The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 5J. F. Dove, St. John's Square, 1822 - Poets, English |
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... play was acted , Jan. 27 , 1726-7 , that " These verses , which he had before given him leave to insert in it , would be known for his , some copies being got abroad . He desires , nevertheless , that since the lines had been read in ...
... play was acted , Jan. 27 , 1726-7 , that " These verses , which he had before given him leave to insert in it , would be known for his , some copies being got abroad . He desires , nevertheless , that since the lines had been read in ...
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... play of the Lady Jane Grey ; " but it afterward proved to be Mr. Rowe's . We are assured by another , " He wrote a ... plays and farces would better have adorned the Dunciad , than those of Mr. Theobald ; for he had neither genius for ...
... play of the Lady Jane Grey ; " but it afterward proved to be Mr. Rowe's . We are assured by another , " He wrote a ... plays and farces would better have adorned the Dunciad , than those of Mr. Theobald ; for he had neither genius for ...
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... Play abused , was an infallible proof the play was his own ; the said Mr. Cibber thinking it impossible for a man to be much concerned for any but himself . " Now let any man judge ( saith he ) by this concern , who was the true mother ...
... Play abused , was an infallible proof the play was his own ; the said Mr. Cibber thinking it impossible for a man to be much concerned for any but himself . " Now let any man judge ( saith he ) by this concern , who was the true mother ...
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... Player instead of one of his Patrons ( a person , never a Hero even on the stage " " ) , to this dignity of Colleague in the empire of Dulness ; and Achiever of a work that neither old Omar , Attila , nor John of Leiden , could entirely ...
... Player instead of one of his Patrons ( a person , never a Hero even on the stage " " ) , to this dignity of Colleague in the empire of Dulness ; and Achiever of a work that neither old Omar , Attila , nor John of Leiden , could entirely ...
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... . A stroke of satire against the act for licensing plays , which was opposed with equal wit and vehemence , by many of our poet's friends , and particularly by the earl of Chesterfield . ; THE DUNCIAD : TO DR . JONATHAN SWIFT .
... . A stroke of satire against the act for licensing plays , which was opposed with equal wit and vehemence , by many of our poet's friends , and particularly by the earl of Chesterfield . ; THE DUNCIAD : TO DR . JONATHAN SWIFT .
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Page 291 - 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 24 - Boileau has so very well enlarged upon in the preface to his works, that wit and fine writing doth not consist so much in advancing things that are new, as in giving things that are known an agreeable turn.
Page 195 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Page 369 - How fluent nonsense trickles from his tongue ! How sweet the periods, neither said, nor sung! Still break the benches, Henley ! with thy strain, While Sherlock, Hare, and Gibson preach in vain. Oh, great restorer of the good old stage, Preacher at once, and zany of thy age ! Oh, worthy thou of Egypt's wise abodes, A decent priest, where monkeys were the gods...
Page 246 - As fancy opens the quick springs of sense, We ply the memory, we load the brain, Bind rebel wit, and double chain on chain, Confine the thought, to exercise the breath, And keep them in the pale of words till death.
Page 288 - In vain, in vain ! The all-composing hour Resistless falls ; the Muse obeys the power. She comes ! she comes ! the sable throne...
Page 248 - 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 338 - What City Swans once sung within the walls; Much she revolves their arts, their ancient praise, And sure succession down from Heywood's days.
Page 252 - Thy mighty scholiast, whose unwearied pains Made Horace dull, and humbled Milton's strains. Turn what they will to verse, their toil is vain, Critics like me shall make it prose again.
Page 336 - Here she beholds the chaos dark and deep, 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.