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 16 頁
... use to him , could not help confidering his defign as wild and extravagant . He never- theless perfifted in it ; and they yielding to his importunities , he came to town , where he mastered those languages with furprizing dif- patch ...
... use to him , could not help confidering his defign as wild and extravagant . He never- theless perfifted in it ; and they yielding to his importunities , he came to town , where he mastered those languages with furprizing dif- patch ...
第 30 頁
... use of that word . As he has omitted it however , an attempt will be made in its proper place , to afcertain the meaning of invention , the better to determine how far the want of it may be imputed to Mr. PopF . Ατ At prefent it is ...
... use of that word . As he has omitted it however , an attempt will be made in its proper place , to afcertain the meaning of invention , the better to determine how far the want of it may be imputed to Mr. PopF . Ατ At prefent it is ...
第 39 頁
... use of them with- out example , our bard could fhelter himfelf under no authority more unexceptionable than that of Virgil . Among these paftorals , the most confpicuous is the Meffiah , a facred eclogue , in imitation of Virgil's ...
... use of them with- out example , our bard could fhelter himfelf under no authority more unexceptionable than that of Virgil . Among these paftorals , the most confpicuous is the Meffiah , a facred eclogue , in imitation of Virgil's ...
第 60 頁
... use in inspiring the heroic paffions in particular . The fourth , fifth and fixth , their power over all nature , in the fable of Or- pheus's expedition to hell . The feventh and laft concludes in praise of mufic , and the advan¬ tages ...
... use in inspiring the heroic paffions in particular . The fourth , fifth and fixth , their power over all nature , in the fable of Or- pheus's expedition to hell . The feventh and laft concludes in praise of mufic , and the advan¬ tages ...
第 61 頁
... to prove that the legitimate use of music is to temper the paffions , in fupport of reafon . In the two first lines therefore , this ufeful pro- pofition pofition is delivered , as fuch always should be , ALEXANDER POPE , ESQ . 61.
... to prove that the legitimate use of music is to temper the paffions , in fupport of reafon . In the two first lines therefore , this ufeful pro- pofition pofition is delivered , as fuch always should be , ALEXANDER POPE , ESQ . 61.
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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.