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 78
... quae te Ter pure lecto poterunt recreare libello . d C Invidus , iracundus , iners , vinofus , amater ; Nemo adeo ferus eft , ut non mitefcere poffit , Si modo culturae patientem commodet aurem , Virtus eft , vitium fugere ; et ...
... quae te Ter pure lecto poterunt recreare libello . d C Invidus , iracundus , iners , vinofus , amater ; Nemo adeo ferus eft , ut non mitefcere poffit , Si modo culturae patientem commodet aurem , Virtus eft , vitium fugere ; et ...
Page 80
... quae ftalte miraris et optas , Difcere , et audire , et meliori credere non vis ? Quis circum pagos et circum compita pugnas Magna coronari contemnat Olympia , cui fpes , Cui fit conditio dulcis fine pulvere palmae ? " i Vilius eft auro ...
... quae ftalte miraris et optas , Difcere , et audire , et meliori credere non vis ? Quis circum pagos et circum compita pugnas Magna coronari contemnat Olympia , cui fpes , Cui fit conditio dulcis fine pulvere palmae ? " i Vilius eft auro ...
Page 82
... quae regnum recte facientibus offert , Et maribus Curiis et decantata Camillis ? Ifne tibi melius fuadet , qui , " Rem facias ; rem , VER . 95. Be this thy Screen , and this thy Wall of Brafs ; ] Hic murus aheneus efto . Dacier laughs ...
... quae regnum recte facientibus offert , Et maribus Curiis et decantata Camillis ? Ifne tibi melius fuadet , qui , " Rem facias ; rem , VER . 95. Be this thy Screen , and this thy Wall of Brafs ; ] Hic murus aheneus efto . Dacier laughs ...
Page 84
... Quod fi me Populus Romanus forte roget , cur Z Non , ut porticibus , fic judiciis fruar îfdem ; Nec fequar aut fugiam , quae diligit ipse vel odit : 2 Olim quod vulpes aegroto cauta leoni Refpondit , referam : Quia me veftigia terrent ...
... Quod fi me Populus Romanus forte roget , cur Z Non , ut porticibus , fic judiciis fruar îfdem ; Nec fequar aut fugiam , quae diligit ipse vel odit : 2 Olim quod vulpes aegroto cauta leoni Refpondit , referam : Quia me veftigia terrent ...
Page 94
... quae poffit facere et fervare beatum . D Hunc folem , et ftellas , & decedentia certis с Tempora momentis , funt qui formidine nulla Imbuti fpectent . quid cenfes , munera terrae ? с Quid , maris extremos Arabas ditantis et Indos ? VER ...
... quae poffit facere et fervare beatum . D Hunc folem , et ftellas , & decedentia certis с Tempora momentis , funt qui formidine nulla Imbuti fpectent . quid cenfes , munera terrae ? с Quid , maris extremos Arabas ditantis et Indos ? VER ...
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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!
Page 12 - Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Page 14 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Page 4 - They pierce my thickets, through my grot they glide, By land, by water, they renew the charge, They stop the chariot, and they board the barge.
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...
Page 6 - A virgin tragedy, an orphan muse.' If I dislike it, 'Furies, death and rage!' If I approve, 'Commend it to the stage.
Page 20 - 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, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence...
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.