The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Compiled from Original Manuscripts; with a Critical Essay on His Writings and GeniusC. Bathurst, H. Woodfall, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, W. Johnston, B. White, T. Caslon, T. Longman, B. Law, Johnson and Payne, S. Bladon, T. Cadell, and the executors of A. Millar., 1769 - 578 頁 |
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第 10 頁
... Epistle to a Docto . in Divinity . The following line likewife- " Hard as thy heart , and as thy birth obfcure , " fell from a like courtly pen , in certain verfes to the imita- tor of Horace . Our author , by way of refutation of thefe ...
... Epistle to a Docto . in Divinity . The following line likewife- " Hard as thy heart , and as thy birth obfcure , " fell from a like courtly pen , in certain verfes to the imita- tor of Horace . Our author , by way of refutation of thefe ...
第 67 頁
... attended to method in his Art of Poetry , has been fhewn by a learned critic . See Mr. H rd's comment on the Epistle to the Pilos . F 2 and and I cannot help thinking it a capital objection to ALEXANDER POPE , Esq . 64.
... attended to method in his Art of Poetry , has been fhewn by a learned critic . See Mr. H rd's comment on the Epistle to the Pilos . F 2 and and I cannot help thinking it a capital objection to ALEXANDER POPE , Esq . 64.
第 142 頁
... Epistle from Sappho to Phaon , tranflated from Ovid . This the author of the effay allows to be ren- dered with faithfulness and with elegance ; and that it is fo in general , cannot be difputed . Nevertheless , as I profefs not to be ...
... Epistle from Sappho to Phaon , tranflated from Ovid . This the author of the effay allows to be ren- dered with faithfulness and with elegance ; and that it is fo in general , cannot be difputed . Nevertheless , as I profefs not to be ...
第 224 頁
... epistle confiders the nature and state of man with refpect to the Universe . Here the poet fhews how imperfect our reasonings must be both with refpect to God and Man : For that as we know no more of man , than what we can learn from ...
... epistle confiders the nature and state of man with refpect to the Universe . Here the poet fhews how imperfect our reasonings must be both with refpect to God and Man : For that as we know no more of man , than what we can learn from ...
第 256 頁
... epistle on the true happiness of man , in " which I fhall prove the beft man the happiest ; and con- " fequendly you should pull off your hat to me , for painting you as the happiest man in the universe . " 66 " Never elated , while one ...
... epistle on the true happiness of man , in " which I fhall prove the beft man the happiest ; and con- " fequendly you should pull off your hat to me , for painting you as the happiest man in the universe . " 66 " Never elated , while one ...
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第 265 頁 - If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way...
第 231 頁 - 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!
第 123 頁 - In some lone isle, or distant northern land; Where the gilt chariot never marks the way, Where none learn ombre, none e'er taste bohea!
第 231 頁 - The proper study of mankind is Man. Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, A being darkly wise and rudely great: With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side, 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 reas'ning but to err...
第 192 頁 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
第 124 頁 - Who would not scorn what Housewife's Cares produce, Or who would learn one earthly Thing of Use ? To patch, nay ogle, might become a Saint, Nor could it sure be such a Sin to paint. But since, alas ! frail Beauty must decay...
第 163 頁 - Come, Abelard ! for what hast thou to dread ? The torch of Venus burns not for the dead. Nature stands check'd ; Religion disapproves ; Ev'n thou art cold — yet Eloisa loves. 260 Ah hopeless, lasting flames ! like those that burn To light the dead, and warm th
第 381 頁 - But chief her shrine where naked Venus keeps, And Cupids ride the Lion of the Deeps; Where, eas'd of Fleets, the Adriatic main Wafts the smooth Eunuch and enamour'd swain.
第 80 頁 - She gives in large recruits of needful pride ; For, as in bodies, thus in souls we find, What wants in blood and spirits, swell'd with wind : Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty void of sense.
第 239 頁 - 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.