The Works of Alexander Pope: With a Memoir of the Author, Notes, and Critical Notices on Each Poem, Volume 3A. Valpy, 1835 |
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... common newspapers were filled with the most abusive falsehoods and scurrilities that they could possibly devise . ' ' A liberty , ' he farther observes , no way to be wondered at in those people and in those papers , that , for many ...
... common newspapers were filled with the most abusive falsehoods and scurrilities that they could possibly devise . ' ' A liberty , ' he farther observes , no way to be wondered at in those people and in those papers , that , for many ...
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... the accusation with the just and impartial , yet aggravates very much the guilt of the accusers ; I mean by authors without names ; —then I thought , since the danger was common to all , the concern ought to be WORKS OF POPE .
... the accusation with the just and impartial , yet aggravates very much the guilt of the accusers ; I mean by authors without names ; —then I thought , since the danger was common to all , the concern ought to be WORKS OF POPE .
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... common to all , the concern ought to be so ; and that it was an act of justice to detect the authors , not only on this account ; but as many of them are the same who for several years past have made free with the greatest names in ...
... common to all , the concern ought to be so ; and that it was an act of justice to detect the authors , not only on this account ; but as many of them are the same who for several years past have made free with the greatest names in ...
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... , Preface to his New Rehearsal . It is the common cry of the poetasters of the town , and their fautors , that it is an ill - natured thing to expose the pre- 16 tenders to wit and poetry : the judges and MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS ...
... , Preface to his New Rehearsal . It is the common cry of the poetasters of the town , and their fautors , that it is an ill - natured thing to expose the pre- 16 tenders to wit and poetry : the judges and MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS ...
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... common : in- stead of majesty , we have something that is very mean ; instead of gravity , something that is very boyish ; and in- stead of perspicuity and lucid order , we have but too often obscurity and confusion . ' And in another ...
... common : in- stead of majesty , we have something that is very mean ; instead of gravity , something that is very boyish ; and in- stead of perspicuity and lucid order , we have but too often obscurity and confusion . ' And in another ...
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Page 253 - The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, Make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, And every mountain and hill shall be made low: And the crooked shall be made straight, And the rough places plain: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together: For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 253 - Be smooth, ye rocks! ye rapid floods, give way! The Saviour comes! by ancient bards foretold: Hear him, ye deaf! and all ye blind, behold! He from thick films shall purge the visual ray, And on the sightless eyeball pour the day: 'Tis he th' obstructed paths of sound shall clear And bid new music charm th' unfolding ear: The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego, And leap exulting like the bounding roe.
Page 185 - And all its varying Rain-bows die away. Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sick'ning stars fade off th' ethereal plain; As Argus
Page 254 - No more shall nation against nation rise, Nor ardent warriors meet with hateful eyes; Nor fields with gleaming steel be cover'd o'er; The brazen trumpets kindle rage no more; But useless lances into scythes shall bend, And the broad falchion in a ploughshare end.
Page 254 - Hell's grim tyrant feel th' eternal wound. As the good shepherd tends his fleecy care, Seeks freshest pasture and the purest air, Explores the lost, the wandering sheep directs, By day o'ersees them, and by night protects ; The tender lambs he raises in his arms, Feeds from his hand, and in his bosom warms : Thus shall mankind his guardian care engage, The promised Father of the future age.
Page 235 - Where'er you walk, cool gales shall fan the glade ; Trees, where you sit, shall crowd into a shade ; Where'er you tread, the blushing flowers shall rise, And all things flourish where you turn your eyes.
Page 21 - It is impossible for us, who live in the latter ages of the world, to make observations in criticism, morality, or in any art or science, which have not been touched upon by others. We have little else left us but to represent the common sense of mankind in more strong, more beautiful, or more uncommon lights.
Page 158 - 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 89 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 136 - And ten-horn'd fiends and giants rush to war. Hell rises, Heaven descends, and dance on earth : Gods, imps, and monsters, music, rage, and mirth, A fire, a jig, a battle, and a ball, Till one wide conflagration swallows all.