The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death, Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warburton, Τόμος 4A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, C. Bathurst, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, J. Richardson, B. Law, S. Crowder, T. Longman, T. Field, and T. Caslon, 1760 |
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admire Alluding appears Author bear beauty becauſe beſt better called cauſe character Court Critics divine eaſe eſt ev'ry expreſſion eyes fame Father fear firſt fool force Friend gave genius give given grace grave half hand head heart himſelf honour imitation juſt keep King language laſt late laugh Laws learned leaſt leſs live Lord manner mean mind moral moſt muſt nature never NOTE obſerved once Original perſon pleaſe Poem Poet Poet's Poetry poor Pope praiſe preſent quae quid quod reaſon rich ridicule ſaid ſame Satire ſay ſee ſeems ſenſe ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome ſpirit ſtate ſtill ſuch taſte tell theſe thing thoſe thought true Truth turn uſe verſe Vice Virtue whole whoſe write
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Σελίδα 11 - Friend to my life, (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What drop or nostrum can this plague remove? Or which must end me, a fool's wrath or love?
Σελίδα 39 - 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.
Σελίδα 30 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Σελίδα 12 - Three things another's modest wishes bound, My friendship, and a prologue, and ten pound. Pitholeon sends to me : ' You know his Grace, ' I want a patron ; ask him for a place.
Σελίδα 24 - Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Σελίδα 272 - If of Court life you knew the good. You would leave loneness. ' I said, 'Not alone My loneness is; but Spartan's fashion, To teach by painting drunkards, doth not last Now; Aretine's pictures have made few chaste; No more can princes...
Σελίδα 211 - This subtle Thief of life, this paltry Time, What will it leave me, if it snatch my rhyme? If ev'ry wheel of that unweary'd Mill, That turn'd ten thousand verses, now stands still?
Σελίδα 39 - As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks; Or, at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad...
Σελίδα 14 - The truth once told (and wherefore should we lie?) The Queen of Midas slept, and so may I. You think this cruel ? take it for a rule, No creature smarts so little as a fool. Let peals of laughter, Codrus ! round thee break, 85 Thou unconcern'd canst hear the mighty crack: Pit, box, and gall'ry in convulsions hurl'd, Thou stand'st unshook amidst a bursting world. Who shames a Scribbler? break one cobweb thro...
Σελίδα 13 - Furies, death and rage!" If I approve, "Commend it to the stage.