The Works of Alexander Pope: Miscellaneous pieces in verse and proseJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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Sivu 92
... least thing beneath the dignity of a Philofopher . Accordingly he had a foul that would not let him accept of any offers of Charity , at the fame time that his body feem'd but too much to require it . His lodging was in a fmall chamber ...
... least thing beneath the dignity of a Philofopher . Accordingly he had a foul that would not let him accept of any offers of Charity , at the fame time that his body feem'd but too much to require it . His lodging was in a fmall chamber ...
Sivu 103
... least have fome to his natural Facul- " ties . Behold with what agility he spreadeth his " Toes , and moveth them with as great variety as " his Fingers ! a power , which in the fmall circle " of a year may be totally abolished , by the ...
... least have fome to his natural Facul- " ties . Behold with what agility he spreadeth his " Toes , and moveth them with as great variety as " his Fingers ! a power , which in the fmall circle " of a year may be totally abolished , by the ...
Sivu 104
... least make the Tour of the " whole Syftem of the Sun. Let other Mortals 66 pore upon Maps , and fwallow the legends of ly- " ing travellers ; the fon of Cornelius fhall make " his own Legs his Compaffes ; with thofe he " fhall measure ...
... least make the Tour of the " whole Syftem of the Sun. Let other Mortals 66 pore upon Maps , and fwallow the legends of ly- " ing travellers ; the fon of Cornelius fhall make " his own Legs his Compaffes ; with thofe he " fhall measure ...
Sivu 120
... least the art , to divert Corne- lius from many extravagancies . It was well he came fpeedily , or Martin could not have boasted the entire Quota of his Vifcera . " What does it fignify ( quoth Albertus ) whether my Nephew " excells in ...
... least the art , to divert Corne- lius from many extravagancies . It was well he came fpeedily , or Martin could not have boasted the entire Quota of his Vifcera . " What does it fignify ( quoth Albertus ) whether my Nephew " excells in ...
Sivu 127
... way of fpeaking " in English , when they fay fuch an one is not himself , or is befides himself . " Locke's Effay on Hum . Underft . B. ii , c . 27 . & C his his natural death was not capable of the least parish- MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS . 127.
... way of fpeaking " in English , when they fay fuch an one is not himself , or is befides himself . " Locke's Effay on Hum . Underft . B. ii , c . 27 . & C his his natural death was not capable of the least parish- MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS . 127.
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Sivu 290 - Homer makes us hearers, and Virgil leaves us readers. If in the next place we take a view of the sentiments, the same presiding faculty is eminent in the sublimity and spirit of his thoughts. Longinus has given his opinion, that it was in this part Homer principally excelled.
Sivu 81 - Content with science in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life ; and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear ; From Nature's temperate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had liv'd, and that he died.
Sivu 196 - Ye gods, annihilate but space and time, And make two lovers happy!
Sivu 280 - I know an eminent cook, who beautified his country seat with a coronation dinner in greens ; where you see the champion flourishing on horseback at one end of the table, and the queen in perpetual youth at the other.
Sivu 309 - ... to consider him attentively in comparison with Virgil above all the ancients, and with Milton above all the moderns.
Sivu 284 - 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 327 - Prose from verse they did not know, and they accordingly printed one for the other throughout the volume.
Sivu 288 - Every one has something so singularly his own, that no painter could have distinguished them more by their features, than the poet has by their manners.
Sivu 289 - Idomeneus a plain, direct soldier ; in Sarpedon, a gallant and generous one. Nor is this judicious and...
Sivu 331 - 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...