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 [and 8 others in London], 1769 - Počet stran: 578 |
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admirable affected againſt appears beautiful beſt character common concerning critic death deſcribed deſcription epiſtle equal excellent expreſſed eyes fame firſt friendſhip genius give grace hand heart himſelf honour human idea images imagination inſtance judgment juſt kind laſt learned leſs letter light likewiſe lines live Lord manner means merit mind moral moſt muſt nature never noble objects obſerved occaſion once original particular paſſage paſſion perhaps perſon piece pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's preſent publiſhed reader reaſon received remarks reſpect ridicule ſaid ſame ſatire ſays ſee ſeems ſenſe ſentiments ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhew ſhould ſome ſpeaking ſpirit ſtill ſubject ſuch taken taſte tell theſe thing thoſe thought tion tranſlation true truth turn uſe verſe virtue whole whoſe writings
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Strana 256 - Know then this truth (enough for man to know) 'Virtue alone is happiness below.
Strana 192 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Strana 123 - 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!
Strana 265 - 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...
Strana 301 - Consult the Genius of the Place in all; That tells the Waters or to rise, or fall; Or helps th...
Strana 152 - Oh! happy state! when souls each other draw, When love is liberty, and nature law...
Strana 192 - 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...
Strana 301 - 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.
Strana 357 - 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!
Strana 264 - 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.
Bibliografické údaje
| Titul | The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Compiled from Original Manuscripts; with a Critical Essay on His Writings and Genius Eighteenth Century English short title catalogue Eighteenth Century collection Library of English literature The Life of Alexander Pope, Esq: Compiled from Original Manuscripts; with a Critical Essay on His Writings and Genius, J. and F. Rivington (Firm) |
| Autor | Owen Ruffhead |
| Vydavatel | C. Bathurst, H. Woodfall, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, W. Johnston [and 8 others in London], 1769 |
| Zdroj originálu: | Oxfordská univerzita |
| Digitalizováno | 1. srpen 2007 |
| Délka | Počet stran: 578 |
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