The Rape of the Lock: And Other PoemsGinn, 1906 - 157 sivua |
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Sivu xx
... expression . In his hands the heroic couplet sings , and laughs , and chats , and thunders . He has turned from the ignoble warfare with the dunces to satirize courtly frivolity and wicked- ness in high places . And most important of ...
... expression . In his hands the heroic couplet sings , and laughs , and chats , and thunders . He has turned from the ignoble warfare with the dunces to satirize courtly frivolity and wicked- ness in high places . And most important of ...
Sivu xxvii
... expression . And in so doing they restored poetry which had become the diversion of the few to the possession of the many . Pope , for example , is preeminently the poet of his time . He dealt with topics that were of general interest ...
... expression . And in so doing they restored poetry which had become the diversion of the few to the possession of the many . Pope , for example , is preeminently the poet of his time . He dealt with topics that were of general interest ...
Sivu 40
... expression , like th ' unchanging Sun , Clears and improves whate'er it shines upon , It gilds all objects , but it alters none . Expression is the dress of thought , and still Appears more decent , as more suitable ; A vile conceit in ...
... expression , like th ' unchanging Sun , Clears and improves whate'er it shines upon , It gilds all objects , but it alters none . Expression is the dress of thought , and still Appears more decent , as more suitable ; A vile conceit in ...
Sivu 54
... expression ) come home to Men's Business and Bosoms , I thought it more satisfactory to begin with considering Man in the abstract , his Nature and his State ; since , to prove any moral duty , to enforce any moral precept , or to ...
... expression ) come home to Men's Business and Bosoms , I thought it more satisfactory to begin with considering Man in the abstract , his Nature and his State ; since , to prove any moral duty , to enforce any moral precept , or to ...
Sivu 102
... expression the Essay on Criticism might have been written by almost any man of letters in Queen Anne's day who took the trouble to think a little about the laws of literature , and who thought about those laws strictly in accord- ance ...
... expression the Essay on Criticism might have been written by almost any man of letters in Queen Anne's day who took the trouble to think a little about the laws of literature , and who thought about those laws strictly in accord- ance ...
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abuse Addison admirable Æneid Alexander Pope ancient appeared Atalantis baron Bavius Beau beauty Belinda Bolingbroke called CANTO Dæmons Dryden dull Dunciad e'er enemies English Epistle Essay on Criticism ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame fate faults fools genius glitt'ring Gnome grace hack writers hair hand head heart Heav'n Hervey Homer honour Horace Iliad judgment Kings Lady Mary learning letters literature living Lock Lord Lord Hervey maid man's merit mind mock-heroic moral Muse nature never nymph o'er ombre once open vowels Paradise Lost passage passions pleas'd poem poet poet's poetry Pope Pope's day portrait pow'rs praise pride Queen Anne's day rage Rape Rosicrucian rules satire sense shining Sir Plume soul spirit spleen Swift Sylphs taste Thalestris things thou thought thro translation true trumps Twickenham Umbriel verse virgin wretched write
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Sivu 56 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Sivu 38 - And value books, as women men, for dress: Their praise is still, — The style is excellent; The sense, they humbly take upon content. Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.
Sivu 57 - 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...
Sivu 62 - That changed through all, and yet in all the same. 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...
Sivu 10 - 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.
Sivu 70 - Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, 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...
Sivu 150 - She said; then raging to Sir Plume repairs, And bids her beau demand the precious hairs : (Sir Plume of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane...
Sivu 35 - Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is Pride, the never-failing vice of. fools.
Sivu 43 - Some bright idea of the master's mind, Where a new world leaps out at his command, And ready Nature waits upon his hand; When the ripe colours soften and unite, And sweetly melt into just shade and light; When mellowing years their full perfection give, And each bold figure just begins to live, The treacherous colours the fair art betray, And all the bright creation fades away!
Sivu 17 - The little engine on his fingers' ends ; This just behind Belinda's neck he spread, As o'er the fragrant steams she bends her head.