The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 5 |
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It was upon reading some of the abusive papers lately published , that my great
regard to a Person , whose Friendship I esteem as one of the chief honours of my
life , and a much greater respect to Truth , than to him or any man living ...
It was upon reading some of the abusive papers lately published , that my great
regard to a Person , whose Friendship I esteem as one of the chief honours of my
life , and a much greater respect to Truth , than to him or any man living ...
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... forgive ) of his Friends . They had called men of virtue and honour bad men ,
long before he had either leisure or inclination to call them bad writers ; and
some had been such old offenders , that he had quite forgotten their persons as
well as ...
... forgive ) of his Friends . They had called men of virtue and honour bad men ,
long before he had either leisure or inclination to call them bad writers ; and
some had been such old offenders , that he had quite forgotten their persons as
well as ...
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The persons themselves , rather than allow the objection , would forgive the
satire ; and if one could be tempted to afford it a serious answer , were not all
assassinates , popular insurrections , the insolence of the rabble without doors ,
and of ...
The persons themselves , rather than allow the objection , would forgive the
satire ; and if one could be tempted to afford it a serious answer , were not all
assassinates , popular insurrections , the insolence of the rabble without doors ,
and of ...
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Is it not pleasant enough , to hear our authors crying out on the one hand , as if
their persons and characters were too sacred for satire ; and the public objecting
on the other , that they are too mean even for ridicule ? But whether bread or
fame ...
Is it not pleasant enough , to hear our authors crying out on the one hand , as if
their persons and characters were too sacred for satire ; and the public objecting
on the other , that they are too mean even for ridicule ? But whether bread or
fame ...
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... esteem of their equals , and in their extended reputation amongst foreigners ;
in the latter of which ours has met with the better fate , as he has had for his
translators persons of the most eminent rank and abilities in their respective
nations .
... esteem of their equals , and in their extended reputation amongst foreigners ;
in the latter of which ours has met with the better fate , as he has had for his
translators persons of the most eminent rank and abilities in their respective
nations .
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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.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 5 The Works of Alexander Pope, Alexander Pope |
| Author | Alexander Pope |
| Illustrated by | Joseph Warton |
| Publisher | J. F. Dove, St. John's Square, 1822 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 13 Nov 2006 |
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