The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Compiled from Original Manuscripts; with a Critical Essay on His Writings and GeniusC. Bathurst, H. Woodfall, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, W. Johnston, B. White, T. Caslon, T. Longman, B. Law, Johnson and Payne, S. Bladon, T. Cadell, and the executors of A. Millar., 1769 - 578 pagina's |
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Pagina 10
... POPE'S father was faid to be a mechanic , a hatter , a farmer , nay a bankrupt ; but what is ftrange , a nobleman ( if fuch a reflection could be thought to come from a nobleman ) had dropt an allufion to that pitiful untruth , in a ...
... POPE'S father was faid to be a mechanic , a hatter , a farmer , nay a bankrupt ; but what is ftrange , a nobleman ( if fuch a reflection could be thought to come from a nobleman ) had dropt an allufion to that pitiful untruth , in a ...
Pagina 15
... POPE'S paffion for poetry was fo ftrong , that he often declared he began to write verfes earlier in life than he could call to memory ; and he fays , in his Epifle to Dr. Arbuthnot : " I lifp'd in numbers , for the numbers came ...
... POPE'S paffion for poetry was fo ftrong , that he often declared he began to write verfes earlier in life than he could call to memory ; and he fays , in his Epifle to Dr. Arbuthnot : " I lifp'd in numbers , for the numbers came ...
Pagina 19
... POPE's difcernment , however , was too acute not to perceive the defects of fuch irregu- lar and defultory habits of ftudy . For though a retentive memory and correct judgment en- abled him to remedy many of thofe defects , they at the ...
... POPE's difcernment , however , was too acute not to perceive the defects of fuch irregu- lar and defultory habits of ftudy . For though a retentive memory and correct judgment en- abled him to remedy many of thofe defects , they at the ...
Pagina 22
... POPE did juftice to his memory , by the epitaph now extant among his works . This retirement in the foreft , could ... POPE's genius was confined , and that he was not mafter of a crea- tive and glowing imagination , the Acer fpiritus ...
... POPE did juftice to his memory , by the epitaph now extant among his works . This retirement in the foreft , could ... POPE's genius was confined , and that he was not mafter of a crea- tive and glowing imagination , the Acer fpiritus ...
Pagina 28
... POPE's next poetical effay , after this epic piece of Alcander , was his Paftorals , which he wrote at the age of fixteen : and he used to fay pleafantly , that herein he literally followed the paffage in Virgil , where he fays , " Cum ...
... POPE's next poetical effay , after this epic piece of Alcander , was his Paftorals , which he wrote at the age of fixteen : and he used to fay pleafantly , that herein he literally followed the paffage in Virgil , where he fays , " Cum ...
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Pagina 256 - Know then this truth (enough for man to know) 'Virtue alone is happiness below.
Pagina 192 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Pagina 123 - In some lone isle, or distant northern land; Where the gilt chariot never marks the way, Where none learn ombre, none e'er taste bohea!
Pagina 265 - Let not this weak unknowing hand Presume Thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land, On each I judge Thy foe. If I am right, Thy grace impart Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, oh, teach my heart To find that better way...
Pagina 299 - Consult the Genius of the Place in all; That tells the Waters or to rise, or fall; Or helps th...
Pagina 152 - Oh! happy state! when souls each other draw, When love is liberty, and nature law...
Pagina 192 - 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...
Pagina 299 - Or helps th' ambitious Hill the heav'ns to scale, Or scoops in circling theatres the Vale; Calls in the Country, catches op'ning glades, Joins willing Woods, and varies shades from shades; Now breaks, or now directs, th' intending Lines; Paints as you plant, and, as you work, designs.
Pagina 355 - 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 264 - What conscience dictates to be done. Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than Hell to shun, That more than Heaven pursue.