An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope ...W.J. and J. Richardson, 1806 |
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... equal strength , in a succeeding book . * Into that cave he creepes , and thenceforth there Resolv'd to build his baleful mansion In dreary darknesse , and continual feare Of that rock's fall ; which ever and anon Threats with huge ruin ...
... equal strength , in a succeeding book . * Into that cave he creepes , and thenceforth there Resolv'd to build his baleful mansion In dreary darknesse , and continual feare Of that rock's fall ; which ever and anon Threats with huge ruin ...
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... equal or alike ; even so , excesses and contrary qualities , contribute to the propor- tion and harmony of the universal system that it is not strange , that we should not be able to discover perfection and order in every instance ...
... equal or alike ; even so , excesses and contrary qualities , contribute to the propor- tion and harmony of the universal system that it is not strange , that we should not be able to discover perfection and order in every instance ...
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... equal sky , His faithful dog shall bear him company . † POPE has indulged himself in but few digres sions in this piece ; this is one of the most poeti- cal . * Ver . 97 . † Ver 99 . cal . Representations of undisguised nature , and ...
... equal sky , His faithful dog shall bear him company . † POPE has indulged himself in but few digres sions in this piece ; this is one of the most poeti- cal . * Ver . 97 . † Ver 99 . cal . Representations of undisguised nature , and ...
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... equals all . * Whilst I am transcribing this exalted descrip- tion of the omnipresence of the Deity , I feel myself almost tempted to retract an assertion in { the beginning of this work , that there is nothing transcendently sublime in ...
... equals all . * Whilst I am transcribing this exalted descrip- tion of the omnipresence of the Deity , I feel myself almost tempted to retract an assertion in { the beginning of this work , that there is nothing transcendently sublime in ...
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... For , mourn our various portions as we please , Equal is common sense , and common ease . So Horace also in Epist . 18. B. 1 . Equum mi animum ipse parabo , " But " But Horace ( says a penetrating observer on human 108 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... For , mourn our various portions as we please , Equal is common sense , and common ease . So Horace also in Epist . 18. B. 1 . Equum mi animum ipse parabo , " But " But Horace ( says a penetrating observer on human 108 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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Página 235 - 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...
Página 59 - AWAKE, my St John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of Man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan ; A wild, where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot ; Or garden, tempting with forbidden fruit.
Página 111 - Touch their immortal harps of golden wires, With those just spirits that wear victorious palms, Hymns devout and holy psalms Singing everlastingly ; That we on earth with undiscording voice May rightly answer that melodious noise ; As once we did, till disproportion'd sin Jarr'd against nature's chime, and with harsh din Broke the fair music that all creatures made To their great Lord, whose love their motion sway'J In perfect diapason, whilst they stood In first obedience, and their state of good.
Página 249 - 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...
Página 249 - Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies. His wit all see-saw, between that and this, Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile Antithesis. Amphibious thing! that acting either part, The trifling head or the corrupted heart, Fop at the toilet, flatt'rer at the board, Now trips a Lady, and now struts a Lord. Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have exprest, A Cherub's face, a reptile all the rest; Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust; Wit that can creep, and...
Página 236 - 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 ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend; Dreading ev'n fools, by flatterers besieg'd, And so obliging that he ne'er oblig'd; Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause; While wits and Templers ev'ry sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face...
Página 64 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Página 72 - 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...
Página 205 - 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.
Página 287 - There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul...