I found him close with Swift— Indeed? no doubt (Cries prating Balbus) something will come out.' 'Tis all in vain, deny it as I will: 'No, such a genius never can lie still'; And then for mine obligingly mistakes The first lampoon Sir Will or Bubo makes. Politeness and Poetry in the Age of Pope - Page 129by Thomas M. Woodman - 1989 - 166 pagesLimited preview - About this book
| Alexander Pope - 1751 - 278 pages
...know, if Dennis be alive or dead. 270 Why am I afk'd what next fhall fee the light ? Heav'ns ! was 1 born for nothing but to write ? Has Life no joys for me ? or (to be grave) Have I no friend to ferve, no foul to fave ? 274 " I found him clofe with Swift — Indeed ? no doubt " (Cries prating... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1751 - 286 pages
...know, if Dennis be alive or dead. 270 Why am I afk'd what next fhall fee the light ? Heav'ns ! was 1 born for nothing but to write ? Has Life no joys for me ? or (to be grave) Have I no friend to ferve, no foul to fave ? 274 " I found him clofe with Swift — Indeed ? no doubt " (Cries prating... | |
| Alexander Pope - English literature - 1751 - 288 pages
...know, if Dennis be alive or dead. 270 Why am I afk'd what next fhall fee the light ? Heav'ns ! was 1 born for nothing but to write ? Has Life no joys for me ? or (to be grave) Have I no friend to ferve, no foul to fave ? 274 " I found him clofe with Swift — Indeed ? no doubt " (Cries prating... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1752 - 434 pages
...means, he did not form his fyftem of morality, on the principles or pradifc of men in bufinefs. NOTES. Has Life no joys for me? or (to be grave) Have I no friend to ferve, no foul to fave? 274 " I found him clofe with Swift — Indeed? no doubt " (Cries prating Balbus)... | |
| Alexander Pope - English literature - 1757 - 272 pages
...No* know, if Dennis be alive or dead. 270 Why am I afk'd what next fhall fee the light ? Heav'ns ! was I born for nothing but to write ? Has Life no joys for me ? or (to be grave) Have I no friend to ferve, no foul to fave ? 274. " I found him clofe with Swift — Indeed ? no doubt " (Cries pratling... | |
| Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1760 - 360 pages
...of the Courts they belong to. 34 PROLOGUE Why am I afk'd what next fhall fee the light ? Heav'ns ! was I born for nothing but to write ? Has Life no joys for me? or (to be grave) Have I no friend to ferve, no foul to fave ? " I found him clofe with Swift — Indeed? no " doubt 275 '< (CriespratingB^wj... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1777 - 262 pages
...without a Poem in my head, Nor know, if Denxis be alive or dead. Why am I alk'd what next (hall fee the light ? Heavens! was I born for nothing but to...joys for me? or (to be grave) Have I no friend to ferve, no foul to favc ? " I found him elofe with Swift — Indeed? no doubt •' (Cries prating Baltus)... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 414 pages
...without a Poem in my head, Nor know, if Dennis be alive or dead. z70 Why am I aflc'd what next fhall fee the light ? Heavens ! was I born for nothing but to...joys for me ? or (to be grave) Have I no friend to ferve, no foul to fave ? " I foxmd him clofe with Swift — Indeed ? no doubt " (Cries prating Balbus)... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 392 pages
...without a Poem in my head, Nor know, if Dennis be alive or dead. 170 Why am I aflc'd what next fhall fee the light ? Heavens ! was I born for nothing but to...Has Life no joys for me ? or (to be grave) Have I no fr:end to ferve, no foul to fave ? " I found him clofe with Swift — Indeed ? no doubt "•(Cries... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1787 - 396 pages
...head, Nor know, if Dennis be alive or dead. 270 Why am I afiVd what next mall fee the light ? Heav'ns ! was I born for nothing but to write ? Has Life no joys for me ? or (to be grave) Have I no friend to ferve, no fou! to fave ? 274. " I found him clofe with Swift — Indeed ? no doubt " (Cries prating... | |
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