The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Nide 6J. and P. Knapton [and others], 1751 |
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Sivu 112
... Martin's life paffed away in fquabbles of this nature . Mrs. Scriblerus confider- ed it was now time to inftruct him in the funda- mentals of Religion , and to that end took no small pains in teaching him his Catechifm . But Cornelius ...
... Martin's life paffed away in fquabbles of this nature . Mrs. Scriblerus confider- ed it was now time to inftruct him in the funda- mentals of Religion , and to that end took no small pains in teaching him his Catechifm . But Cornelius ...
Sivu 114
... Martin . " Play was invented by the Lydians as a remedy " against Hunger . Sophocles fays of Palamedes , " that he invented Dice to ferve fometimes instead ❝ of a dinner . It is therefore wifely contrived by * So Montaigne fays of his ...
... Martin . " Play was invented by the Lydians as a remedy " against Hunger . Sophocles fays of Palamedes , " that he invented Dice to ferve fometimes instead ❝ of a dinner . It is therefore wifely contrived by * So Montaigne fays of his ...
Sivu 115
... Martin as yet to fcourge a " Top , till I am better informed whether the Tro- " chus which was recommended by Cato be really • our prefent Top , or rather the Hoop which the " boys drive with a ftick . Neither Cross and Pile , nor Ducks ...
... Martin as yet to fcourge a " Top , till I am better informed whether the Tro- " chus which was recommended by Cato be really • our prefent Top , or rather the Hoop which the " boys drive with a ftick . Neither Cross and Pile , nor Ducks ...
Sivu 116
... Martin may ufe either of them indifferently , they " being equally antique . Building of Houfes , and Riding upon Sticks " have been used by children in all ages , Edificare " cafas , equitare in arundine longa . Yet I much " doubt ...
... Martin may ufe either of them indifferently , they " being equally antique . Building of Houfes , and Riding upon Sticks " have been used by children in all ages , Edificare " cafas , equitare in arundine longa . Yet I much " doubt ...
Sivu 117
Alexander Pope. " In a word , let my fon Martin disport himself " at any Game truly Antique , except one , which " was invented by a people among the Thracians , " who hung up one of their Companions in a 86 Rope , and gave him a Knife ...
Alexander Pope. " In a word , let my fon Martin disport himself " at any Game truly Antique , except one , which " was invented by a people among the Thracians , " who hung up one of their Companions in a 86 Rope , and gave him a Knife ...
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againſt alfo almoſt alſo ancient animals Bathos beauty becauſe caft cafus caufe cauſe compofed confideration confift Crambe Criticks defcribed defcriptions defign defire diftinguiſhed diſcover Eclogues Engliſh expreffed expreffion faid fame feems feveral fhall fhoes fhort fhould fimplicity fince fingle firft firſt fome fomething fometimes fpeak fpeeches fpirit ftill ftyle fubject fuch greateſt hath Hero himſelf Homer honour Horfes Horſes Iliad inftance itſelf juft juftice juſt laft learning leaſt lefs mafter manner meaſure moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature never obferved occafion paffages paffion pafs Paftoral particular perfon pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem Poet Poet Laureate poetry praiſe prefent preferve publick publiſhed Pyed quam racter reafon reft rife ſeems Shakeſpear ſhall ſpeak thefe themſelves Theocritus theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought thro tion tranflation unto uſed verfe verſes Virgil whofe whole whoſe words writer
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Sivu 325 - ... to consider him attentively in comparison with Virgil above all the ancients, and with Milton above all the moderns.
Sivu 313 - Who can be so prejudiced in their favour as to magnify the felicity of those ages, when a spirit of revenge and cruelty, joined with the practice of rapine and robbery, reigned through the world ; when no mercy was...
Sivu 303 - How fertile will that imagination appear which was able to clothe all the properties of elements, the qualifications of the mind, the virtues and vices, in forms and persons, and to introduce them into actions agreeable to the nature of the things they shadowed?
Sivu 278 - I CANNOT think it extravagant to imagine that mankind are no less in proportion accountable for the ill use of their dominion over creatures of the lower rank of beings than for the exercise of tyranny over their own species.
Sivu 331 - ... something between penetration and felicity, he hits upon that particular point on which the bent of each argument turns, or the force of each motive depends.
Sivu 334 - ... upon the judgments of that body of men whereof he was a member. They have ever had a standard to themselves, upon other principles than those of Aristotle.
Sivu 310 - ... of a trumpet. They roll along as a plentiful river, always in motion, and always full ; while we are borne away by a tide of...
Sivu 289 - Nay, to that perfection is he arrived, that he stoops as he walks. The figure of the man is odd enough; he is a lively little creature, with long arms and legs : a spider is no ill emblem of him : he has been taken at a distance for a small windmill.
Sivu 300 - 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 45 - ... 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.