Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ...J. Bell, 1796 |
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... praise , assent with civil leer , And , without sneering , others teach to sneer ; Willing to wound , and yet afraid to strike , Just hint a fault , and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend , A tim rous foe , and a ...
... praise , assent with civil leer , And , without sneering , others teach to sneer ; Willing to wound , and yet afraid to strike , Just hint a fault , and hesitate dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame or to commend , A tim rous foe , and a ...
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... praises it has met " with are not unmerited , because whatever work is " approved by the English nation cannot be bad ; but " yet I hope I may be permitted to judge of that part * of the preface which has been transmitted to me ; " and ...
... praises it has met " with are not unmerited , because whatever work is " approved by the English nation cannot be bad ; but " yet I hope I may be permitted to judge of that part * of the preface which has been transmitted to me ; " and ...
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... praising good writers , there was a merit in exposing bad ones ; though it does not hold infallibly true , that each person stigmatized as a dunce was genuinely so . Something must be allowed to personal resentment : Mr. Pope was a man ...
... praising good writers , there was a merit in exposing bad ones ; though it does not hold infallibly true , that each person stigmatized as a dunce was genuinely so . Something must be allowed to personal resentment : Mr. Pope was a man ...
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... praise ; since , if it be given to his face , it can scarce be di- tinguished from flattery ; and if in his absence , it is hard to be certain of it . Were he sure to be com mended by the best and most knowing , he is PREFACE . 47.
... praise ; since , if it be given to his face , it can scarce be di- tinguished from flattery ; and if in his absence , it is hard to be certain of it . Were he sure to be com mended by the best and most knowing , he is PREFACE . 47.
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... praise ; insulted no adversary with ill language ; or , when I could not attack a rival's works , encou- raged reports against his morals . To conclude , if this volume perish , let it serve as a warning to the critics not to take too ...
... praise ; insulted no adversary with ill language ; or , when I could not attack a rival's works , encou- raged reports against his morals . To conclude , if this volume perish , let it serve as a warning to the critics not to take too ...
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Adrastus ALEXANDER POPE ancient Aonia Argos Balaam bard beauty behold bless bless'd blest bliss breast bright charms crown'd cry'd dæmon diff'rent divine dread e'er earth ELOISA TO ABELARD Eteocles eternal ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame fate fire fix'd flame flow'rs folly fool fury gen'rous genius give glory gods grace grove hæc happiness hate heart Heav'n honour Iliad Jove kings knave learn'd Lord mankind mind mortal mourn Muse Nature ne'er night numbers nymph o'er once passion Phaon Phoebus plain pleas'd pleasure poets Polynices Pope pow'r praise pray'r pride proud rage reason reign rise sacred Sappho Satire sense shade shine sighs sing skies soft soul sylphs tears Thebes thee Theocritus things thou thought thro throne trembling true truth Twas Tydeus tyrant ultro vice virtue Virtue's wand'ring wife wise youth
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Page 124 - 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 130 - Lurk'd in her hand, and mourn'd his captive Queen: He springs to vengeance with an eager pace, And falls like thunder on the prostrate Ace. The nymph exulting fills with shouts the sky; The walls, the woods, and long canals reply.
Page 140 - Curl'd or uncurl'd, since Locks will turn to grey ; Since painted, or not painted, all shall fade, And she who scorns a Man, must die a Maid, What then remains but well our...
Page 141 - Nor fear'd the chief th' unequal fight to try, Who sought no more than on his foe to die. But this bold lord, with manly strength...
Page 83 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Page 47 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 97 - The Saviour comes ! by ancient bards foretold ; Hear him, ye deaf; and all ye blind, behold! He from thick films shall purge the visual ray, And on the sightless eyeball pour the day : Tis he th' obstructed paths of sound shall clear, And bid new music charm th' unfolding ear : The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego, And leap exulting like the bounding roe.
Page 143 - And hence th' egregious wizard shall foredoom The fate of Louis, and the fall of Rome. 140 Then cease, bright nymph! to mourn thy ravish'd hair, Which adds new glory to the shining sphere! Not all the tresses that fair head can boast Shall draw such envy as the lock you lost. For, after all the murders of your eye, When, after millions slain, yourself shall die; When those fair suns shall set, as set they must, And all those tresses shall be laid in dust; This lock, the Muse shall consecrate to fame,...
Page 101 - Here hills and vales, the woodland and the plain, Here earth and water seem to strive again ; Not chaos-like together crush'd and bruis'd, But, as the world, harmoniously confus'd : Where order in variety we see, And where, though all things differ, all agree.
Page 131 - The little engine on his fingers' ends ; This just behind Belinda's neck he spread, As o'er the fragrant steams she bends her head. Swift to the Lock a thousand sprites repair...