The works of Alexander Pope, with notes and illustrations, by himself and others. To which are added, a new life of the author [&c.] by W. Roscoe, 2. köide1847 |
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... fate of Desde- mona , or of Juliet ; we enjoy with a smile the nature and wit displayed in the character of Sir Roger de Coverley ; and we relax our features into a broad laugh on the appearance of Sir John Falstaff , or of Tony Lumpkin ...
... fate of Desde- mona , or of Juliet ; we enjoy with a smile the nature and wit displayed in the character of Sir Roger de Coverley ; and we relax our features into a broad laugh on the appearance of Sir John Falstaff , or of Tony Lumpkin ...
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... fate in poetry , it is ten to one but he must give up all the reasonable aims of life for it . There are indeed some advantages accruing from a genius to poetry , and they are all I can think of : the agreeable power of self - amusement ...
... fate in poetry , it is ten to one but he must give up all the reasonable aims of life for it . There are indeed some advantages accruing from a genius to poetry , and they are all I can think of : the agreeable power of self - amusement ...
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... fate , Which would , if Virgil liv'd , on Virgil wait ; Whose Muse did once , like thine , in plains delight ; Thine shall , like his , soon take a higher flight ; So Larks , which first from lowly fields arise , Mount by degrees , and ...
... fate , Which would , if Virgil liv'd , on Virgil wait ; Whose Muse did once , like thine , in plains delight ; Thine shall , like his , soon take a higher flight ; So Larks , which first from lowly fields arise , Mount by degrees , and ...
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... fate : Not that Barbarian hands her fasces broke , 25 And bow'd her haughty neck beneath their yoke ; Nor that her palaces to earth are thrown , Her Cities desert , and her fields unsown ; But that her ancient spirit is decay'd , That ...
... fate : Not that Barbarian hands her fasces broke , 25 And bow'd her haughty neck beneath their yoke ; Nor that her palaces to earth are thrown , Her Cities desert , and her fields unsown ; But that her ancient spirit is decay'd , That ...
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... fate bewail ; Our lisping babes repeat the dreadful tale , Ev'n in their slumbers they pursue the theme , Start , and enjoy a fight in ev'ry dream . 25 By turns the Chief and Bard their souls inflame , And ev'ry little bosom beats for ...
... fate bewail ; Our lisping babes repeat the dreadful tale , Ev'n in their slumbers they pursue the theme , Start , and enjoy a fight in ev'ry dream . 25 By turns the Chief and Bard their souls inflame , And ev'ry little bosom beats for ...
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Page 40 - HAPPY the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread. Whose flocks supply him with attire, Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire.
Page 341 - Words are like leaves ; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.
Page 318 - To tire our patience, than mislead our sense. Some few in that, but numbers err in this, Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss; A fool might once himself alone expose, Now one in verse makes many more in prose. 'Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own.
Page 346 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 410 - At every word a reputation dies. Snuff, or the fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. Meanwhile, declining from the noon of day, The sun obliquely shoots his burning ray ; The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, And wretches hang, that jurymen may dine; The merchant from th* Exchange returns in peace, And the long labours of the toilet cease.
Page 87 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the falling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Page 402 - 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 83 - All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee : they shall come up with acceptance on Mine altar, and I will glorify the house of My glory.
Page 344 - Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line: While they ring round the same unvary'd chimes, With sure Returns of still expected rhymes; Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze...
Page 325 - First follow Nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same...