 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1751 - 240 pages
...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 the heft of men followed the empjoyment. To carry this refemblance yet farther,' it would not be amifs... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 236 pages
...an image of what they call the golden age. So that 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 heft of men followed the employment. To carry this refemblance yet farther, it would not be amifs to... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1752 - 398 pages
...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...carry this refemblance yet further, it would not be amils to give thefe fhepherds fome fkill in auVonomy, as far as it may be ufeful to that fort of life.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1754 - 264 pages
...an image of what they call the golden age. So that we are not to defcribe our fhepherds as fhepherds at this day really are, but as they may be conceived...refemblance yet further, it would not be amifs to give thele fhepherds ibme fkill in attronomy, as tar as it may be uieful to that ibrt of life. And an air... | |
 | SERVERAL HANDS - 1755 - 552 pages
...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 name is given Philippine. The captain... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1757 - 280 pages
...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 men followed the employment....refemblance yet further, it would not be amifs to give thefe fhepherds fome fkill in aftronomy, as far as it may be ufeful to that fort of life. And an air of piety... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1760 - 314 pages
...an image of what they call the golden age. So that we are not to defcribe our fhepherds as fhepherds at this day really are, but as they may be conceived...refemblance yet further, it would not be amifs to give thefe fhepherds fome fkill in aftronomy, as far as it may be ufeful to that fort of life. And an air of piety... | |
 | Literature - 1764 - 198 pages
...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 be conceived then to have been. Pope's Difcourfe on Paftorals, p. 5. B 2 mafterly mafterly manner by the Rambler in the 37th number.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1770 - 378 pages
...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...employment. To carry this refembla.nce yet further, it would 'not'be amifs to give thefe fhepherds fome fkill in aftronomy, .as far as it may te ufefuf. to that... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1778 - 410 pages
...an image of what they call the Golden Age. So that we are not to defcribe our fhepherds as fhepherds at this day really are, but as they may be conceived...followed the employment. To carry this refemblance yet farther, that air of piety to the gods fhould fhine through tKe Poem, which fo vifibly appears in all... | |
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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... 
