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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... ideas of grandeur and subli- mity , for the accurate representations of truth and nature which they there discover . But with these distinctions poetry has no concern . Genius can en- noble the lowest subject , as the want of it may ...
... ideas of grandeur and subli- mity , for the accurate representations of truth and nature which they there discover . But with these distinctions poetry has no concern . Genius can en- noble the lowest subject , as the want of it may ...
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... idea or image intended to be communicated require only a simple statement , it is always given in the most appropriate and fewest words . No unnecessary similes are introduced to illustrate a proposition which is sufficiently clear ...
... idea or image intended to be communicated require only a simple statement , it is always given in the most appropriate and fewest words . No unnecessary similes are introduced to illustrate a proposition which is sufficiently clear ...
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Alexander Pope Will Roscoe. idea is communicated , the reader is not intruded upon by useless repetitions . V. But perhaps the superlative merit of Pope con- sists in the purity and correctness of his language , which is truly English ...
Alexander Pope Will Roscoe. idea is communicated , the reader is not intruded upon by useless repetitions . V. But perhaps the superlative merit of Pope con- sists in the purity and correctness of his language , which is truly English ...
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... ideas of Poetry " . If any one should imagine I am not in earnest , I desire him to reflect , that the Ancients ( to say the least of them ) had as much Genius as we ; and that to take more pains , and employ more time , cannot fail to ...
... ideas of Poetry " . If any one should imagine I am not in earnest , I desire him to reflect , that the Ancients ( to say the least of them ) had as much Genius as we ; and that to take more pains , and employ more time , cannot fail to ...
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... ideas are noble and poetical , the sentiments manly and grave , and the expression such as to give full effect to the whole . Pope never received a finer compliment than in the lines commencing " Say , wondrous youth ! " Mr. Harcourt ...
... ideas are noble and poetical , the sentiments manly and grave , and the expression such as to give full effect to the whole . Pope never received a finer compliment than in the lines commencing " Say , wondrous youth ! " Mr. Harcourt ...
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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...