Select passages which will serve to bring into sharp contrast the style and humor of Swift and of Addison. Pope.--Read _The Rape of the Lock_ (printed with the _Essay on Man_ in _Eclectic English Classics_, American Book Company, 20 cents). Selections from this are given in Ward, III., 73-82. The _Essay on Man_, Book I. (Ward, III., 85-91), will serve as a specimen of his didactic verse. The _Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot_ (Ward, III., 103-105) will illustrate his satire, and the lines from the _Iliad_ in Ward, III., 82, will show the characteristics of his translation. _The Rape of the Lock_ and full selections are given in Bronson, III., 89-144; _Century_, 350-368; Manly, I., 228-253. How does Pope show the spirit of the classical school? What are his special merits and defects? Does an examination of his poetry convince you that Leslie Stephen's criticism is right? Select lines from six great poets of different periods. Place beside these selections some of Pope's best lines, and see if you have a clearer idea of the difference between rhetoric and true poetry. FOOTNOTES TO CHAPTER VI: [Footnote 1: _Essay on Criticism_, lines 297, 298.] [Footnote 2: For a list of the chief dramatists of the Restoration and their best work, see p. 626.] [Footnote 3: For full titles, see p. 50.] [Footnote 4: For full titles, see p. 6.] CHAPTER VII: THE SECOND FORTY YEARS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, 1740-1780 The Colonial Expansion of England.--The most important movements in English history during the second forty years of the eighteenth century are connected with colonial expansion. In 1739 friction between England and Spain over colonial trade forced Robert Walpole, the prime minister, into a war which was not successfully prosecuted, and which compelled him to resign in 1742. The humorous statement that he "abdicated," contains a large element of truth, for he had been a much more important ruler than the king. The contest with Spain was merged in the unprofitable war of the Austrian Succession (1740-1778), in which England participated. The successors of Walpole were weak and inefficient; but in 1757 William Pitt, the Elder (1708-1778), although merely secretary of state, obtained the ascendancy in the government. Walpole had tried in vain to bribe Pitt, who was in politics the counterpart of Wesley in religious life. Pitt appealed to the patriotism and to the sense of honor of his countrymen, and his appeal was heard. His enthusiasm and integrity, coupled with good judgment of men, enabled him to lead England to become the foremost power of the world.