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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... afcribe them to a folicitude , which made him rather earneft to do juftice to the poet's merit , than to raise an admiration of his own judgment . Should Should the following sheets , which have been the fruit ADVERTISEMENT .
... afcribe them to a folicitude , which made him rather earneft to do juftice to the poet's merit , than to raise an admiration of his own judgment . Should Should the following sheets , which have been the fruit ADVERTISEMENT .
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... merits have tranfmitted their names to pofterity ; and are anxious to discover by what means they attained that de- gree of excellence , which immortalized their memories . * It would be too much to conclude with fome fyftema- tical ...
... merits have tranfmitted their names to pofterity ; and are anxious to discover by what means they attained that de- gree of excellence , which immortalized their memories . * It would be too much to conclude with fome fyftema- tical ...
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... merit which is not their own . They are often directed by thofe , whom they appear to guide . Accident likewife , has a confiderable fhare in the events , which render them celebrated . Nay , their very errors frequently , by ftrange ...
... merit which is not their own . They are often directed by thofe , whom they appear to guide . Accident likewife , has a confiderable fhare in the events , which render them celebrated . Nay , their very errors frequently , by ftrange ...
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... merit ftands on fo fair and firm a bafis , as not to need the prop of par- tiality to fupport it , or to be in danger of being fhaken or undermined by prejudice or ca- price . Among the few whofe fame is thus firmly rooted , Mr. POPE ...
... merit ftands on fo fair and firm a bafis , as not to need the prop of par- tiality to fupport it , or to be in danger of being fhaken or undermined by prejudice or ca- price . Among the few whofe fame is thus firmly rooted , Mr. POPE ...
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... merit of that book , they having been defigned and engraved by artists of note . At the age of twelve , he went to refide at Bin- field , in Windfor - Foreft , with his father , who had retired thither from business about the time of ...
... merit of that book , they having been defigned and engraved by artists of note . At the age of twelve , he went to refide at Bin- field , in Windfor - Foreft , with his father , who had retired thither from business about the time of ...
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第 256 頁 - Know then this truth (enough for man to know) 'Virtue alone is happiness below.
第 192 頁 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
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 265 頁 - Let not this weak unknowing hand Presume Thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land, On each I judge Thy foe. 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 299 頁 - Consult the Genius of the Place in all; That tells the Waters or to rise, or fall; Or helps th...
第 152 頁 - Oh! happy state! when souls each other draw, When love is liberty, and nature law...
第 192 頁 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike; Alike...
第 299 頁 - Or helps th' ambitious Hill the heav'ns to scale, Or scoops in circling theatres the Vale; Calls in the Country, catches op'ning glades, Joins willing Woods, and varies shades from shades; Now breaks, or now directs, th' intending Lines; Paints as you plant, and, as you work, designs.
第 355 頁 - Me, let the tender office long engage To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death; Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep a while one parent from the sky ! On cares like these, if length of days attend, May Heaven, to bless those days, preserve my friend!
第 264 頁 - What conscience dictates to be done. Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than Hell to shun, That more than Heaven pursue.