The Works of Alexander Popekesq., with Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others: To which Were Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks, Volumen6C. and J. Rivington, 1824 |
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... whole army of wits , ) all of them ex- hibit the most striking marks of accurate and extensive erudition , and a vigorous and acute understanding . He degraded himself much by his strange and absurd hypothesis of the faults which ...
... whole army of wits , ) all of them ex- hibit the most striking marks of accurate and extensive erudition , and a vigorous and acute understanding . He degraded himself much by his strange and absurd hypothesis of the faults which ...
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... whole of it was founded on some misapprehension in either Mr. Pope or the Earl ; and unless better proof can be given , we shall readily ac- quit Mr. Addison of this most odious part of the charge . " I beg leave to add , that as to the ...
... whole of it was founded on some misapprehension in either Mr. Pope or the Earl ; and unless better proof can be given , we shall readily ac- quit Mr. Addison of this most odious part of the charge . " I beg leave to add , that as to the ...
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... whole Castalian state . Proud as Apollo on his forked hill , Sate full - blown Bufo puff'd by every quill ; Fed with soft dedication all day long , Horace and he went hand in hand in song . NOTES . 230 Ver . 232. Bufo ] If Pope did not ...
... whole Castalian state . Proud as Apollo on his forked hill , Sate full - blown Bufo puff'd by every quill ; Fed with soft dedication all day long , Horace and he went hand in hand in song . NOTES . 230 Ver . 232. Bufo ] If Pope did not ...
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... whole week's war with sense , Or simple pride for flattery makes demands , May dunce by dunce be whistled off NOTES . 250 my hands ! rooted aversion to Dryden , mentioned above . Baucis and Phile- mon was so much and so often altered ...
... whole week's war with sense , Or simple pride for flattery makes demands , May dunce by dunce be whistled off NOTES . 250 my hands ! rooted aversion to Dryden , mentioned above . Baucis and Phile- mon was so much and so often altered ...
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... whole trust in that Lady whom I described to you , and whom you take to be an allegorical creature of fancy . And Gay thus expresses himself to Swift : " Mrs. Howard has declared herself very strongly , both to the king and queen , as ...
... whole trust in that Lady whom I described to you , and whom you take to be an allegorical creature of fancy . And Gay thus expresses himself to Swift : " Mrs. Howard has declared herself very strongly , both to the king and queen , as ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Addison admirable alludes atque Augustus Ben Jonson Bishop Boileau Bolingbroke Bowles called character corruption court Cùm Dialogue divine Donne Dryden Dunciad Earl Elijah Fenton Epistle father flatterers folly fool genius give grace heart honest honour Horace Houyhnhnm humour imitation king Lady laugh learned letter libels lines live Lord Lord Bathurst Lord Bolingbroke Lord Cornbury Lucilius malè manner mihi minister moral Muse nature ne'er never NOTES numbers nunc o'er original passage person Pindaric pleased poem poet poet's poetry Pope Pope's praise quæ Queen Quid quod racter rage rhyme ridicule Sappho satire says sense shew Sir Robert Walpole smile soul spirit style Swift tamen taste tell thee thing thou thought tibi tion translation truth Twickenham verse vice virtue virtue's Voltaire Warburton Warton Whig words writ write wrote
Pasajes populares
Página 177 - For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight; His can't be wrong whose life is in the right...
Página 82 - Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies. His wit all seesaw, between that and this, Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis.
Página 41 - A clerk, foredoom'd his father's soul to cross, Who pens a stanza, when he should engross?
Página 36 - 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!
Página 40 - tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land. What walls can guard me, or what shades can hide? They pierce my thickets, through my grot they glide, By land, by water, they renew the charge, They stop the chariot, and they board the barge.
Página 75 - Oh let me live my own, and die so too ! (To live and die is all I have to do:) Maintain a Poet's dignity and ease, And see what friends, and read what books I please : Above a Patron, tho...
Página 414 - ... male necne Lepos saltet; sed quod magis ad nos pertinet et nescire malum est agitamus: utrumne divitiis homines an sint virtute beati; quidve ad amicitias, usus rectumne, trahat nos; 75 et quae sit natura boni summumque quid eius.
Página 464 - So bright is thy beauty, so charming thy song, As had drawn both the beasts and their Orpheus along : But such is thy avarice, and such is thy pride, That the beasts must have starved, and the poet have died. THE BALANCE OF EUROPE. Now Europe balanced, neither side prevails ; For nothing's left in either of the scales.
Página 81 - Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt that stinks and stings...
Página 63 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike, Alike...