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" If we would copy nature, it may be useful to take this idea along with us, that pastoral is an image of what they call the golden age. So that we are not to describe our shepherds as shepherds at this day really are, but as they may be conceived then... "
The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope - Page 5
by Alexander Pope - 1717 - 408 pages
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Juvenile poems

Alexander Pope - 1751 - 236 pages
...natural, and the laft de«« lightful. If we would copy Nature, it may be ufefuJ to take • this Idea along with us, that Paftoral is an image of what they...fhepherds at this day really are, but as they may be conceived then to have been ; when the heft of men followed the employment. To carry this refemblance...
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The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1751 - 240 pages
...copy Nature, it may be ufeful to tak* tliis Idea along with us, that Paftoral is an image of Xvhat they call the golden age. So that we are not to defcribe our fliepherds as fhepherds at this <day really are, but as they may be conceived then to have been ; when...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Juvenile poems

Alexander Pope - 1752 - 398 pages
...delightful. If we would copy Nature, i: may be uicful to take this Idea along with us, that PaflcraJ is an image of what they call the golden age. So that we are not to defcribe our fhepherds as ihepherds at this day really are, but as they may be conceived then to have been ; when the beft of...
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The works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions ..., Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1754 - 264 pages
...eclogue natural, and the laft delightful. If we would copy Nature, it may be ufeful to take this Idea along with us, that Paftoral is an image of what they...fhepherds at this day really are, but as they may be conceived then to have been ; when the beft of men followed the employment To carry this refemblance...
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THE MONTHLY REVIEW OR LITERARY JOURNAL VOL. XII\

SERVERAL HANDS - 1755 - 552 pages
...after comparative and fuperlative adjeclives. The mod renowned of all are Mlofi Defcript. oftbe WtrU. We are not to defcribe our fhepherds, as fhepherds at this day really are, but as they may be conceived then to have been, when the belt of men followed that employment. Pope. thole to whom the...
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Juvenile poems

Alexander Pope - 1757 - 280 pages
...eclogue natural, and the laft delightful. If we would copy Nature, it may be ufeful to take this Idea along with us, that Paftoral is an image of what they...age. So that we are not to defcribe our fhepherds as fhephercs at this day really are, but as they may be conceived them to have been ; when the beft of...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete, with ..., Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1760 - 314 pages
...Theocr. P. * Xapiu de Cartn. Pait. pi P, If we would copy Nature, it may be ufeful to take this Idea along with us, that Paftoral is an image of what they...fhepherds at this day really are, but as they may be conceived then to have been ; when the beft of, men followed the employment, To carry this refemblance...
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Anecdotes of Polite Literature ...

1764 - 198 pages
...205. Dryden's Virgil, vol. ip 89. •f If we would copy nature, it may be ufeful to take this idea along with us, that paftoral is an image of what they call the golden age, fo that we are not to defcribe our fhepherds, as ftiepherds at this day really are ; but as they may...
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The works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions ..., Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1770 - 378 pages
...Eclogue natural, and the laft delightful. If we would copy Nature, it may be ufeful to take this Idea along with us, that Paftoral is .an image of what...Age. So that we .are not to defcribe our fhepherds as !hepherds at this day really rare, but as theymay be conceived then to have been; .when the beft of...
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An Introduction to the Most Useful European Languages ...: Select Passages ...

Giuseppe Baretti - 1772 - 490 pages
...eclogue natural, and the laft delightful. If we would copy nature, it may be ufcful to take this idea along with us, that paftoral is an image of what they...the golden age. So that we are not to defcribe our ihepherds as fliepherds at this day really are, but as they may be conceived then to have been when...
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