The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed, a Life of the Author ...Z. & B. F. Pratt, 1846 |
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Page 54
... printing what I write : But let the fit pass o'er , I'm wise enough To stop my ears to their confounded stuff . In vain bad rhymers all mankind reject , They treat themselves with most profound respect , ' Tis to small purpose that you ...
... printing what I write : But let the fit pass o'er , I'm wise enough To stop my ears to their confounded stuff . In vain bad rhymers all mankind reject , They treat themselves with most profound respect , ' Tis to small purpose that you ...
Page 100
... Translation of Fresnoy's Art of Painting . This Epistle , and the two following , were written some years before the rest , and originally printed in 1717 . THIS verse be thine , my friend , nor thou 100 POPE'S POETICAL WORKS .
... Translation of Fresnoy's Art of Painting . This Epistle , and the two following , were written some years before the rest , and originally printed in 1717 . THIS verse be thine , my friend , nor thou 100 POPE'S POETICAL WORKS .
Page 122
... printed anonymously in Steele's Collection , and copied in the Miscellanies of Swift and Pope , is ascribed to Pope by sir John Hawkins , in his History of Music - Mrs . Tofts , who was the daughter of a person in the family of Bishop ...
... printed anonymously in Steele's Collection , and copied in the Miscellanies of Swift and Pope , is ascribed to Pope by sir John Hawkins , in his History of Music - Mrs . Tofts , who was the daughter of a person in the family of Bishop ...
Page 134
... printed among the works of Swift . See Hawkesworth's edition , vol . vi.-S. 2 Mr. Pope , in one of the prints from Scheemaker's monument of Shakspeare in Westminster Abbey , has sufficiently shown his contempt of Alderman Barber , by ...
... printed among the works of Swift . See Hawkesworth's edition , vol . vi.-S. 2 Mr. Pope , in one of the prints from Scheemaker's monument of Shakspeare in Westminster Abbey , has sufficiently shown his contempt of Alderman Barber , by ...
Page 146
... printed 1729 . 13 Character of Mr. P. and his Writings , in a Letter to a Friend , printed for S. Popping , 1716 , p . 10. Curll , in his Key to the Dunciad , ( first edition , said to be printed for A. Dodd , ) in the 10th page ...
... printed 1729 . 13 Character of Mr. P. and his Writings , in a Letter to a Friend , printed for S. Popping , 1716 , p . 10. Curll , in his Key to the Dunciad , ( first edition , said to be printed for A. Dodd , ) in the 10th page ...
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Page 54 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.
Page 6 - I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.
Page 106 - 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...
Page 12 - Till grown more frugal in his riper days, He paid some bards with port, and some with praise ; To some a dry rehearsal was assign'd, And others (harder still) he paid in kind.
Page 11 - Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ? What though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals ? Or smoking forth, a hundred hawkers...
Page 6 - And curses wit, and poetry, and Pope. Friend to my life! (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What drop or nostrum can this plague remove ? Or which must end me, a fool's wrath or love ? A dire dilemma! either way I'm sped, If foes, they write, — if friends, they read me dead.
Page 280 - Some gentle James, to bless the land again ; To stick the doctor's chair into the throne, Give law to words, or war with words alone, Senates and courts with Greek and Latin rule, And turn the council to a grammar school ! For sure, if Dulness sees a grateful day, 'Tis in the shade of arbitrary sway.
Page 14 - What ? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of Ass's milk ? Satire or sense, alas! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P.
Page 306 - In vain ! They gaze, turn giddy, rave, and die. Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires. Nor public flame, nor private, dares to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine! Lo! thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restored; Light dies before thy uncreating word ; Thy hand, great Anarch, lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all.
Page 305 - Heav'n before, Shrinks to her second cause, and is no more. Physic of Metaphysic begs defence, And Metaphysic calls for aid on Sense! See Mystery to Mathematics fly! In vain! they gaze, turn giddy, rave, and die, Religion blushing veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires.