The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and proseJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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Alexander Pope. SONG , by a perfon of quality , 1733 On a certain LADY at Court 60 62 On his GROTTO at Twickenham , compofed of Mar- bles , Spars , Gems , Ores and Minerals To Mrs. B. on her birth - day 63 65 66 To Mr. THOMAS SOUTHERN ...
Alexander Pope. SONG , by a perfon of quality , 1733 On a certain LADY at Court 60 62 On his GROTTO at Twickenham , compofed of Mar- bles , Spars , Gems , Ores and Minerals To Mrs. B. on her birth - day 63 65 66 To Mr. THOMAS SOUTHERN ...
Sivu 57
... Lady twice a day ; Thought wond'rous honeft , tho ' of mean degree , And ftrangely lik'd for her Simplicity : In a tranflated Suit , then tries the Town , With borrow'd Pins , and Patches not her own : But juft endur'd the winter fhe ...
... Lady twice a day ; Thought wond'rous honeft , tho ' of mean degree , And ftrangely lik'd for her Simplicity : In a tranflated Suit , then tries the Town , With borrow'd Pins , and Patches not her own : But juft endur'd the winter fhe ...
Sivu 61
... With thy flow'ry Chaplets crown'd , VIII . Thus when Philomela drooping , Softly feeks her filent Mate , See the Bird of Juno stooping ; Melody refigns to Fate . On On a certain LADY at COURT . I Know the MISCEELANIES . 61.
... With thy flow'ry Chaplets crown'd , VIII . Thus when Philomela drooping , Softly feeks her filent Mate , See the Bird of Juno stooping ; Melody refigns to Fate . On On a certain LADY at COURT . I Know the MISCEELANIES . 61.
Sivu 62
Alexander Pope. On a certain LADY at COURT . I Know the thing that's moft uncommon ; ( Envy be filent , and attend ! ) I know a reasonable Woman , Handsome and witty , yet a Friend . Not warp'd by Paffion , aw'd by Rumour , Not grave ...
Alexander Pope. On a certain LADY at COURT . I Know the thing that's moft uncommon ; ( Envy be filent , and attend ! ) I know a reasonable Woman , Handsome and witty , yet a Friend . Not warp'd by Paffion , aw'd by Rumour , Not grave ...
Sivu 93
... Lady who " was marked with a Pomegranate upon the in- " fide of her right Thigh , which bloffom'd , and , as it were , feem'd to ripen in the due feafon . “ Forthwith was I poffeffed with an infatiable cu- " riofity to view this ...
... Lady who " was marked with a Pomegranate upon the in- " fide of her right Thigh , which bloffom'd , and , as it were , feem'd to ripen in the due feafon . “ Forthwith was I poffeffed with an infatiable cu- " riofity to view this ...
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Sivu 328 - We shall hereby extenuate many faults which are his, and clear him from the imputation of many which are not...
Sivu 299 - If a council be called, or a battle fought, you are not coldly informed of what was said or done as from a third person; the reader is hurried out of himself by the force of the poet's imagination, and turns in one place to a hearer, in another to a spectator.
Sivu 323 - However, had he translated the whole work, I would no more have attempted Homer after him than Virgil, his Version of whom (notwithstanding some human errors) is the most noble and spirited translation I know in any language.
Sivu 299 - If some things are too luxuriant it is owing to the richness of the soil; and if others are not arrived to perfection or maturity, it is only because they are overrun and oppressed by those of a stronger nature.
Sivu 44 - ... twixt reading and Bohea, To muse, and spill her solitary Tea, Or o'er cold coffee trifle with the spoon, Count the slow clock, and dine exact at noon; Divert her eyes with pictures in the fire, Hum half a tune, tell stories to the squire; Up to her godly garret after sev'n, There starve and pray, for that's the way to heav'n.
Sivu 307 - Aristotle had reason to say, he was the only poet who had found out living words ; there are in him more daring figures and metaphors than in any good author whatever. An arrow is impatient to be on the wing, a weapon thirsts to drink the blood of an enemy, and the like.
Sivu 346 - I will conclude by saying of Shakespear, that with all his faults, and with all the irregularity of his drama, one may look upon his works, in comparison of those that are more...
Sivu 339 - ... till after his death. The whole number of genuine plays, which we have been able to find printed in his lifetime, amounts but to eleven.
Sivu 12 - And that they ne'er consider'd yet. ' Good Mr. Dean, go change your gown, Let my lord know you're come to town.
Sivu 293 - ... masters, being wholly unconfined, and painting at pleasure, may be thought to have given a full idea of what they esteemed most excellent in this way. These (one may observe) consist entirely of the useful part of horticulture, fruit-trees, herbs, water, &c.