The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death, Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warburton, 第 5 巻A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, C. Bathurst, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, J. Richardson, B. Law, S. Crowder, T. Longman, T. Field, and T. Caslon, 1760 |
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... Virgil of the moft perfect Epic performance . " And those parts of Homer which have been published already by Mr. Pope , give us rea- " fon to think that the Iliad will appear in English with as little difadvantage to that " immortal ...
... Virgil of the moft perfect Epic performance . " And those parts of Homer which have been published already by Mr. Pope , give us rea- " fon to think that the Iliad will appear in English with as little difadvantage to that " immortal ...
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... Virgil finished his Georgics ; and Sir Richard Blackmore at the like age compofing his Arthurs , declared the same to be the very Acme and pitch of life for Epic poefy ; Though fince he hath altered it to fixty , the year in which he ...
... Virgil finished his Georgics ; and Sir Richard Blackmore at the like age compofing his Arthurs , declared the same to be the very Acme and pitch of life for Epic poefy ; Though fince he hath altered it to fixty , the year in which he ...
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... Virgil , like modern Un- dertakers , who first build their house , and then feek out for a tenant , had contrived the ftory of a war and a wandering , before they once thought either of Achilles or Æneas . We fhall there- fore set our ...
... Virgil , like modern Un- dertakers , who first build their house , and then feek out for a tenant , had contrived the ftory of a war and a wandering , before they once thought either of Achilles or Æneas . We fhall there- fore set our ...
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... Virgil , and Milton , together with this our poem , as a complete Tetralogy ; in which , the last worthily holdeth the place or ftation of the fatyric piece ? Proceed we therefore in our fubject . It hath been lviii RICHARDUS ARISTARCHUS.
... Virgil , and Milton , together with this our poem , as a complete Tetralogy ; in which , the last worthily holdeth the place or ftation of the fatyric piece ? Proceed we therefore in our fubject . It hath been lviii RICHARDUS ARISTARCHUS.
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... Virgil there fpeaketh not of himself , but of Eneas : Arma virumque cano , Troja qui primus ab oris Italiam , fato profugus , Lavinaque venit Littora multum ille et terris jactatus et alto , & c . I cite the whole three verfes , that I ...
... Virgil there fpeaketh not of himself , but of Eneas : Arma virumque cano , Troja qui primus ab oris Italiam , fato profugus , Lavinaque venit Littora multum ille et terris jactatus et alto , & c . I cite the whole three verfes , that I ...
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262 ページ - 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.
xxiv ページ - 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.
211 ページ - My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho' deep, yet clear ; tho' gentle, yet not dull ; Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
236 ページ - The person who acted Polly, 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...
317 ページ - Night primaeval and of Chaos old ! Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sick'ning stars fade off th' ethereal plain ; As Argus
277 ページ - We only furnish what he cannot use, Or wed to what he must divorce, a muse: Full in the midst of Euclid dip at once, And petrify a genius to a dunce: Or set on metaphysic ground to prance, Show all his paces, not a step advance.
245 ページ - The moon-struck prophet felt the madding hour : Then rose the seed of Chaos, and of Night, To blot out order, and extinguish light, Of dull and venal a new world to mould, And bring Saturnian days of lead and gold.
100 ページ - Should Dennis publish, you had stabb'd your Brother, Lampoon'd your Monarch, or debauch'd your Mother ; Say, what revenge on Dennis can be had ? Too dull for laughter, for reply too mad : On one so poor you cannot take the law; On one so old your sword you scorn to draw : Uncag'd then let the harmless monster rage, Secure in dulness, madness, want, and age.
96 ページ - In merry old England it once was a rule, The King had his Poet, and also his Fool : But now we're so frugal, I'd have you to know it, That Cibber can serve both for Fool and for Poet.
328 ページ - ... persons and names being utterly secret and obscure. ' This gave Mr. Pope the thought that he had now...