The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and proseJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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Sivu 91
... taken for a de^ cay'd Gentleman of Spain. His stature was tab1,, his visage long, his complexion olive, his brows were black and even, his eyes hollow yet piercing, his nose inclin'd to aquiline, his beard neglected and mix'd with grey ...
... taken for a de^ cay'd Gentleman of Spain. His stature was tab1,, his visage long, his complexion olive, his brows were black and even, his eyes hollow yet piercing, his nose inclin'd to aquiline, his beard neglected and mix'd with grey ...
Sivu 91
... taken for a de- cay'd Gentleman of Spain . His ftature was tall , his vifage long , his complexion olive , his brows were black and even , his eyes hollow yet piercing , his nose inclin'd to aquiline , his beard neglected and mix'd with ...
... taken for a de- cay'd Gentleman of Spain . His ftature was tall , his vifage long , his complexion olive , his brows were black and even , his eyes hollow yet piercing , his nose inclin'd to aquiline , his beard neglected and mix'd with ...
Sivu 96
... taken of him before he was born , and what Prodigies attended his Birth . IN N the City of Munster in Germany , lived a grave and learned Gentleman , by Profeffion an Antiquary ; who , among all his invaluable Curio- fities , Memoirs ...
... taken of him before he was born , and what Prodigies attended his Birth . IN N the City of Munster in Germany , lived a grave and learned Gentleman , by Profeffion an Antiquary ; who , among all his invaluable Curio- fities , Memoirs ...
Sivu 99
... taken up on the one hand , how to employ his great Riches ; and on the other , how to educate his Child . He had already determined to set apart several annual Sums , for the recovery of Manuscripts , the effofion of Coins , the procur ...
... taken up on the one hand , how to employ his great Riches ; and on the other , how to educate his Child . He had already determined to set apart several annual Sums , for the recovery of Manuscripts , the effofion of Coins , the procur ...
Sivu 100
... taken literally from the Memoirs . But I muft be fo ingenuous as to own , that the Accounts are not fo certain of the exact time and place of his birth . As to the first , he had the common frailty of old men , to conceal his age : as ...
... taken literally from the Memoirs . But I muft be fo ingenuous as to own , that the Accounts are not fo certain of the exact time and place of his birth . As to the first , he had the common frailty of old men , to conceal his age : as ...
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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.