The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Volume 461790 |
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Page 172
... tutus . T. Quanto rectius hoc , quam trifti laedere versu Pantolabum fcurram , Nomentanumve nepotem ? • Cum fibi quisque timet , quamquam est intactus , et odit . The fewer still you name , you wound the more 172 POPE'S POEMS .
... tutus . T. Quanto rectius hoc , quam trifti laedere versu Pantolabum fcurram , Nomentanumve nepotem ? • Cum fibi quisque timet , quamquam est intactus , et odit . The fewer still you name , you wound the more 172 POPE'S POEMS .
Page 188
... fibi certius ? hic , qui Pluribus affuêrit mentem corpusque superbum ; An qui contentus parvo metuensque futuri , In pace , ut fapiens , aptarit idonea bello ? u Quo magis his credas : puer hunc ego parvus Ofellum Integris opibus novi ...
... fibi certius ? hic , qui Pluribus affuêrit mentem corpusque superbum ; An qui contentus parvo metuensque futuri , In pace , ut fapiens , aptarit idonea bello ? u Quo magis his credas : puer hunc ego parvus Ofellum Integris opibus novi ...
Page 197
... fibi , nulla pallefcere culpa . Roscia , dic sodes , melior lex , an puerorum est Naenia , quae regnum recte facientibus offert Et maribus Curiis et decantata Camillis ? * Who counsels best ? who whispers , " Be 03 Ερ . Ι .. 197 ...
... fibi , nulla pallefcere culpa . Roscia , dic sodes , melior lex , an puerorum est Naenia , quae regnum recte facientibus offert Et maribus Curiis et decantata Camillis ? * Who counsels best ? who whispers , " Be 03 Ερ . Ι .. 197 ...
Page 220
... fibi , ducunt ; Vel quia turpe putant parere minoribus , et quae Imberbi didicere , senes perdenda fateri . Jam w Saliare Numae carmen qui laudat , et illud , Mistake him not ; he envies , not admires , 220 POPE'S POEM S.
... fibi , ducunt ; Vel quia turpe putant parere minoribus , et quae Imberbi didicere , senes perdenda fateri . Jam w Saliare Numae carmen qui laudat , et illud , Mistake him not ; he envies , not admires , 220 POPE'S POEM S.
Page 228
... quoque rem , fi digne vertere poffet : Et placuit fibi , natura fublimis et acer : Nam P spirat tragicum fatis , et feliciter audet : Seda turpem putat inscite metuitque lituram . ! Some doubt , if equal pains , or equal 228 POPE'S POEMS .
... quoque rem , fi digne vertere poffet : Et placuit fibi , natura fublimis et acer : Nam P spirat tragicum fatis , et feliciter audet : Seda turpem putat inscite metuitque lituram . ! Some doubt , if equal pains , or equal 228 POPE'S POEMS .
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Page 60 - Nor think, in Nature's state they blindly trod; The state of Nature was the reign of God: Self-love and social at her birth began, Union the bond of all things, and of man.
Page 140 - His gardens next your admiration call; On every side you look, behold the wall! No pleasing intricacies intervene, No artful wildness to perplex the scene ; Grove nods at grove, each alley has a brother, And half the platform just reflects the other.
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Page 41 - 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...
Page 39 - 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...
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Page 213 - The balanc'd World, and open all the Main ; Your Country, chief, in Arms abroad defend, At home, with Morals, Arts, and Laws amend; How shall the Muse, from such a Monarch, steal $ An hour, and not defraud the Public weal?
Page 50 - Fools ! who from hence into the notion fall, That vice or virtue there is none at all. If white and black blend, soften, and unite A thousand ways, is there no black or white ? Ask your own heart, and nothing is so plain ; 'Tis to mistake them, costs the time and pain.
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Page 64 - Love all the faith, and all th' allegiance then, For nature knew no right divine in men ; No ill could fear in God, and understood A sovereign being but a sovereign good, True faith, true policy, united ran ; That was but love of God, and this of man. Who first taught souls enslav'd, and realms undone, Th...