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Pàgina 19
... lines . " Bettesworth was so little satisfied with this account , that he publicly professed his resolution of a violent and corporal re- venge ; but the inhabitants of St. Patrick's district embodied themselves in the dean's defence ...
... lines . " Bettesworth was so little satisfied with this account , that he publicly professed his resolution of a violent and corporal re- venge ; but the inhabitants of St. Patrick's district embodied themselves in the dean's defence ...
Pàgina 31
... lines to Fenton , Serene , the sting of pain thy thoughts beguile , And make afflictions objects of a smile , brought to my mind some lines on the death of queen Mary , written by Barnes , of whom I should not have expected to find an ...
... lines to Fenton , Serene , the sting of pain thy thoughts beguile , And make afflictions objects of a smile , brought to my mind some lines on the death of queen Mary , written by Barnes , of whom I should not have expected to find an ...
Pàgina 38
... lines : There are whom heaven has bless'd with store of wit , Yet want as much again to manage it ; For wit and ... line : What is this wit- Where wanted , scorn'd ; and envied where acquir'd ? " How , " says the critic , " can wit be ...
... lines : There are whom heaven has bless'd with store of wit , Yet want as much again to manage it ; For wit and ... line : What is this wit- Where wanted , scorn'd ; and envied where acquir'd ? " How , " says the critic , " can wit be ...
Pàgina 42
... which the most reasonable is , that some of the lines represent motion as exhibited by sculpture . Of the epistle from " Eloisa to Abelard , " I do not know the 43 date . His first inclination to attempt a composition 42 POPE .
... which the most reasonable is , that some of the lines represent motion as exhibited by sculpture . Of the epistle from " Eloisa to Abelard , " I do not know the 43 date . His first inclination to attempt a composition 42 POPE .
Pàgina 43
... lines relating to the peace confess their own date . It is dedicated to lord Lansdowne , who was then high in reputation and influence among the tories ; and it is said , that the conclusion of the poem gave great pain to Addison , both ...
... lines relating to the peace confess their own date . It is dedicated to lord Lansdowne , who was then high in reputation and influence among the tories ; and it is said , that the conclusion of the poem gave great pain to Addison , both ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 80 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Pàgina 127 - Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child ; With native humour tempering virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age : Above temptation in a low estate, And uncorrupted...
Pàgina 123 - Statesman \ yet friend to Truth! of soul sincere, ' In action faithful, and in honour clear ; 'Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, 'Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend ; 'Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd, 'And prais'd, unenvy'd, by the Muse he lov'd.
Pàgina 117 - To circumscribe poetry by a definition will only shew the narrowness of the definer, though a definition which shall exclude Pope will not easily be made. Let us look round upon the present time, and back upon the past; let us...
Pàgina 160 - The latter part of his life cannot be remembered but with pity and sadness. He languished some years under that depression of mind which enchains the faculties without destroying them, and leaves reason the knowledge of right without the power of pursuing it. These clouds which he perceived gathering on his intellects, he endeavoured to disperse by travel, and passed into France : but found himself constrained to yield to his malady, and returned.
Pàgina 165 - Whether to plant a walk in undulating curves, and to place a bench at every turn where there is an object to catch the view; to make water run where it will be heard, and to stagnate where it will be seen...
Pàgina 50 - The wrath of Peleus' son, the direful spring Of all the Grecian woes, O Goddess, sing; That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain. The stern Pelides...
Pàgina 226 - Church-yard' abounds with images which find a mirror in every mind, and with sentiments to which every bosom returns an echo.
Pàgina 221 - ... men are very prone to believe what they do not understand; fourthly, they will believe any thing at all, provided they are under no obligation to believe it...
Pàgina 66 - This gave Mr. Pope the thought that he had now some opportunity of doing good, by detecting and dragging into light these common enemies of mankind; since, to invalidate this universal slander, it sufficed to show what contemptible men were the authors of it.