The Works of Alexander Pope, 7. kötetJ.F. Dove, St. John's Square, 1822 |
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26. oldal
... talk of thing or man but yourself , I cannot suffer you to murder your fame with your own hand , without opposing you ; espe- cially when you say your last letter is the worst ( since the longest ) you have favoured me with ; which I ...
... talk of thing or man but yourself , I cannot suffer you to murder your fame with your own hand , without opposing you ; espe- cially when you say your last letter is the worst ( since the longest ) you have favoured me with ; which I ...
39. oldal
... talk , especially to you , or in your company . However , I speak or write to you , not to please you , but myself ; since I provoke your answers ; which , whilst they humble me , give me vanity ; though I am lessened by you , even when ...
... talk , especially to you , or in your company . However , I speak or write to you , not to please you , but myself ; since I provoke your answers ; which , whilst they humble me , give me vanity ; though I am lessened by you , even when ...
61. oldal
... talk rather than write to you : this is one of the many advantages of friendship , that one can say to one's friend the things that stand in need of pardon , and at the same time be sure of it . Indeed I do not know whether or no the ...
... talk rather than write to you : this is one of the many advantages of friendship , that one can say to one's friend the things that stand in need of pardon , and at the same time be sure of it . Indeed I do not know whether or no the ...
74. oldal
... talk at this rate , one would think them above the common rate of mortals : But generally they are great admirers of Ovid and Lu- can ; and when they write themselves , we find out all the mystery . They scan their verses upon their ...
... talk at this rate , one would think them above the common rate of mortals : But generally they are great admirers of Ovid and Lu- can ; and when they write themselves , we find out all the mystery . They scan their verses upon their ...
89. oldal
... talk of , something to wish for , something to be em- ployed about : But pray , Sir , cast up the account , put all these somethings together , and what is the sum total but just nothing ? I have no more to say , but to desire you to ...
... talk of , something to wish for , something to be em- ployed about : But pray , Sir , cast up the account , put all these somethings together , and what is the sum total but just nothing ? I have no more to say , but to desire you to ...
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302. oldal - The Muse, disgusted at an age and clime Barren of every glorious theme. In distant lands now waits a better time Producing subjects worthy fame : In happy climes where from the genial sun And virgin earth such scenes ensue, The force of art by nature seems outdone, And fancied beauties by the true : In happy climes the seat of innocence, Where nature guides and virtue rules, Where men shall not impose for truth and sense The pedantry of courts and schools...
255. oldal - Hark! they whisper; Angels say, Sister Spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath?
77. oldal - That changed through all, and yet in all the same. Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame, Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees ; Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent ; Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns As the rapt seraph that adores and burns : To 'him no high, no low, no great, no small...
302. oldal - There shall be sung another golden age, The rise of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts. Not such as Europe breeds in her decay ; Such as she bred when fresh and young, When heav'nly flame did animate her clay, By future poets shall be sung.
77. oldal - That, changed through all, and yet in all the same; Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees; Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads undivided, operates unspent!
246. oldal - I would flatter myself into a good opinion of my own way of living : Plutarch just now told me, that it is in human life as in a game at tables...
255. oldal - ... the world recedes it disappears heaven opens on my eyes my ears with sounds seraphic ring lend lend your wings i mount i fly o grave where is thy victory o death where is thy sting.
73. oldal - It is not enough that nothing offends the Ear, but a good Poet will adapt the very Sounds, as well as Words, to the things he treats of. So that there is (if one may express it so) a Style of Sound. As in describing a gliding Stream, the Numbers shou'd run easy and flowing; in describing a rough Torrent or Deluge, sonorous and swelling, and so of the rest.
265. oldal - outsteps the modesty of nature/' nor raises merriment or wonder by the violation of truth. His figures neither divert by distortion nor amaze by aggravation. He copies life with so much fidelity that he can be hardly...
328. oldal - Sir, I am much obliged to you : if you can dine upon a piece of beef together with a slice of pudding ?" — " Mr. Lintot, I do not say but Mr. Pope, if he would condescend to advise with men of learning." — " Sir, the pudding is upon the table, if you please to go in.