The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Compiled from Original Manuscripts; with a Critical Essay on His Writings and GeniusC. Bathurst, H. Woodfall, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, W. Johnston [and 8 others in London], 1769 - Biography - 578 pages |
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Page 83
In Wit , as Nature , what affects our hearts Is not th ' exactness of peculiar parts ; “ '
Tis not a lip , or eye , we beauty call , But ... No single parts unequally surprize , “
All comes united to th ' admiring eyes ; “ No monstrous height , or breadth , or ...
In Wit , as Nature , what affects our hearts Is not th ' exactness of peculiar parts ; “ '
Tis not a lip , or eye , we beauty call , But ... No single parts unequally surprize , “
All comes united to th ' admiring eyes ; “ No monstrous height , or breadth , or ...
Page 125
Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll ; “ Charms strike the sight , but Merit
wins the “ foul . ” The poet , with great address , makes this incomparable speech
pass unapplauded“ Belinda frown'd , Thalestris call d her “ Prude . " By which ...
Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll ; “ Charms strike the sight , but Merit
wins the “ foul . ” The poet , with great address , makes this incomparable speech
pass unapplauded“ Belinda frown'd , Thalestris call d her “ Prude . " By which ...
Page 155
Yet then , to those dread altars as I drew , “ Not on the Cross my eyes were fix'd ,
but “ you . " Her passion then swelling in a full tide of amorous transport , breaks
forth in the following rapturous invocations . ; “ Come ! with thy looks , thy words ...
Yet then , to those dread altars as I drew , “ Not on the Cross my eyes were fix'd ,
but “ you . " Her passion then swelling in a full tide of amorous transport , breaks
forth in the following rapturous invocations . ; “ Come ! with thy looks , thy words ...
Page 164
While prostrate here in humble grief I lie , “ Kind , virtuous drops just gath'ring in
my eye , " While praying , trembling , in the dust í roll , “ And dawning grace is op'
ning on my soul : “ Come , if thou darst , all charming as thou art ! Oppose thyself
...
While prostrate here in humble grief I lie , “ Kind , virtuous drops just gath'ring in
my eye , " While praying , trembling , in the dust í roll , “ And dawning grace is op'
ning on my soul : “ Come , if thou darst , all charming as thou art ! Oppose thyself
...
Page 189
... spirit have an equal mastery with yours ; but what sur" prizes me more is , that a
scholar being concerned , there “ Thould happen to be some mistakes in the
author's sense ; " such as putting the light of Pallas's eyes into the eyes of “
Achilles ...
... spirit have an equal mastery with yours ; but what sur" prizes me more is , that a
scholar being concerned , there “ Thould happen to be some mistakes in the
author's sense ; " such as putting the light of Pallas's eyes into the eyes of “
Achilles ...
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Page 256 - Know then this truth (enough for man to know) 'Virtue alone is happiness below.
Page 192 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Page 123 - In some lone isle, or distant northern land; Where the gilt chariot never marks the way, Where none learn ombre, none e'er taste bohea!
Page 265 - Let not this weak unknowing hand 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 301 - Consult the Genius of the Place in all; That tells the Waters or to rise, or fall; Or helps th...
Page 152 - Oh! happy state! when souls each other draw, When love is liberty, and nature law...
Page 192 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike; Alike...
Page 301 - Or helps th' ambitious Hill the heav'ns to scale, Or scoops in circling theatres the Vale; Calls in the Country, catches op'ning glades, Joins willing Woods, and varies shades from shades; Now breaks, or now directs, th' intending Lines; Paints as you plant, and, as you work, designs.
Page 357 - Me, let the tender office long engage To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death; Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep a while one parent from the sky ! On cares like these, if length of days attend, May Heaven, to bless those days, preserve my friend!
Page 264 - What conscience dictates to be done. Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than Hell to shun, That more than Heaven pursue.
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| Title | The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Compiled from Original Manuscripts; with a Critical Essay on His Writings and Genius Eighteenth Century English short title catalogue Eighteenth Century collection Library of English literature The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Compiled from Original Manuscripts; with a Critical Essay on His Writings and Genius, J. and F. Rivington (Firm) |
| Author | Owen Ruffhead |
| Publisher | C. Bathurst, H. Woodfall, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, W. Johnston [and 8 others in London], 1769 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 1 Aug 2007 |
| Length | 578 pages |
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