The works of Alexander Pope; with a memoir of the author, notes [&c.] by G. Croly, Volumen11835 |
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... the experiment was soon precluded by habitual weakness in his eyes : he however signalised his surviving love by his Epistle to a Painter . ' Pope had at length reached that desirable , perhaps that 1 MEMOIR OF POPЕ .
... the experiment was soon precluded by habitual weakness in his eyes : he however signalised his surviving love by his Epistle to a Painter . ' Pope had at length reached that desirable , perhaps that 1 MEMOIR OF POPЕ .
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... eyes . What are the gay parterre , the chequer'd shade , The morning bower , the evening colonnade , But soft recesses of uneasy minds , To sigh unheard in to the passing winds ? So the struck deer in some sequester'd part Lies down to ...
... eyes . What are the gay parterre , the chequer'd shade , The morning bower , the evening colonnade , But soft recesses of uneasy minds , To sigh unheard in to the passing winds ? So the struck deer in some sequester'd part Lies down to ...
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... eye more on the work and its author . In an age when poetry was but little read by the multitude , and books were almost the exclusive luxury of the great , there were no less than seven editions of the Dunciad ' in one year , 1728 ...
... eye more on the work and its author . In an age when poetry was but little read by the multitude , and books were almost the exclusive luxury of the great , there were no less than seven editions of the Dunciad ' in one year , 1728 ...
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... indeed , but sleepy , and am stupid enough . I love reading still better than conversation , but my eyes fail ; and at the hours when most people indulge in : company , I am tired , and find the labor MEMOIR OF POPE . lxxix.
... indeed , but sleepy , and am stupid enough . I love reading still better than conversation , but my eyes fail ; and at the hours when most people indulge in : company , I am tired , and find the labor MEMOIR OF POPE . lxxix.
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Alexander Pope George Croly. his countenance was striking from its intelligence , and his eye was remarkably fine . When dressed in his full suit of black , with sword and tie - wig , according to the fashion of his time , he had the air ...
Alexander Pope George Croly. his countenance was striking from its intelligence , and his eye was remarkably fine . When dressed in his full suit of black , with sword and tie - wig , according to the fashion of his time , he had the air ...
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acknowleged Addison Æneid ALEXANDER POPE alike Arbuthnot Ariel arts Belinda bless'd bliss Bolingbroke breast breath Catiline character chief Curll death divine Dunciad earth edition England Epistle equal Essay ev'n evil eyes fame fate father feel fix'd fool fortune friendship give gnomes grace hair Halifax happiness head heart Heaven heroes Homer honor hope human Iliad Irenæus John Searle king knowlege less letters live lock lord lord Bolingbroke lord Halifax man's mankind mind moral nature nature's never nymph o'er ourselves to know passage passion pleasure poem poet poetic poetry Pope Pope's praise pride published quarto Rape reason rise Roman Rosicrucian satire says self-love Shakspeare Sir Plume skies soul Spence spirit Swift sylphs taste temple Thalestris thee things thou translation true truth Twickenham Umbriel verses vice virtue Voltaire volume Warburton Warton whole wisdom wise
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Página 108 - Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of the British Queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes; At ev'ry word a reputation dies.
Página 19 - 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.
Página 18 - The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed today, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Página 56 - In faith and hope the world will disagree, But all mankind's concern is charity : All must be false that thwart this one great end, And all of God that bless mankind or mend. Man, like the generous vine, supported lives ; The strength he gains is from th
Página 50 - Go, from the creatures thy instructions take : Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield ; Learn from the beasts the physic of the field ; Thy arts of building from the bee receive; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave ; Learn of the little Nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.
Página 100 - And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box.
Página 69 - What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy, The soul's calm sunshine, and the heart-felt joy, Is virtue's prize: A better would you fix?
Página 70 - Honour and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honour lies. Fortune in men has some small difference made, One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade ; The cobbler apron'd, and the parson gown'd, The friar hooded, and the monarch crown'd. " What differ more (you cry) than crown and cowl !" I'll tell you, friend ! a wise man and a fool.
Página 102 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike.
Página 94 - The Rosicrucians are a people I must bring you acquainted with. The best account I know of them is in a French book, called Le Comte de Gabalis, which both in its title and size is so like a Novel, that many of the Fair Sex have read it for one by mistake.