The works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements; together with all his notes: pr. verbatim from the octavo ed. of mr. Warburton, 4. köide1754 |
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Page 66
... , Sive operum vacuo gratus conviva per imbrem Vicinus ; bene erat , non pifcibus urbe petitis , Sed pullo atque hoedo : tum2 penfilis uva fecundas Who thinks that Fortune cannot change her mind , Prepares 66 Book II . IMITATIONS.
... , Sive operum vacuo gratus conviva per imbrem Vicinus ; bene erat , non pifcibus urbe petitis , Sed pullo atque hoedo : tum2 penfilis uva fecundas Who thinks that Fortune cannot change her mind , Prepares 66 Book II . IMITATIONS.
Page 68
... atque novos moveat Fortuna tumultus ? Quantum hinc imminuet ? quanto aut ego parcius , aut vos , O pueri , nituiftis , ut huc nous incala , venit ? d Nam propriae telluris herum natura . neque illum , T Nec me , nec quemquam ftatuit ...
... atque novos moveat Fortuna tumultus ? Quantum hinc imminuet ? quanto aut ego parcius , aut vos , O pueri , nituiftis , ut huc nous incala , venit ? d Nam propriae telluris herum natura . neque illum , T Nec me , nec quemquam ftatuit ...
Page 75
... or Boy ; V yet dull , like the fober and low - paced Animal generally employed o mount the Lord Mayor : and therefore here humourously Quid verum atque decens , curo et rogo , et oppofed to Pegalus , Ep . I. 75 OF HORACE . "
... or Boy ; V yet dull , like the fober and low - paced Animal generally employed o mount the Lord Mayor : and therefore here humourously Quid verum atque decens , curo et rogo , et oppofed to Pegalus , Ep . I. 75 OF HORACE . "
Page 76
Alexander Pope. Quid verum atque decens , curo et rogo , et omais in hoc fum : Condo , et compono , quæ mox depromere poffim . Ac ne forte roges , quo me duas , quo Lare tuter ; Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri , Quo me cunque ...
Alexander Pope. Quid verum atque decens , curo et rogo , et omais in hoc fum : Condo , et compono , quæ mox depromere poffim . Ac ne forte roges , quo me duas , quo Lare tuter ; Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri , Quo me cunque ...
Page 116
... atque novos ? excludat jurgia finis . Eft vetus atque probus , ' centum qui perficit annos . Quid ? qui deperiit minor uno menfe vel anno , Inter quos referendus erit ? veterefne poetas , An quos et praefens et poftera réfpuat aetas ...
... atque novos ? excludat jurgia finis . Eft vetus atque probus , ' centum qui perficit annos . Quid ? qui deperiit minor uno menfe vel anno , Inter quos referendus erit ? veterefne poetas , An quos et praefens et poftera réfpuat aetas ...
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Page 49 - Hear this, and tremble! you, who 'scape the Laws. Yes, while I live, no rich or noble knave ^/ Shall walk the World, in credit, to his grave.
Page 27 - Me, let the tender office long engage To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death; Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep a while one parent from the sky ! On cares like these, if length of days attend, May Heaven, to bless those days, preserve my friend!
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Page 14 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
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Page 13 - And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Page 167 - Bright through the rubbish of some hundred years ; Command old words, that long have slept, to wake, Words that wise Bacon or...
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Page 41 - My head and heart thus flowing thro' my quill, Verse-man or prose-man, term me which you will, Papist or Protestant, or both between, Like good Erasmus in an honest mean, In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory.