The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. In Verse and Prose: Containing the Principal Notes of Drs. Warburton and Warton: Illustrations, and Critical and Explanatory Remarks, by Johnson, Wakefield, A. Chalmers, F.S.A. and Others. To which are Added, Now First Published, Some Original Letters, with Additional Observations, and Memoirs of the Life of the Author, Zväzok 4J. Johnson, J. Nichols and Son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and Son ... [and 24 others], 1806 |
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Strana 7
... fays he , ( in a pleasant Simile addreffed to his Friend's pro- feffion ) " Of all mad creatures , if the learn'd are right , It is the flaver kills , and not the bite . " And how abject and exceffive the flattery of these creatures was ...
... fays he , ( in a pleasant Simile addreffed to his Friend's pro- feffion ) " Of all mad creatures , if the learn'd are right , It is the flaver kills , and not the bite . " And how abject and exceffive the flattery of these creatures was ...
Strana 16
... fays : " In this play ( Three Hours after Marriage ) , two Coxcomb3 , being in love with a learned virtuofo's wife ... fay , made me use these words , viz . σε Νότι All my demurs but double his attacks ; At last 16 PROLOGUE.
... fays : " In this play ( Three Hours after Marriage ) , two Coxcomb3 , being in love with a learned virtuofo's wife ... fay , made me use these words , viz . σε Νότι All my demurs but double his attacks ; At last 16 PROLOGUE.
Strana 21
... fays in jeft , and with his ufual humour , is true in fact : " I have obferved that a reader feldom perufes a book with pleasure till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or fair man , of a mild or choleric difpofition , married ...
... fays in jeft , and with his ufual humour , is true in fact : " I have obferved that a reader feldom perufes a book with pleasure till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or fair man , of a mild or choleric difpofition , married ...
Strana 27
... fays , his fole motive for writing was " neceffity . " It can- not be faid , that it is cruel to " with a man a dinner , " who profeffes he writes to get one . A few more words concerning this obfcure writer , may not be unacceptable ...
... fays , his fole motive for writing was " neceffity . " It can- not be faid , that it is cruel to " with a man a dinner , " who profeffes he writes to get one . A few more words concerning this obfcure writer , may not be unacceptable ...
Strana 31
... fays , I ftill keep up my correspondence with him , notwithstanding his Idiotry , for it is my principle to be conflant in my friendships —Je ne reste de luy eferire , nonollant fon Idioterie , d'autant que je fuis conftant en amitié ...
... fays , I ftill keep up my correspondence with him , notwithstanding his Idiotry , for it is my principle to be conflant in my friendships —Je ne reste de luy eferire , nonollant fon Idioterie , d'autant que je fuis conftant en amitié ...
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Addiſon againſt alfo alludes Author becauſe beſt Boileau Brutus caufe cauſe character circumftance Court defire Dryden Dunciad Effay Elijah Fenton Epiftle ev'n ev'ry expreffion faid fame fatire fays feems fenfe fentiments feveral fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fome fometimes fool fpeak fpirit ftill ftyle fubject fuch fuperior genius himſelf Homer honour Horace houſe Iliad imitation juſt King laft laſt leaſt lefs letter lines Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Hervey mafter manner minifter moft moſt muſt nature never NOTES numbers obferved occafion paffage paffions perfon Pindar pleaſe pleaſure poem Poet poetry Pope Pope's praiſe prefent profe publiſhed purpoſe quæ quid quod raiſed reaſon refpect ridicule Satire ſay Shakeſpear Sir Robert Walpole ſpeak ſtate ſtill ſtyle ſuch Swift thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tranflation uſed verfe verſe Virgil Virtue Walpole WARBURTON WARTON whofe whoſe words write
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Strana 45 - d by ev'ry quill ; Fed with soft dedication all day long, Horace and he went hand in hand in song.
Strana 119 - For gain, not glory, wing'd his roving flight, And grew Immortal in his own despite.
Strana 36 - And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Strana 56 - A Cherub's face, a reptile all the rest; Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust; Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.
Strana 165 - Nassau to Kneller's hand decreed To fix him graceful on the bounding Steed; So well in paint and stone they judg'd of merit: But Kings in Wit may want discerning spirit.
Strana 391 - That the Earl of Halifax was one of the first to favour me; of whom it is hard to say whether the advancement of the polite arts is more owing to his generosity or his example...
Strana 56 - 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!
Strana 65 - 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!
Strana 309 - I touch thee ! but with honest zeal, To rouse the watchmen of the public weal, To virtue's work provoke the tardy hall, And goad the prelate, slumbering in his stall.
Strana 353 - For we find thofe authors who have been offended at the literal notion of the Gods, conftantly laying their accufation againft Homer as the chief fupport of it. But whatever caufe there might be to blame his machines in a philofophical...