The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Four Volumes Complete. With His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements. Carefully Collated and Compared with Former Editions: Together with Notes from the Various Critics and CommentatorsEditor, and sold, 1778 |
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... dulness not his own ; The morals blacken'd when the writings ' fcape , The libel'd perfon , and the pictur'd shape ; Abufe , on all he lov'd , or lov'd him , spread , A friend in exile , or a father dead ; The whisper , that to ...
... dulness not his own ; The morals blacken'd when the writings ' fcape , The libel'd perfon , and the pictur'd shape ; Abufe , on all he lov'd , or lov'd him , spread , A friend in exile , or a father dead ; The whisper , that to ...
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... . 11 . u Printed by J. Roberts , 1742 , w Battle of the Poets , folio , p . 15 . " For x Printed under the title of the Progrefs of Dulness , duodecimo , 1728 . " For when fome gliding river is his theme , 144 TESTIMONIES.
... . 11 . u Printed by J. Roberts , 1742 , w Battle of the Poets , folio , p . 15 . " For x Printed under the title of the Progrefs of Dulness , duodecimo , 1728 . " For when fome gliding river is his theme , 144 TESTIMONIES.
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... Dulness ; fo is it of the moft grave and antient kind . Homer , ( faith Ariftotle ) was the firft who gave the form , and ( faith Horace ) who adapted the measure , to heroic poefy . But even before this , may be rationally prefumed ...
... Dulness ; fo is it of the moft grave and antient kind . Homer , ( faith Ariftotle ) was the firft who gave the form , and ( faith Horace ) who adapted the measure , to heroic poefy . But even before this , may be rationally prefumed ...
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... flain ) to render his dear country , First , taking things from their original , he confidereth a Vide Boffu , Du Poeme Epique , chapt . viii . the the causes creative of fuch authors , namely Dulness and 152 MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS.
... flain ) to render his dear country , First , taking things from their original , he confidereth a Vide Boffu , Du Poeme Epique , chapt . viii . the the causes creative of fuch authors , namely Dulness and 152 MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS.
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... Dulness and Poverty ; the one born with them , the other contracted by neglect of their proper talents , through felf - conceit of greater abilities . This truth he wrappeth in an allegory ↳ ( as the conftruction of Epic poefy ...
... Dulness and Poverty ; the one born with them , the other contracted by neglect of their proper talents , through felf - conceit of greater abilities . This truth he wrappeth in an allegory ↳ ( as the conftruction of Epic poefy ...
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127 ページ - And here give me leave to mention what Monsieur Boileau has so 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.
2 ページ - Pope. Friend to my life, (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What drop or nostrum can this plague remove? Or which must end me, a fool's wrath or love?
104 ページ - Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God afraid of me: Safe from the Bar, the Pulpit, and the Throne, Yet touched and shamed by ridicule alone.
3 ページ - The truth once told (and wherefore should we lie?) The Queen of Midas slept, and so may I. You think this cruel ? take it for a rule, No creature smarts so little as a fool. Let peals of laughter, Codrus ! round thee break, 85 Thou unconcern'd canst hear the mighty crack: Pit, box, and gall'ry in convulsions hurl'd, Thou stand'st unshook amidst a bursting world. Who shames a Scribbler? break one cobweb thro...
9 ページ - As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks; Or, at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad...
281 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.
11 ページ - If on a pillory, or near a throne, He gain his prince's ear, or lose his own. Yet soft by nature, more a dupe than wit, Sappho can tell you how this man was bit...
2 ページ - And curses wit, and poetry, and Pope. Friend to my life ! (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What drop or nostrum can this plague remove?
171 ページ - Close to those walls where Folly holds her throne, And laughs to think Monroe would take her down, Where o'er the gates, by his fam'd father's hand Great Cibber's brazen, brainless brothers stand; One Cell there is, conceal'd from vulgar eye, The Cave of Poverty and Poetry. Keen, hollow winds howl thro' the bleak recess, Emblem of Music caus'd by Emptiness.
127 ページ - ... 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...