The works of Alexander Pope. With a selection of explanatory notes, and the account of his life by dr. Johnson, 第 1 卷1812 |
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... afterwards published . He must have been at this time , if he had no help , a consider- able proficient in the Latin tongue . By Dryden's Fables , which had then been not long published , and were much in the hands of poetical readers ...
... afterwards published . He must have been at this time , if he had no help , a consider- able proficient in the Latin tongue . By Dryden's Fables , which had then been not long published , and were much in the hands of poetical readers ...
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... afterwards destroyed ; " Alcander , " the epick poem , was burnt by the persuasion of Atter- bury . The tragedy was founded on the legend of St. Genevieve . Of the comedy there is no account . Concerning his studies it is related , that ...
... afterwards destroyed ; " Alcander , " the epick poem , was burnt by the persuasion of Atter- bury . The tragedy was founded on the legend of St. Genevieve . Of the comedy there is no account . Concerning his studies it is related , that ...
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... afterwards . Cowley , Milton , and Pope , are distinguished among the English poets by the early exertion of their powers ; but the works of Cowley alone were published in his childhood , and therefore of him only can it be certain that ...
... afterwards . Cowley , Milton , and Pope , are distinguished among the English poets by the early exertion of their powers ; but the works of Cowley alone were published in his childhood , and therefore of him only can it be certain that ...
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... afterwards sold them to Curll , who inserted them in a volume of his miscellanies . Walsh , a name yet preserved among the minor poets , was one of his first encouragers . His regard was gained by the Pastorals , and from him Pope re ...
... afterwards sold them to Curll , who inserted them in a volume of his miscellanies . Walsh , a name yet preserved among the minor poets , was one of his first encouragers . His regard was gained by the Pastorals , and from him Pope re ...
第 xix 頁
... afterwards ; and , being praised by Addi- son in " The Spectator f " with sufficient liberality , met with so much favour as enraged Dennis , " who , " he says , “ found himself attacked , without any man- ner of provocation on his side ...
... afterwards ; and , being praised by Addi- son in " The Spectator f " with sufficient liberality , met with so much favour as enraged Dennis , " who , " he says , “ found himself attacked , without any man- ner of provocation on his side ...
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第 130 頁 - HAPPY the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter, fire.
第 xlv 頁 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head. Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies...
第 145 頁 - While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind : But more...
第 li 頁 - Then he instructed a young nobleman, that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope (a Papist), who had begun a translation of Homer into English verse, for which he must have them all subscribe. "For," says he, "the author shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for him.
第 cxii 頁 - Dryden knew more of man in his general nature, and Pope in his local manners. The notions of Dryden were formed by comprehensive speculation, and those of Pope by minute attention. There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden, and more certainty in that of Pope.
第 137 頁 - Ten Censure wrong for one who Writes amiss ; A Fool might once himself alone expose, Now One in Verse makes many more in Prose.
第 lxxxii 頁 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
第 145 頁 - A little learning is a dangerous thing ; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring : There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again.
第 130 頁 - Happy the man. whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound. Content to breathe his native air. In his own ground Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire. Whose trees in summer yield him shade. In winter fire. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years slide soft away, In health of body, peace of mind. Quiet by day. Sound sleep by night; study and ease. Together mixt: sweet recreation, And innocence, which most does please With meditation.
第 cxx 頁 - Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.