The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 6J. F. Dove, St. John's Square, 1822 - Poets, English |
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... mentioned . Ver . 153. Our Friend Dan Prior ] I have frequently wondered how sparing Pope has been in general in his praises of Prior , es- pecially as the latter was the intimate friend of Swift and Lord Oxford . I imagine this reserve ...
... mentioned . Ver . 153. Our Friend Dan Prior ] I have frequently wondered how sparing Pope has been in general in his praises of Prior , es- pecially as the latter was the intimate friend of Swift and Lord Oxford . I imagine this reserve ...
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... mentioned ; the Henry and Emma ( in which surely are many strokes of true tenderness and pathos ; ) and his Solomon , a poem , which , however faulty in its plan , has yet very many noble and finished passages , and which has been so ...
... mentioned ; the Henry and Emma ( in which surely are many strokes of true tenderness and pathos ; ) and his Solomon , a poem , which , however faulty in its plan , has yet very many noble and finished passages , and which has been so ...
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... combined all the striking circumstances mentioned by Pindar as well as Theocritus , that attended this story . See the Dissertation on Dr. Woodward's Shield . With this Treatise , and a moderate Supper , he G 2 MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS . 83.
... combined all the striking circumstances mentioned by Pindar as well as Theocritus , that attended this story . See the Dissertation on Dr. Woodward's Shield . With this Treatise , and a moderate Supper , he G 2 MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS . 83.
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... mentioned by Kercherus , and verified in the History of William of Newbury2 . His disposition to the Mathematics was discovered very early , by his drawing3 parallel lines on his bread and butter , and intersecting them at equal Angles ...
... mentioned by Kercherus , and verified in the History of William of Newbury2 . His disposition to the Mathematics was discovered very early , by his drawing3 parallel lines on his bread and butter , and intersecting them at equal Angles ...
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... mentioned by Aristotle , Plato , and Aristophanes . " The Play which the Italians call Cinque , and the French Mourre , is extremely ancient ; it was played at by Hymen and Cupid at the Marriage of Psyché , and termed by the Latins ...
... mentioned by Aristotle , Plato , and Aristophanes . " The Play which the Italians call Cinque , and the French Mourre , is extremely ancient ; it was played at by Hymen and Cupid at the Marriage of Psyché , and termed by the Latins ...
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Page 377 - Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget them all.
Page 369 - And strike to dust th' imperial tow'rs of Troy; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground. What wonder then, fair nymph! thy hairs should feel The conqu'ring force of unresisted steel?
Page 364 - Methinks already I your tears survey, Already hear the horrid things they say, Already see you a degraded toast, And all your honour in a whisper lost! How shall I then your helpless fame defend? 'Twill then be infamy to seem your friend! And shall this prize, th...
Page 376 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void...
Page 372 - Her great great grandsire wore about his neck, In three seal-rings; which after, melted down, Form'da vast buckle for his widow's gown: Her infant grandame's whistle next it grew, The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew; Then in a bodkin grac'd her mother's hairs, Which long she wore, and now Belinda wears. ) "Boast not my fall
Page 365 - Or o'er the glebe distil the kindly rain; Others on earth o'er human race preside, Watch all their ways, and all their actions guide: Of these the chief the care of nations own, And guard with arms divine the British throne. 'Our humbler province is to tend the fair, Not a less pleasing, though less glorious care; To save the powder from too rude a gale, Nor let th...
Page 257 - THE DESCRIPTIONS. For a tempest.—" Take Eurus, Zephyr, Auster and Boreas, and cast them together in one verse. Add to these of rain, lightning, and of thunder, the loudest you can, quantum sufficit.
Page 19 - Tis (let me see) three years and more (October next it will be four) Since Harley bid me first attend, And chose me for an humble friend; Would take me in his coach to chat, And question me of this and that; As,
Page 386 - He who tells a lie, is not sensible how great a task he undertakes ; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.
Page 304 - Jerusalem with iniquity: the heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, "Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us.