The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Verse and Prose, Containing the Principal Notes of Drs. Warburton and Warton, Volume 5J. Johnson, 1806 |
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... abuse " , either of himself , or Had Pope never been guilty of Personal abuse in the first place , and often of those who had never written any thing against him ? or ( what I think he could lefs forgive ) 4 A LETTER.
... abuse " , either of himself , or Had Pope never been guilty of Personal abuse in the first place , and often of those who had never written any thing against him ? or ( what I think he could lefs forgive ) 4 A LETTER.
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... thing to incenfe them ? Were they incenfed againft Swift , Gay , or any other writer of the time ? Could all the accumulation of envy , fpleen , and malice , be heaped upon Pope , unless many provocations had` been given by himself ...
... thing to incenfe them ? Were they incenfed againft Swift , Gay , or any other writer of the time ? Could all the accumulation of envy , fpleen , and malice , be heaped upon Pope , unless many provocations had` been given by himself ...
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... thing in the world , to distinguish good writers , by discouraging the bad . Nor is it an ill - natured thing , in relation even to the very perfons upon whom the reflections are made . It is true , it may deprive them , a little the ...
... thing in the world , to distinguish good writers , by discouraging the bad . Nor is it an ill - natured thing , in relation even to the very perfons upon whom the reflections are made . It is true , it may deprive them , a little the ...
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... of the Dunciad . A Satire upon Dullness is a thing that has been ufed and allowed in all ages . Out of thine own Mouth will I judge thee , wicked Scribbler . TESTIMONIES OF AUTHORS CONCERNING OUR POET AND HIS WORKS . [ 20 ]
... of the Dunciad . A Satire upon Dullness is a thing that has been ufed and allowed in all ages . Out of thine own Mouth will I judge thee , wicked Scribbler . TESTIMONIES OF AUTHORS CONCERNING OUR POET AND HIS WORKS . [ 20 ]
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... things of little concern peradventure to thee , and fome of as little even to him ; I entreat thee to confider how minutely all true critics and commentators are wont to infist upon fuch , and how material they seem to themselves , if ...
... things of little concern peradventure to thee , and fome of as little even to him ; I entreat thee to confider how minutely all true critics and commentators are wont to infist upon fuch , and how material they seem to themselves , if ...
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Page 250 - ... till then obscure, became all at once the favourite of the town ; her pictures were engraved, and sold in great numbers ; her life written; books of letters and verses to her published; and pamphlets made even of her sayings and jests. Furthermore, it drove out of England, for that season, the Italian Opera, which had carried all before it for ten years.
Page 109 - Round him much embryo, much abortion lay, Much future ode, and abdicated play...
Page 99 - There motley Images her fancy strike, Figures ill pair'd, and Similies unlike. She sees a Mob of Metaphors advance, Pleas'd with the madness of the mazy dance: How Tragedy and Comedy embrace; How Farce and Epic get a jumbled race; How Time himself stands still at her command, Realms shift their place, and Ocean turns to land.
Page 334 - Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand, great Anarch, lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all.
Page 383 - Where nameless somethings in their causes sleep, 'Till genial Jacob, or a warm third day, Call forth each mass, a poem, or a play; How hints, like spawn, scarce quick in embryo lie, How new-born nonsense first is taught to cry ; Maggots half-form'd in rhyme exactly meet, And learn to crawl upon poetic feet.
Page 333 - See skulking Truth to her old cavern fled, Mountains of Casuistry heap'd o'er her head! Philosophy, that lean'd on 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.
Page 299 - But chief her shrine where naked Venus keeps, And Cupids ride the Lion of the Deeps; Where, eas'd of Fleets, the Adriatic main Wafts the smooth Eunuch and enamour'd swain.
Page 27 - ... 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. If a reader examines Horace's Art of Poetry...
Page 263 - Yet be it less or more, or soon or slow, It shall be still in strictest measure even To that same lot, however mean or high, Toward which Time leads me, and the will of Heaven ; All is, if I have grace to use it so, As ever in my great Task-Master's eye.
Page 27 - Poetry, he will find but few precepts in it which he may not meet with in Aristotle, and which were not commonly known by all the poets of the Augustan age. His way of expressing and applying them, not his invention of them, is what we are chiefly to admire.