- reat , our Bard promoted him ...
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... whole family . His errands " were fo frequent and frivolous , that the footmen in time avoided and neglected him ; and the Earl of Oxford difcharged fome of the fervants " for their refolute refusal of his meffages . The " maids , when ...
... whole family . His errands " were fo frequent and frivolous , that the footmen in time avoided and neglected him ; and the Earl of Oxford difcharged fome of the fervants " for their refolute refusal of his meffages . The " maids , when ...
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... whole eclogue should be fo too : for we cannot fuppofe poetry in those days to have been the bufinefs of men , but their recreation at vacant hours . IBID . P. 5 . We must therefore use fome illufion to render a paftoral delightful ...
... whole eclogue should be fo too : for we cannot fuppofe poetry in those days to have been the bufinefs of men , but their recreation at vacant hours . IBID . P. 5 . We must therefore use fome illufion to render a paftoral delightful ...
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... whole , Each motion guides , and ev'ry nerve sustains , Itself unfeen , but in th'effects remains . Some , to whom Heav'n in wit has been profuse , Want as much more , to turn it to its use ; For wit and judgment often are at strife ...
... whole , Each motion guides , and ev'ry nerve sustains , Itself unfeen , but in th'effects remains . Some , to whom Heav'n in wit has been profuse , Want as much more , to turn it to its use ; For wit and judgment often are at strife ...
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... whole , nor feek flight faults to find Where Nature moves , and rapture warms the mind Nor lofe , for that malignant dull delight , The gen'rous pleafure to be charm'd with wit . But , in fuch lays as neither ebb nor flow , Correctly ...
... whole , nor feek flight faults to find Where Nature moves , and rapture warms the mind Nor lofe , for that malignant dull delight , The gen'rous pleafure to be charm'd with wit . But , in fuch lays as neither ebb nor flow , Correctly ...
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Page 90 - Awake, my St. John! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of man; A mighty maze! but not without a plan; A wild, where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot; Or garden tempting with forbidden fruit.
Page 33 - Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face : Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.
Page 153 - 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...
Page 98 - With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act or rest, In doubt to deem himself a God or Beast, In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and reasoning but to err...
Page 45 - All side in parties, and begin th' attack; Fans clap, silks rustle, and tough whalebones crack; Heroes' and heroines' shouts confus'dly rise, And bass and treble voices strike the skies. No common weapons in their hands are found, Like gods they fight, nor dread a mortal wound. So when bold Homer makes the gods engage...
Page 166 - Are what ten thousand envy and adore : All, all look up with reverential awe, At crimes that 'scape or triumph o'er the law ; While truth, worth, wisdom, daily they decry : Nothing is sacred now but villainy.
Page 49 - What though no friends in sable weeds appear, Grieve for an hour, perhaps, then mourn a year, And bear about the mockery of woe To midnight dances, and the public show...
Page 120 - Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. What's fame? a fancy'd life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death.
Page 34 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide : If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all.
Page 90 - Eye Nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can; But vindicate the ways of God to man.