An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ...W.J. and J. Richardson, 1806 |
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... contain , because his prose is the most numerous and sweet , the most mellow and generous , of any our lan- guage ... contains a censure of Cowley . " Chaucer is a perpetual fountain of good sense ; learned in all sciences ; and ...
... contain , because his prose is the most numerous and sweet , the most mellow and generous , of any our lan- guage ... contains a censure of Cowley . " Chaucer is a perpetual fountain of good sense ; learned in all sciences ; and ...
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... contained , Valerius whole ; and of Saint Jerome part ; Chrysippus , and Tertullian , Ovid's Art , Solomon's Proverbs , Eloisa's Loves ; With many more than sure the church approves . * POPE has omitted a stroke of humour ; for in the ...
... contained , Valerius whole ; and of Saint Jerome part ; Chrysippus , and Tertullian , Ovid's Art , Solomon's Proverbs , Eloisa's Loves ; With many more than sure the church approves . * POPE has omitted a stroke of humour ; for in the ...
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... contain , the works of Ovid ought not to be so diligently read . The puerili- ties and affectations with which they abound , are too well known to be here insisted on . I chuse rather to account for Ovid's falling into so blame- able a ...
... contain , the works of Ovid ought not to be so diligently read . The puerili- ties and affectations with which they abound , are too well known to be here insisted on . I chuse rather to account for Ovid's falling into so blame- able a ...
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... contain three allusions , delicate indeed , but some may deem them to be too far - fetched , too much crouded , and not obvious to the Lady to whom they were addressed , on her singing a song of his compos- ing : Chloris , yourself you ...
... contain three allusions , delicate indeed , but some may deem them to be too far - fetched , too much crouded , and not obvious to the Lady to whom they were addressed , on her singing a song of his compos- ing : Chloris , yourself you ...
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... contain a heavy anticlimax : Grac❜d , as thou art , with all the power of words , Known to the Courts , the Commons , and the Lords . The unexpected flatness and familiarity of the last line , was thus ridiculed by Mr. Browne , with ...
... contain a heavy anticlimax : Grac❜d , as thou art , with all the power of words , Known to the Courts , the Commons , and the Lords . The unexpected flatness and familiarity of the last line , was thus ridiculed by Mr. Browne , with ...
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Página 52 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Página 226 - Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer...
Página 75 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of Truth, in endless Error hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Página 57 - AWAKE, my St John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of Man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan ; A wild, where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot ; Or garden, tempting with forbidden fruit.
Página 109 - Touch their immortal harps of golden wires, With those just spirits that wear victorious palms, Hymns devout and holy psalms Singing everlastingly ; That we on earth with undiscording voice May rightly answer that melodious noise ; As once we did, till disproportion'd sin Jarr'd against nature's chime, and with harsh din Broke the fair music that all creatures made To their great Lord, whose love their motion sway'J In perfect diapason, whilst they stood In first obedience, and their state of good.
Página 239 - As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks, Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad...
Página 226 - Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh, if such a man there be ! Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ! What, though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals ? Or smoking forth, a hundred hawkers...
Página 70 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads undivided, operates unspent! Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart...
Página 62 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire ; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Página 92 - Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat? Loves of his own and raptures swell the note.