The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections, Additions and Improvements, Volume 5T. & G. Palmer, 1804 - 754 pages |
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... , And taunts alternate innocently flew . But times corrupt , and nature ill - inclin❜d , Produc'd the point that left a sting behind ; 246 250 Till friend with friend , and families at strife , 84 IMITATIONS OF HORACE .
... , And taunts alternate innocently flew . But times corrupt , and nature ill - inclin❜d , Produc'd the point that left a sting behind ; 246 250 Till friend with friend , and families at strife , 84 IMITATIONS OF HORACE .
Page 100
... Nature , and a knack to please : " But ease in writing flows from art , not chance , " As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance . " If such the plague and pains to write by rule , 180 Better ( say I ) be pleas'd , and play the ...
... Nature , and a knack to please : " But ease in writing flows from art , not chance , " As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance . " If such the plague and pains to write by rule , 180 Better ( say I ) be pleas'd , and play the ...
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... nature who , within us still , Inclines our action , not constrains our will . Various of temper , as of face or frame , Each individual ; his great end the same . Yes , Sir , how small soever be my heap , 280 A part I will enjoy as ...
... nature who , within us still , Inclines our action , not constrains our will . Various of temper , as of face or frame , Each individual ; his great end the same . Yes , Sir , how small soever be my heap , 280 A part I will enjoy as ...
Page 119
... nature seem ; Trifles themselves are elegant in him . Sure to charm all was his peculiar fate , Who without flatt'ry pleas'd the fair and great ; Still with esteem no less convers'd than read ; With wit well - natur'd , and with books ...
... nature seem ; Trifles themselves are elegant in him . Sure to charm all was his peculiar fate , Who without flatt'ry pleas'd the fair and great ; Still with esteem no less convers'd than read ; With wit well - natur'd , and with books ...
Page 120
... nature yielding , stubborn but for fame , Made slaves by honour , and made fools by shame . Marriage may all those petty tyrants chase , But sets up one , a greater , in their place : Well might you wish for change by those accurst ...
... nature yielding , stubborn but for fame , Made slaves by honour , and made fools by shame . Marriage may all those petty tyrants chase , But sets up one , a greater , in their place : Well might you wish for change by those accurst ...
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Page 12 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Page 13 - 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...
Page 18 - 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 15 - Oh let me live my own, and die so too ! (To live and die is all I have to do :; Maintain a poet's dignity and ease, And see what friends, and read what books I please ; Above a patron, tho' I condescend Sometimes to call a minister my friend.
Page 6 - And curses wit, and poetry, and Pope. 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?
Page 17 - Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.
Page 32 - There my retreat the best companions grace, Chiefs out of war, and statesmen out of place: There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul...
Page 8 - Glad of a quarrel, straight I clap the door, Sir, let me see your works and you no more. *Tis sung, when Midas...
Page 5 - A maudlin Poetess, a rhyming Peer, A Clerk, foredoom'd his father's soul to cross, Who pens a Stanza, when he should engross!
Page 11 - Soft were my numbers ; who could take offence While pure description held the place of sense ? Like gentle Fanny's was my flow'ry theme, A painted mistress, or a purling stream.