The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and proseJ. and P. Knapton, 1752 |
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Page 107
... feveral times endea- voured to speak to him , which he as often in- dustriously avoided . At length I found an oppor- tunity ( as he stood under the Piazza by the Danc- ing - room in St. James's ) to acquaint him in the Latin tongue ...
... feveral times endea- voured to speak to him , which he as often in- dustriously avoided . At length I found an oppor- tunity ( as he stood under the Piazza by the Danc- ing - room in St. James's ) to acquaint him in the Latin tongue ...
Page 108
... feveral difguifes and un- " known names , to fkreen myfelf from the envy " and malice which mankind express against thofe " who are poffeffed of the Arcanum Magnum . But " at prefent I am forced to take Sanctuary in the " British Court ...
... feveral difguifes and un- " known names , to fkreen myfelf from the envy " and malice which mankind express against thofe " who are poffeffed of the Arcanum Magnum . But " at prefent I am forced to take Sanctuary in the " British Court ...
Page 109
... feveral nations , and even now scarce think myself fecure within the facred " walls of this Palace . It has been my good for- tune to have feen all the grand Phænomena of " Nature , excepting an Earthquake , which I wait- " ed for in ...
... feveral nations , and even now scarce think myself fecure within the facred " walls of this Palace . It has been my good for- tune to have feen all the grand Phænomena of " Nature , excepting an Earthquake , which I wait- " ed for in ...
Page 110
... feveral years being elapfed , I have reason to believe this excel- lent person is either dead , or carried by his vehe- ment thirst of knowledge into fome remote , or perhaps undiscovered Region of the world . In ei- ther cafe , I think ...
... feveral years being elapfed , I have reason to believe this excel- lent person is either dead , or carried by his vehe- ment thirst of knowledge into fome remote , or perhaps undiscovered Region of the world . In ei- ther cafe , I think ...
Page 117
... feveral large ftreams of Ink , as it had been a fountain . This dream was by her husband thought to fignify , that the child fhould prove a very voluminous Writer . Likewife a Crab - tree that had been hitherto bar- ren , appeared on a ...
... feveral large ftreams of Ink , as it had been a fountain . This dream was by her husband thought to fignify , that the child fhould prove a very voluminous Writer . Likewife a Crab - tree that had been hitherto bar- ren , appeared on a ...
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Page 94 - A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the proud and great: Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life, and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear; From nature's temperate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had lived, and that he died.
Page 327 - Locke takes notice of a mother who permitted them to her children, but rewarded or punished them as they treated them well or ill. This was no other than entering them betimes into a daily exercise of humanity, and improving their very diversion to a virtue.
Page 370 - Odyssey above the ^Eneis; as that the hero is a wiser man, and the action of the one more beneficial to his country than that of the other; or else they blame him for not doing what he never...
Page 403 - Prose from verse they did not know, and they accordingly printed one for the other throughout the volume.
Page 393 - Hamlet, enlarged to almost as much again as at first, and many others. I believe the common opinion of his want of learning proceeded from no better ground. This, too, might be thought a praise by some, and to this his errors have as injudiciously been ascribed by others.
Page 357 - ... evidently, affeCt us not in proportion to thofe of Homer. His characters of valour are much alike...
Page 355 - This is a field in which no succeeding poets could dispute with Homer; and whatever commendations have been allowed them on this head, are by no means for their invention in having enlarged his circle, but for their judgment in having contracted it. For when the mode of learning changed in following ages, and...
Page 409 - I will conclude by saying of Shakespeare, 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 finished and regular, as upon an ancient majestic piece of Gothic architecture, compared with a neat modern building.
Page 397 - Vati noceat . But however this contention might be carried on by the Partizans on either side, I cannot help thinking these two great Poets were good friends, and lived on amicable terms and in offices of society with each other.
Page 49 - Love, rais'd on beauty, will like that decay, Our hearts may bear its slender...