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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... true I have some doubt ; for at Paris , a few years ago , a niece of Mrs. Fermor , who presided in an English convent , mentioned Pope's work with very little gratitude , rather as an insult than an honour ; and she may be supposed to ...
... true I have some doubt ; for at Paris , a few years ago , a niece of Mrs. Fermor , who presided in an English convent , mentioned Pope's work with very little gratitude , rather as an insult than an honour ; and she may be supposed to ...
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... true , Pope made his complaint with frankness and spirit , as a man undeservedly ne- glected or opposed ; and Addison affected a contemp- tuous unconcern , and , in a calm even voice , reproach- ed Pope with his vanity , and , telling ...
... true , Pope made his complaint with frankness and spirit , as a man undeservedly ne- glected or opposed ; and Addison affected a contemp- tuous unconcern , and , in a calm even voice , reproach- ed Pope with his vanity , and , telling ...
第 lvi 頁
... true b . a The late Mr. Graves of Claverton informs us , that this Bible was afterwards used in the chapel of Prior Park . Dr. Warburton probably presented it to Mr. Allen . It is now in the possession of Lady Hawarden . C. It is now ...
... true b . a The late Mr. Graves of Claverton informs us , that this Bible was afterwards used in the chapel of Prior Park . Dr. Warburton probably presented it to Mr. Allen . It is now in the possession of Lady Hawarden . C. It is now ...
第 lxi 頁
... true observation , that no people 46 are so impatient of censure as those who are the " greatest slanderers , which was wonderfully exem- " plified on this occasion . On the day the book was " first vended , a crowd of authors besieged ...
... true observation , that no people 46 are so impatient of censure as those who are the " greatest slanderers , which was wonderfully exem- " plified on this occasion . On the day the book was " first vended , a crowd of authors besieged ...
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... true one , to distinguish " it , fixed in his stead an ass laden with authors . " Then another surreptitious one being printed with “ the same ass , the new edition in octavo returned for " distinction to the owl again . Hence arose a ...
... true one , to distinguish " it , fixed in his stead an ass laden with authors . " Then another surreptitious one being printed with “ the same ass , the new edition in octavo returned for " distinction to the owl again . Hence arose a ...
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Addison afterwards ALEXANDER POPE ancient appear bard beauties Blest Bolingbroke bright censure character courser critics crown'd Cynthus DAPHNIS delight Dryden Dunciad Eclogues Epistle epitaph Essay Essay on Criticism Eurydice ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame fire flame flocks flow'rs forest friendship genius glory grace groves heart heav'n Homer honour Iliad imitation immortal Isaiah labour lays learning letters living Lord Lord Bathurst Lord Bolingbroke LORD LANSDOWN lyre mankind mind muse muse's nature never numbers nymph o'er once passion pastoral plain poem poet poetry Pope Pope's pow'r praise pride publick published racter rage resound rise sacred SATIRE SATIRE'S scene seems SEMICHORUS sense shade shepherds shew shine sing skies smile soft spring strains streams STREPHON swains Swift sylvan thee Theocritus thou thought tion translation trees trembling truth verse Virg Virgil virtue virtue's Warburton write written
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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.