The whole poetical works of Alexander Pope, Esq., including his translations of Homer's Iliad and OdysseyA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... Nature . What- ever praises may be given to works of judgment , there is not even a fingle beauty in them to which the Invention must not contribute : as in the most regular gardens , Art can only reduce the beauties of Nature to more ...
... Nature . What- ever praises may be given to works of judgment , there is not even a fingle beauty in them to which the Invention must not contribute : as in the most regular gardens , Art can only reduce the beauties of Nature to more ...
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... nature , to fupply his maxims and reflecti- ons ; all the inward pathons and affections of mankind , to furnish his characters ; and all the outward forms and images of things , for his descriptions ; but , wanting yet an ampler phere ...
... nature , to fupply his maxims and reflecti- ons ; all the inward pathons and affections of mankind , to furnish his characters ; and all the outward forms and images of things , for his descriptions ; but , wanting yet an ampler phere ...
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... nature and phyfical philofophy , which Homer is generally fuppofed to have wrapped up in his Allegories , what a new and ample scene of wonder may this con- fideration afford us ! how fertile will that imagination appear , which was ...
... nature and phyfical philofophy , which Homer is generally fuppofed to have wrapped up in his Allegories , what a new and ample scene of wonder may this con- fideration afford us ! how fertile will that imagination appear , which was ...
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... nature fummoned together by the extent and fecundity of his imagination to which all things in their various views prefented themselves in an inftant , and had their impreffions taken off to perfection at a heat ? Nay , he not only ...
... nature fummoned together by the extent and fecundity of his imagination to which all things in their various views prefented themselves in an inftant , and had their impreffions taken off to perfection at a heat ? Nay , he not only ...
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... nature of the Latin tongue : indeed the Greck has fome advantages both from the natural found of its words , and the turn and cadence of its verfe , which agree with the genius of no other language : Virgil was very fenfible of this ...
... nature of the Latin tongue : indeed the Greck has fome advantages both from the natural found of its words , and the turn and cadence of its verfe , which agree with the genius of no other language : Virgil was very fenfible of this ...
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Page 309 - For, that sad moment, when the sylphs withdrew, And Ariel weeping from Belinda flew, Umbriel, a dusky, melancholy sprite, As ever sullied the fair face of light, Down to the central earth, his proper scene, Repair'd to search the gloomy cave of Spleen.
Page 6 - Homer was the greater genius, Virgil the better artist. In one, we most admire the man ; in the other, the work: Homer hurries and transports us with a commanding impetuosity ; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty...
Page 317 - Ev'n here, where frozen chastity retires, Love finds an altar for forbidden fires. I ought to grieve, but cannot what I ought; I mourn the lover, not lament the fault; I view my crime, but kindle at the view...
Page 301 - Some to Conceit alone their taste confine, And glitt'ring thoughts struck out at ev'ry line; Pleas'd with a work where nothing's just or fit; One glaring Chaos and wild heap of wit. Poets, like painters, thus, unskill'd to trace The naked nature and the living grace, With gold and jewels cover ev'ry part, And hide with ornaments their want of art.
Page 376 - A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest; Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.
Page 355 - Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat ? Loves of his own and raptures swell the note.
Page 394 - Seen him, unencumbered with the venal tribe, Smile without art, and win without a bribe. Would he oblige me? let me only find He does not think me what he thinks mankind.
Page 308 - Soon as she spreads her hand, th' aerial guard Descend, and sit on each important card: First Ariel perched upon a Matadore, Then each, according to the rank they bore; For Sylphs, yet mindful of their ancient race, 35 Are, as when women, wondrous fond of place.
Page 312 - How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.
Page 361 - The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads ; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace ; His country next ; and next all human race ; Wide and more wide, th...