The works of Alexander Pope; with a memoir of the author, notes [&c.] by G. Croly, Volumen11835 |
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... , but it was poisoned ; first falling into alienation , it was at length imbittered into hostility . Soon after this period , Pope gave the first dis- play of his powers in a department of poetry , xxvi MEMOIR OF POPE .
... , but it was poisoned ; first falling into alienation , it was at length imbittered into hostility . Soon after this period , Pope gave the first dis- play of his powers in a department of poetry , xxvi MEMOIR OF POPE .
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... falling into subsequent distress , sold the letters to Curll , who , ready to take advantage of any source of profit however disreputable , instantly published them in 1727 . Pope indignantly wrote to Cromwell , demanding by whose ...
... falling into subsequent distress , sold the letters to Curll , who , ready to take advantage of any source of profit however disreputable , instantly published them in 1727 . Pope indignantly wrote to Cromwell , demanding by whose ...
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... Fall alone accounts for the vast infusion of actual evil in the constitution of man and nature : the history of the redemp- tion alone accounts for that perpetual and wonder - working care , by which the course of evil is insensibly ...
... Fall alone accounts for the vast infusion of actual evil in the constitution of man and nature : the history of the redemp- tion alone accounts for that perpetual and wonder - working care , by which the course of evil is insensibly ...
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... fall ; Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd ; 85 And now a bubble burst , and now a world . 90 Hope humbly then ; with trembling pinions soar ; Wait the great teacher Death , and God adore : What future bliss , he gives not thee to know ...
... fall ; Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd ; 85 And now a bubble burst , and now a world . 90 Hope humbly then ; with trembling pinions soar ; Wait the great teacher Death , and God adore : What future bliss , he gives not thee to know ...
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... fall . Let earth unbalanced from her orbit fly , Planets and stars run lawless through the sky ; Let ruling angels from their spheres be hurl'd , Being on being wreck'd , and world on world ; Heaven's whole foundations to their centre ...
... fall . Let earth unbalanced from her orbit fly , Planets and stars run lawless through the sky ; Let ruling angels from their spheres be hurl'd , Being on being wreck'd , and world on world ; Heaven's whole foundations to their centre ...
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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.