The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and proseJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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Sivu 113
... Languages , and especially the Greek ; in which he conftantly eat and drank , according to Homer . But what moft ... language above the reft , he attained fo great a proficiency therein , that Gronovius ingenuously confeffes he P. P. ...
... Languages , and especially the Greek ; in which he conftantly eat and drank , according to Homer . But what moft ... language above the reft , he attained fo great a proficiency therein , that Gronovius ingenuously confeffes he P. P. ...
Sivu 114
... language , as the younger + Pliny had done before him . He learned the Oriental Languages of Erpenius , who refided fome time with his father for that pur- pose . He had fo early a Relish for the Eaftern way of writing , that even at ...
... language , as the younger + Pliny had done before him . He learned the Oriental Languages of Erpenius , who refided fome time with his father for that pur- pose . He had fo early a Relish for the Eaftern way of writing , that even at ...
Sivu 197
... language spoke , And part of Flanders hath receiv'd our Yoke . On a Warrior . + And thou Dalhoussy the great God of War , Lieutenant Colonel to the Earl of Mar. On the Valour of the English . ‡ Nor Art nor Nature has the force To ftop ...
... language spoke , And part of Flanders hath receiv'd our Yoke . On a Warrior . + And thou Dalhoussy the great God of War , Lieutenant Colonel to the Earl of Mar. On the Valour of the English . ‡ Nor Art nor Nature has the force To ftop ...
Sivu 270
... language is perfectly pure , and he often forgets he is among peasants . I have frequently wondered , that fince he was fo con- verfant in the writings of Ennius , he had not imi- tated the rufticity of the Doric as well by the help of ...
... language is perfectly pure , and he often forgets he is among peasants . I have frequently wondered , that fince he was fo con- verfant in the writings of Ennius , he had not imi- tated the rufticity of the Doric as well by the help of ...
Sivu 307
... language of the Gods to men . His ex- preffion is like the colouring of fome great mafters , which discovers itself to be laid on boldly , and exe- cuted with rapidity . It is indeed the strongest and moft glowing imaginable , and ...
... language of the Gods to men . His ex- preffion is like the colouring of fome great mafters , which discovers itself to be laid on boldly , and exe- cuted with rapidity . It is indeed the strongest and moft glowing imaginable , and ...
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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.