The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and proseJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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Page 13
... means come to town , ' Tis for the service of the Crown . " Lewis , the Dean will be of use , " Send for him up , take no excuse . " The toil , the danger of the Seas ; Great Ministers near think of these ; Or let it cost five hundred ...
... means come to town , ' Tis for the service of the Crown . " Lewis , the Dean will be of use , " Send for him up , take no excuse . " The toil , the danger of the Seas ; Great Ministers near think of these ; Or let it cost five hundred ...
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... mean ; 95 100 " My Lord and he are grown fo great , 105 " Always together , tête à tête , " What , they admire him for his jokes- " See but the fortune of fome Folks ! There flies about a ftrange report Of fome Exprefs arriv'd at Court ...
... mean ; 95 100 " My Lord and he are grown fo great , 105 " Always together , tête à tête , " What , they admire him for his jokes- " See but the fortune of fome Folks ! There flies about a ftrange report Of fome Exprefs arriv'd at Court ...
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... mean degree , And ftrangely lik'd for her Simplicity : In a tranflated Suit , then tries the Town , With borrow'd Pins , and Patches not her own : But juft endur'd the winter fhe began , And in four months a batter'd Harridan . Now ...
... mean degree , And ftrangely lik'd for her Simplicity : In a tranflated Suit , then tries the Town , With borrow'd Pins , and Patches not her own : But juft endur'd the winter fhe began , And in four months a batter'd Harridan . Now ...
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... he rarely complied with requests of this nature but where the subjeel was wprthy of him. % F 4 Blest Blest Sat'rist ! who touched the Mean so true, As It ) EPITAPHS, On Charles Earl of Dorset, in church of Withyam in Sussex.
... he rarely complied with requests of this nature but where the subjeel was wprthy of him. % F 4 Blest Blest Sat'rist ! who touched the Mean so true, As It ) EPITAPHS, On Charles Earl of Dorset, in church of Withyam in Sussex.
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... impofed upon him : tho ' he rarely complied with requests of this nature but where the fubject was worthy of him . F 4 Bleft Bleft Satʼrift ! who touch'd the Mean so true , On CHARLES Earl of DORSET, in church of Withyam in Suffex.
... impofed upon him : tho ' he rarely complied with requests of this nature but where the fubject was worthy of him . F 4 Bleft Bleft Satʼrift ! who touch'd the Mean so true , On CHARLES Earl of DORSET, in church of Withyam in Suffex.
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Page 328 - We shall hereby extenuate many faults which are his, and clear him from the imputation of many which are not...
Page 299 - If a council be called, or a battle fought, you are not coldly informed of what was said or done as from a third person; the reader is hurried out of himself by the force of the poet's imagination, and turns in one place to a hearer, in another to a spectator.
Page 323 - However, had he translated the whole work, I would no more have attempted Homer after him than Virgil, his Version of whom (notwithstanding some human errors) is the most noble and spirited translation I know in any language.
Page 299 - If some things are too luxuriant it is owing to the richness of the soil; and if others are not arrived to perfection or maturity, it is only because they are overrun and oppressed by those of a stronger nature.
Page 44 - ... twixt reading and Bohea, To muse, and spill her solitary Tea, Or o'er cold coffee trifle with the spoon, Count the slow clock, and dine exact at noon; Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire, Hum half a tune, tell stories to the squire; Up to her godly garret after sev'n, There starve and pray, for that's the way to heav'n.
Page 307 - Aristotle had reason to say, he was the only poet who had found out living words ; there are in him more daring figures and metaphors than in any good author whatever. An arrow is impatient to be on the wing, a weapon thirsts to drink the blood of an enemy, and the like.
Page 346 - I will conclude by saying of Shakespear, that with all his faults, and with all the irregularity of his drama, one may look upon his works, in comparison of those that are more...
Page 339 - ... till after his death. The whole number of genuine plays, which we have been able to find printed in his lifetime, amounts but to eleven.
Page 12 - And that they ne'er consider'd yet. ' Good Mr. Dean, go change your gown, Let my lord know you're come to town.
Page 293 - ... masters, being wholly unconfined, and painting at pleasure, may be thought to have given a full idea of what they esteemed most excellent in this way. These (one may observe) consist entirely of the useful part of horticulture, fruit-trees, herbs, water, &c.