The Works of the English Poets: PopeH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... First on the Sons of Greece fhe prov'd her art , And Sparta felt the fierce Iambic dart . To Latium next , avenging Satire flew : The flaming falchion rough Lucilius drew ; With dauntless warmth in Virtue's cause engag'd , And confcious ...
... First on the Sons of Greece fhe prov'd her art , And Sparta felt the fierce Iambic dart . To Latium next , avenging Satire flew : The flaming falchion rough Lucilius drew ; With dauntless warmth in Virtue's cause engag'd , And confcious ...
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... first to know what condition and relation it is placed in , and what is the proper end and purpose of its being . The fcience of Human Nature is , like all other sci- ences , reduced to a few clear points : There are not many certain ...
... first to know what condition and relation it is placed in , and what is the proper end and purpose of its being . The fcience of Human Nature is , like all other sci- ences , reduced to a few clear points : There are not many certain ...
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... first , and are more easily retained by him afterwards : The other may seem odd , but it is true ; I found I could express them more shortly this way than in prose itself ; and nothing is more certain , than that much of the force as ...
... first , and are more easily retained by him afterwards : The other may seem odd , but it is true ; I found I could express them more shortly this way than in prose itself ; and nothing is more certain , than that much of the force as ...
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... First , if thou canft , the harder reafon guess , Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no lefs ? Ask of thy mother earth , why oaks are made Taller or stronger than the weeds they shade ; Or ask of yonder argent fields above , Why ...
... First , if thou canft , the harder reafon guess , Why form'd no weaker , blinder , and no lefs ? Ask of thy mother earth , why oaks are made Taller or stronger than the weeds they shade ; Or ask of yonder argent fields above , Why ...
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... first Edition . If to be perfect in a certain fphere , What matter , foon or late , or here , or there ? The bleft to - day is as completely fo , As who began ten thousand years ago . From brutes what men , from men what spirits know EP ...
... first Edition . If to be perfect in a certain fphere , What matter , foon or late , or here , or there ? The bleft to - day is as completely fo , As who began ten thousand years ago . From brutes what men , from men what spirits know EP ...
Términos y frases comunes
aetas againſt Aſk atque Balaam beſt Biſhop bleffing bleft bluſh breaſt Cæfar cauſe charms Court Dæmon eafe eaſe EPISTLE ev'n eyes fame fate fave fhall fhould fibi fince fing firſt foft Folly fome fool foul ftill ftrong fuch fure grace Happineſs heart Heaven himſelf honeft honour Houſe juft juſt King Knave laft laſt learn'd lefs leſs loft Lord lov'd ludicra mankind moſt Mufe muft Muſe muſt Nature ne'er numbers nunc o'er Paffion paſs paſt pleas'd pleaſe Pleaſure Poet praiſe pride purſue quae quid quod Reaſon reft reſt rife riſe Sappho Satire ſay ſcarce ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhine ſmile ſome ſpread ſtate ſtill Taſte thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thouſand tibi truſt Truth Twas uſe VARIATION Verfe verſe Vice Virtue whofe whoſe wife worfe
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Página 41 - With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest; In doubt to deem himself a God or Beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and...
Página 29 - The latent tracts, the giddy heights explore Of all who blindly creep, or sightless soar; Eye Nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can; But vindicate the ways of God to man.
Página 39 - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees : Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Página 77 - Heroes are much the same, the point's agreed, From Macedonia's madman to the Swede ; The whole strange purpose of their lives, to find Or make an enemy of all mankind!
Página 50 - Fools ! who from hence into the notion fall, That vice or virtue there is none at all. If white and black blend, soften, and unite A thousand ways, is there no black or white?
Página 156 - Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Página 60 - Nor think, in Nature's state they blindly trod; The state of Nature was the reign of God: Self-love and social at her birth began, Union the bond of all things, and of man.
Página 64 - For nature knew no right divine in men ; No ill could fear in God, and understood A...
Página 69 - Parnassian laurels yield, Or reap'd in iron harvests of the field ? • Where grows ? — where grows it not? If vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the soil...
Página 56 - Who for thy table feeds the wanton fawn, For him as kindly spread the flow'ry lawn : Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings.