The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: With Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks,, Volume 4C. and J. Rivington; T. Cadell; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green; J. Cuthell; J. Nunn; ... [and 25 others in London]; and Deighton and Sons, Cambridge; and A. Black, and J. Fairbairn, Edinburgh., 1824 - English literature |
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... hath drawn into this single action the whole his- tory of Dulness and her children . To this end , she is represented , at the very opening of the Poem , taking a view of her forces , which are distinguished into these three kinds ...
... hath drawn into this single action the whole his- tory of Dulness and her children . To this end , she is represented , at the very opening of the Poem , taking a view of her forces , which are distinguished into these three kinds ...
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... have been the root of so spreading a tree , and so nu- merous a posterity . " We are also informed , that " forasmuch as our poet hath translated those two famous works of Homer , which are yet left , he did conceive it in some 8.
... have been the root of so spreading a tree , and so nu- merous a posterity . " We are also informed , that " forasmuch as our poet hath translated those two famous works of Homer , which are yet left , he did conceive it in some 8.
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... hath passed upon them have been confirmed by all Europe . Gildon , Pref . to his New Rehearsal . It is the common cry of the poetasters of the town , and their fautors , that it is an ill - natured thing to expose the pretenders to wit ...
... hath passed upon them have been confirmed by all Europe . Gildon , Pref . to his New Rehearsal . It is the common cry of the poetasters of the town , and their fautors , that it is an ill - natured thing to expose the pretenders to wit ...
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... hath to Plato , Jamblichus to Pythagoras , and divers to Homer , namely a De- mon . For thus Mr. Gildon : || " Certain it is , that his original is not from Adam , but the Devil ; and that he wanted nothing but horns and tail to be the ...
... hath to Plato , Jamblichus to Pythagoras , and divers to Homer , namely a De- mon . For thus Mr. Gildon : || " Certain it is , that his original is not from Adam , but the Devil ; and that he wanted nothing but horns and tail to be the ...
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... hath written to a Minister , that he is one of the most dangerous persons in this king- dom ; and assureth the public , that he is an open and mortal enemy to his country ; a monster , that will , one day , shew as daring a soul as a ...
... hath written to a Minister , that he is one of the most dangerous persons in this king- dom ; and assureth the public , that he is an open and mortal enemy to his country ; a monster , that will , one day , shew as daring a soul as a ...
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Page 337 - Religion blushing veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires. 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 334 - Argus' eyes by Hermes' wand opprest, Closed one by one to everlasting rest; Thus at her felt approach, and secret might, Art after art goes out, and all is night.
Page 292 - The critic Eye, that microscope of Wit, Sees hairs and pores, examines bit by bit...
Page 297 - Show all his paces, not a step advance. With the same cement, ever sure to bind, We bring to one dead level every mind. Then take him to develop, if you can, And hew the block off, and get out the man. 270 But wherefore waste I words? I see advance Whore, pupil, and laced governor from France. Walker! our hat' nor more he deigned to say, But, stern as Ajax
Page 243 - I turn my ravish'd eyes, gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise, poetic fields encompass me around, and still I seem to tread on classic ground; for here the Muse so oft her harp has strung, that not a mountain rears its head unsung, renown'd in verse each shady thicket grows, and every stream in heavenly numbers flows.
Page 289 - 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 301 - To lands of singing, or of dancing slaves, Love-whispering woods, and lute-resounding waves. But chief her shrine where naked Venus keeps, And Cupids ride the lion of the deeps; Where, eased of fleets, the Adriatic main Wafts the smooth eunuch and enamour'd swain.
Page 12 - A perfect judge will read each work of wit With the same spirit that its author writ ; Survey the whole, nor seek slight faults to find Where nature moves, and rapture warms the mind ; Nor lose, for that malignant dull delight, The generous pleasure to be charm'd with wit.
Page 291 - While towering o'er your alphabet, like Saul, Stands our Digamma, and o'ertops them all. Tis true, on words is still our whole debate, Disputes of me or te, of aut or at, To sound or sink in cano, O or A, Or give up Cicero to C or K.
Page 269 - When lo! a Harlot form soft sliding by, With mincing step, small voice, and languid eye: Foreign her air, her robe's discordant pride In patch-work flutt'ring, and her head aside: By singing Peers up-held on either hand, She tripp'd and laugh'd, too pretty much to stand: Cast on the prostrate Nine a scornful look, Then thus in quaint Recitative spoke. "O Cora! Cara! silence all that train: Joy to great Chaos! let Division reign...