The works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements; together with all his notes: pr. verbatim from the octavo ed. of mr. Warburton, Volume 41754 |
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Pagina 4
... father's foul to cross , Who pens a Stanza , when he should engross ? Is there , who , lock'd from ink and paper , fcrawls With defp'rate charcoal round his darken'd walls ? 20 All fly to TwIT'NAM , and in humble strain Apply to me , to ...
... father's foul to cross , Who pens a Stanza , when he should engross ? Is there , who , lock'd from ink and paper , fcrawls With defp'rate charcoal round his darken'd walls ? 20 All fly to TwIT'NAM , and in humble strain Apply to me , to ...
Pagina 9
... father was crooked ? His Mother was much afflicted with head - achs . VER . 118. Sir , you have an Eye ] It is remarkable that amongst these compliments on his infirmities and deformities , he mentions his eye , which was fine , sharp ...
... father was crooked ? His Mother was much afflicted with head - achs . VER . 118. Sir , you have an Eye ] It is remarkable that amongst these compliments on his infirmities and deformities , he mentions his eye , which was fine , sharp ...
Pagina 10
... father disobey'd . 130 The Mufe but ferv'd to eafe fome friend , not Wife , To help me thro ' this long difeafe , my Life , To fecond , ARBUTHNOT ! thy Art and Care , And teach , the Being you preferv'd , to bear . 140 But why then ...
... father disobey'd . 130 The Mufe but ferv'd to eafe fome friend , not Wife , To help me thro ' this long difeafe , my Life , To fecond , ARBUTHNOT ! thy Art and Care , And teach , the Being you preferv'd , to bear . 140 But why then ...
Pagina 23
... father , dead ; The whifper , that to greatness ftill too near , Perhaps , yet vibrates on his Sov'REIGN's ear- Welcome for thee , fair Virtue ! all the paft : For thee , fair Virtue ! welcome ev'n the last ! • 355 A. But why infult the ...
... father , dead ; The whifper , that to greatness ftill too near , Perhaps , yet vibrates on his Sov'REIGN's ear- Welcome for thee , fair Virtue ! all the paft : For thee , fair Virtue ! welcome ev'n the last ! • 355 A. But why infult the ...
Pagina 25
... father , mother , & c . ] In fome of Curl's and other pamphlets , Mr. Pope's father was faid to be a Mechanic , a Hatter , a Farmer , nay a Bankrupt . Eut , what is stranger , a No- bleman ( if fuch a reflection could be thought to come ...
... father , mother , & c . ] In fome of Curl's and other pamphlets , Mr. Pope's father was faid to be a Mechanic , a Hatter , a Farmer , nay a Bankrupt . Eut , what is stranger , a No- bleman ( if fuch a reflection could be thought to come ...
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Pagina 49 - Hear this, and tremble! you, who 'scape the Laws. Yes, while I live, no rich or noble knave ^/ Shall walk the World, in credit, to his grave.
Pagina 27 - 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!
Pagina 12 - Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Pagina 14 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Pagina 4 - 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.
Pagina 13 - 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...
Pagina 167 - Bright through the rubbish of some hundred years ; Command old words, that long have slept, to wake, Words that wise Bacon or...
Pagina 6 - A virgin tragedy, an orphan muse.' If I dislike it, 'Furies, death and rage!' If I approve, 'Commend it to the stage.
Pagina 20 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence...
Pagina 41 - My head and heart thus flowing thro' my quill, Verse-man or prose-man, term me which you will, Papist or Protestant, or both between, Like good Erasmus in an honest mean, In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory.