The works of Alexander Pope. With a selection of explanatory notes, and the account of his life by dr. Johnson, Volume 31812 |
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Pagina 4
... grace of arguments or instructions depends on their conciseness . I was unable to treat this part of my subject more in detail , without becom- ing dry and tedious ; or more poetically , without sa- crificing perspicuity to ornament ...
... grace of arguments or instructions depends on their conciseness . I was unable to treat this part of my subject more in detail , without becom- ing dry and tedious ; or more poetically , without sa- crificing perspicuity to ornament ...
Pagina 30
... teach these friends to fight , More studious to divide than to unite ; And grace and virtue , sense and reason split , With all the rash dexterity of wit . 80 Wits , EP . II . ESSAY ON MAN . Wits , 30 EP . II . ESSAY ON MAN .
... teach these friends to fight , More studious to divide than to unite ; And grace and virtue , sense and reason split , With all the rash dexterity of wit . 80 Wits , EP . II . ESSAY ON MAN . Wits , 30 EP . II . ESSAY ON MAN .
Pagina 70
... grace Lord Umbra , or Sir Billy . Is yellow dirt the passion of thy life ? Look but on Gripus , or on Gripus ' wife . 280 If parts allure thee , think how Bacon shin'd , The wisest , brightest , meanest of mankind : Or ravish'd with the ...
... grace Lord Umbra , or Sir Billy . Is yellow dirt the passion of thy life ? Look but on Gripus , or on Gripus ' wife . 280 If parts allure thee , think how Bacon shin'd , The wisest , brightest , meanest of mankind : Or ravish'd with the ...
Pagina 80
... grace impart , Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong , oh teach my heart To find that better way ! Save me alike from foolish pride , Or impious discontent , At aught thy wisdom has deny'd , Or aught thy goodness lent . Teach me to ...
... grace impart , Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong , oh teach my heart To find that better way ! Save me alike from foolish pride , Or impious discontent , At aught thy wisdom has deny'd , Or aught thy goodness lent . Teach me to ...
Pagina 98
... grace 230 Has made the father of a nameless race , Shov'd VER . 213. When Casar made ] This was Servilia , the sister of Cato , and the mother of Brutus . VER . 231. Lanesb'row ] An ancient nobleman , who continued this practice long ...
... grace 230 Has made the father of a nameless race , Shov'd VER . 213. When Casar made ] This was Servilia , the sister of Cato , and the mother of Brutus . VER . 231. Lanesb'row ] An ancient nobleman , who continued this practice long ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 13 - AWAKE, my St John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die...
Pagina 18 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Pagina 18 - Pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be Angels, Men rebel: And who but wishes to invert the laws Of Order, sins against th
Pagina 16 - Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of Fate, All but the page prescrib'd, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know : Or who could suffer Being here below? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy Reason, would he skip and play? Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flow'ry food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.
Pagina 17 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutored mind Sees GOD in clouds, or hears Him in the wind ; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
Pagina 244 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.
Pagina 131 - Or in proud falls magnificently lost, But clear and artless, pouring through the plain Health to the sick, and solace to the swain. Whose causeway parts the vale with shady rows? Whose seats the weary traveller repose ? Who taught that heaven-directed spire to rise ?
Pagina 24 - Great in the earth as in the ethereal frame, Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees : Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Pagina 164 - twas when he knew no better. Dare you refuse him? Curll invites to dine, He'll write a. Journal, or he'll turn divine.' Bless me ! a packet - ' 'Tis a stranger sues, A Virgin Tragedy, an Orphan Muse.' If I dislike it, 'Furies, death and rage!' If I approve, 'Commend it to the stage.
Pagina 67 - Honour and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honour lies.