Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Alexander Pope, Esq;: Faithfully Collected from Authentic Authors, Original Manuscripts, and the Testimonies of Many Persons of Credit and Honour: with Critical Observations. Adorned with the Heads of Divers Illustrious Persons, Treated of in These Memoirs, Curiously Engrav'd by the Best Hands. In Two Volumes, Volumen2his Majesty's authority, 1745 |
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... Characters of the People then moft talk'd of ; but as thofe Letters wrote to her , and hers to him , were all in her Hands , except a few that have efcap'd long fince by Chance , we cannot promife whether ever they will be produc'd to ...
... Characters of the People then moft talk'd of ; but as thofe Letters wrote to her , and hers to him , were all in her Hands , except a few that have efcap'd long fince by Chance , we cannot promife whether ever they will be produc'd to ...
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... Characters of Women . A certain La- dy , whofe Name for Virtue and Rectitude of Man- ners has been too confpicuous not to be seen by every Body who has the , leaft Knowledge of her , and who in her Youth was thought one of the ...
... Characters of Women . A certain La- dy , whofe Name for Virtue and Rectitude of Man- ners has been too confpicuous not to be seen by every Body who has the , leaft Knowledge of her , and who in her Youth was thought one of the ...
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... Characters of Women are so keenly handled in this Epistle , it concludes in very fober and gentle Terms : And yet believe me , good as well as ill , Woman's at best a Contradiction ftill . Heav'n , when it ftrives to polish all it can ...
... Characters of Women are so keenly handled in this Epistle , it concludes in very fober and gentle Terms : And yet believe me , good as well as ill , Woman's at best a Contradiction ftill . Heav'n , when it ftrives to polish all it can ...
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... Character at all , i . e . no good , or fix'd Rule , to characterize her by . There are many Ladies not in the leaft ... Characters he gives them , both living and after Death ; of this latter Sort please to take one from a Letter he ...
... Character at all , i . e . no good , or fix'd Rule , to characterize her by . There are many Ladies not in the leaft ... Characters he gives them , both living and after Death ; of this latter Sort please to take one from a Letter he ...
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... Character had fo much Truth in it , and Mr. Pope fuch an unlimited Freedom with my Lord , that fo far from giving Offence , it was Mat- ter of Mirth : This Gentleman truly Noble , has a more than common Regard for the Fair Sex , and ...
... Character had fo much Truth in it , and Mr. Pope fuch an unlimited Freedom with my Lord , that fo far from giving Offence , it was Mat- ter of Mirth : This Gentleman truly Noble , has a more than common Regard for the Fair Sex , and ...
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Página 319 - With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest; In doubt to deem himself a God or Beast; In doubt his mind or body to prefer; Born but to die, and...
Página 69 - So proud, so grand ; of that stupendous air, Soft and agreeable come never there. Greatness, with Timon, dwells in such a draught As brings all Brobdignag before your thought. To compass this, his building is a town, His pond an ocean, his parterre a down...
Página 183 - 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 373 - Let not this weak, unknowing hand Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge Thy foe.
Página 369 - When statesmen, heroes, kings, in dust repose Whose sons shall blush their fathers were thy foes, Shall then this verse to future age pretend Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend,— That urg'd by thee, I turn'd the tuneful art From sounds to things, from fancy to the heart...
Página 121 - Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child ; With native humour temp'ring virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age ; Above temptation, in a low estate ; And uncorrupted...
Página 311 - All discord, harmony not understood ; All partial evil, universal good : And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, WHATEVER is, is RIGHT.
Página 215 - A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the Proud and Great : Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life ; and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear ; From Nature's temperate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had liv'd, and that he died.
Página 79 - A clerk foredoom'd his father's soul to cross, Who pens a stanza, when he should engross ? Is there, who, lock'd from ink and paper, scrawls With desp'rate charcoal round his darken'd walls ? All fly to Twit'nam, and in humble strain Apply to me, to keep them mad or vain.
Página 270 - God, her death was as easy as her life was innocent ; and as it cost her not a groan, or even a sigh, there is yet upon her countenance such an expression of tranquillity, nay, almost of pleasure, that it is even amiable to behold it.