The Works of Alexander Pope: Esq. with Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks, Volume 3J. Rivington, 1824 - English literature |
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... taste , as the mind of Inigo , ever produce so much sameness . The strange kind of cherubims on the towers at the end are preposterous ornaments , and whether of Inigo or not , bear no relation to the rest . The great towers in the ...
... taste , as the mind of Inigo , ever produce so much sameness . The strange kind of cherubims on the towers at the end are preposterous ornaments , and whether of Inigo or not , bear no relation to the rest . The great towers in the ...
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... taste and judgment , has been the subject of frequent and of just admiration . It may fairly en- title him to the character of being one of the first of critics , though surely not of Poets , as Dr. Johnson asserts . Dr. Warburton ...
... taste and judgment , has been the subject of frequent and of just admiration . It may fairly en- title him to the character of being one of the first of critics , though surely not of Poets , as Dr. Johnson asserts . Dr. Warburton ...
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... Taste is as rare to be found , as a true Genius , ver . 9 to 18 . That most men are born with some Taste , but spoil'd by false Educa- tion , ver . 19 to 25 . The Multitude of Critics , and causes of them , ver . 26 to 45 . That we are ...
... Taste is as rare to be found , as a true Genius , ver . 9 to 18 . That most men are born with some Taste , but spoil'd by false Educa- tion , ver . 19 to 25 . The Multitude of Critics , and causes of them , ver . 26 to 45 . That we are ...
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... taste could not refuse it , to say , that the observations follow one another like those in Horace's Art of Poetry , without that methodical regularity which would have been requisite in a prose writer . Spect . No. 235 . I do not see ...
... taste could not refuse it , to say , that the observations follow one another like those in Horace's Art of Poetry , without that methodical regularity which would have been requisite in a prose writer . Spect . No. 235 . I do not see ...
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... Taste as seldom is the Critic's share ; COMMENTARY . influenced by custom , fashion , and habit ; and never certain and constant but when founded upon and accompanied by TASTE : which is in the Critic , what in the Poet , we call GENIUS ...
... Taste as seldom is the Critic's share ; COMMENTARY . influenced by custom , fashion , and habit ; and never certain and constant but when founded upon and accompanied by TASTE : which is in the Critic , what in the Poet , we call GENIUS ...
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Page 101 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 93 - And value books, as women men, for dress: Their praise is still, — the style is excellent; The sense, they humbly take upon content. Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found...
Page 45 - Ten Censure wrong for one who Writes amiss ; A Fool might once himself alone expose, Now One in Verse makes many more in Prose. 'Tis with our Judgments as our Watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own.
Page 98 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance ; As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence ; The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; . But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar...
Page 95 - In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Page 186 - This day, black omens threat the brightest fair, That e'er deserv'da watchful spirit's care; Some dire disaster, or by force, or slight; But what, or where, the fates have wrapt in night. Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law, Or some frail china jar receive a flaw; Or stain her honour, or her new brocade; Forget her pray'rs, or miss a masquerade; Or lose her heart, or necklace, at a ball; Or whether Heav'n has doom'd that Shock must fall.
Page 81 - While from the bounded level of our mind, Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind; But more advanc'd, behold with strange surprise, New distant scenes of endless science rise!
Page 204 - fore Gad, you must be civil! "Plague on't! 'tis past a jest — nay prithee, pox! "Give her the hair" — he spoke, and rapp'd his box. "It grieves me much" (replied the Peer again) "Who speaks so well should ever speak in vain. But by this Lock, this sacred Lock I swear, (Which never more shall join its parted hair; Which...
Page 196 - T' inclose the lock ; now joins it, to divide. Ev'n then, before the fatal engine clos'd, A wretched sylph too fondly interpos'd ; Fate urg'd the shears, and cut the sylph in twain, (But airy substance soon unites again) The meeting points the sacred hair dissever From the fair head, for ever, and for ever ! Then flash'd the living lightning from her eyes, • And screams of horror rend th
Page 176 - To one man's treat, but for another's ball? When Florio speaks what virgin could withstand, If gentle Damon did not squeeze her hand? With varying vanities, from every part, They shift the moving Toyshop of their heart; Where wigs with wigs, with sword-knots sword-knots strive, Beaux banish beaux, and coaches coaches drive.