The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, Volume 1C. Cooke, 1796 |
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Page iii
... most entertainment ; and by this method , at fifteen , he gained a ready habit in the learned lan- guages , to which he foon after added the French and Italian . Upon his retreat to the Foreft he became first acquainted with the ...
... most entertainment ; and by this method , at fifteen , he gained a ready habit in the learned lan- guages , to which he foon after added the French and Italian . Upon his retreat to the Foreft he became first acquainted with the ...
Page v
... most endeavoured to make these An- cients their pattern . The moft confiderable genius appears in the famous Taffo , and our Spenfer . Taffo , in his Aminta , has far excelled all the paftoral writers , as in his Gierufalemme he has ...
... most endeavoured to make these An- cients their pattern . The moft confiderable genius appears in the famous Taffo , and our Spenfer . Taffo , in his Aminta , has far excelled all the paftoral writers , as in his Gierufalemme he has ...
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... most affecting and tender compofitions of Mr Pope is his " Elegy to the Memory of an Unfor tunate Lady , " built on a true story . We are informed in the Life of Pope , for which Curl obtained a patent , that this young lady was a ...
... most affecting and tender compofitions of Mr Pope is his " Elegy to the Memory of an Unfor tunate Lady , " built on a true story . We are informed in the Life of Pope , for which Curl obtained a patent , that this young lady was a ...
Page xi
... most known , and the most received , " they are placed in fo beautiful a light , and illuftra- " ted with fuch apt allufions , that they have in them " all the graces of novelty , and make the reader , who " was before acquainted ...
... most known , and the most received , " they are placed in fo beautiful a light , and illuftra- " ted with fuch apt allufions , that they have in them " all the graces of novelty , and make the reader , who " was before acquainted ...
Page xii
... most material . The author of Mift's Journal pofitively afferts , " that Mr. Addison raised Pope from obfcurity , ob- " tained him the acquaintance and friendship of the " whole body of our nobility , and transferred his powerful ...
... most material . The author of Mift's Journal pofitively afferts , " that Mr. Addison raised Pope from obfcurity , ob- " tained him the acquaintance and friendship of the " whole body of our nobility , and transferred his powerful ...
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Page 61 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all.
Page 161 - Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe. If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way...
Page 170 - Of all the Causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is Pride, the never-failing vice of fools. Whatever Nature has in worth...
Page 70 - Here living tea-pots stand, one arm held out, One bent ; the handle this, and that the spout...
Page 66 - What boots the regal circle on his head, His giant limbs, in state unwieldy spread; That long behind he trails his pompous robe, And, of all monarchs, only grasps the globe? The baron now his diamonds pours apace; Th...
Page 43 - See a long race thy spacious courts adorn ; See future sons, and daughters yet unborn, In crowding ranks on every side arise, Demanding life, impatient for the skies ! See barbarous nations at thy gates attend, Walk in thy light, and in thy temple bend...
Page 68 - A thousand wings, by turns, blow back the hair ; And thrice they twitch'd the diamond in her ear ; Thrice she look'd back, and thrice the foe drew near.
Page 99 - If ever chance two wand'ring lovers brings, To Paraclete's white walls, and silver springs, O'er the pale marble shall they join their heads, And drink the...
Page 171 - The gen'rous pleasure to be charmed with wit. But in such lays as neither ebb, nor flow, Correctly cold, and regularly low, That shunning faults, one quiet tenor keep; We cannot blame indeed - but we may sleep. In wit, as nature, what affects our hearts Is not th...
Page 97 - Stain all my soul, and wanton in my eyes. I waste the Matin lamp in sighs for thee, Thy image steals between my God and me, Thy voice I seem in...