The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Satires, &cJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... English tongue , to be sensi- ble of all the charms of his works . For my part , I look upon his poem called the Essay on Criticism as fu- perior to the Art of poetry of Horace ; and his Rape " of the Lock is , in my opinion , above the ...
... English tongue , to be sensi- ble of all the charms of his works . For my part , I look upon his poem called the Essay on Criticism as fu- perior to the Art of poetry of Horace ; and his Rape " of the Lock is , in my opinion , above the ...
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... English , that a Rogue never gocs to the Gallows without the pity of the Spectators , and their parting curses on the rigour of the Laws that brought him thither : and this has been as commonly ascribed to the good nature of the people ...
... English , that a Rogue never gocs to the Gallows without the pity of the Spectators , and their parting curses on the rigour of the Laws that brought him thither : and this has been as commonly ascribed to the good nature of the people ...
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... English, I was willing to add one or two of those which contribute to the Happiness of a Free People, and are more consistent with the Welfare of our Neighbours. This Epistle will show the learned World to have fallen into Two mistakes ...
... English, I was willing to add one or two of those which contribute to the Happiness of a Free People, and are more consistent with the Welfare of our Neighbours. This Epistle will show the learned World to have fallen into Two mistakes ...
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... English , I was willing to add one or two of those which contri- bute to the Happiness of a Free People , and are more consistent with the Welfare of our Neighbours . This Epistle will show the learned World to have fallen into Two ...
... English , I was willing to add one or two of those which contri- bute to the Happiness of a Free People , and are more consistent with the Welfare of our Neighbours . This Epistle will show the learned World to have fallen into Two ...
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... English , and there- fore much valued by some Antiquaries . P. Ibid . To Gammer Gurton , And yet deny , etc. ] i . e . If they give the bays to one play because it is old , and deny it to another as good , because it is new ; why then ...
... English , and there- fore much valued by some Antiquaries . P. Ibid . To Gammer Gurton , And yet deny , etc. ] i . e . If they give the bays to one play because it is old , and deny it to another as good , because it is new ; why then ...
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Page 5 - Friend to my life, (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What drop or nostrum can this plague remove?
Page 255 - Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God afraid of me: Safe from the Bar, the Pulpit, and the Throne, Yet touched and shamed by ridicule alone.
Page 17 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Page 24 - Amphibious thing! that acting either part, The trifling head or the corrupted heart, Fop at the toilet, flatt'rer at the board, Now trips a Lady, and now struts a Lord.
Page 231 - Seen him, uncumber'd with the Venal tribe, Smile without Art, and win without a Bribe. Would he oblige me ? let me only find, He does not think me what he thinks mankind.
Page 5 - They pierce my thickets, through my grot they glide, By land, by water, they renew the charge, They stop the chariot, and they board the barge.
Page 16 - And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Page 29 - Bestia's from the throne. Born to no pride, inheriting no strife, Nor marrying discord in a noble wife, Stranger to civil and religious rage, The good man walk'd innoxious through his age. No courts he saw, no suits would ever try, Nor dar'd an oath, nor hazarded a lie.
Page 155 - Besides, a fate attends on all I write, That when I aim at praise they say I bite. A vile encomium doubly ridicules : There's nothing blackens like the ink of fools. If true, a woful likeness ; and, if lies, ' Praise undeserv'd is scandal in disguise.
Page 23 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence...