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... 66 Juft fo immortal Maro held his head : ” VARIATIONS . VER . III . in the MS . For fong , for filence fome expect a bribe ; C And others roar aloud , Subscribe , fubfcribe . ** Time , praife , or money , is the leaft they crave ...
... 66 Juft fo immortal Maro held his head : ” VARIATIONS . VER . III . in the MS . For fong , for filence fome expect a bribe ; C And others roar aloud , Subscribe , fubfcribe . ** Time , praife , or money , is the leaft they crave ...
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Pains , reading , ftudy , are their juft pretence , And all they want is fpirit , tafte , and sense .. Comma's and points they set exactly right , And ' twere a fin to rob them of their mite . Yet ne'er one sprig of laurel grac'd these ...
Pains , reading , ftudy , are their juft pretence , And all they want is fpirit , tafte , and sense .. Comma's and points they set exactly right , And ' twere a fin to rob them of their mite . Yet ne'er one sprig of laurel grac'd these ...
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The Bard whom pilfer'd Pastorals renown , Who turns a Persian tale for half a Crown , Juft writes to make his barrenness appear , And strains from hard - bound brains , eight lines a year ; He , who ftill wanting , tho ' he lives on ...
The Bard whom pilfer'd Pastorals renown , Who turns a Persian tale for half a Crown , Juft writes to make his barrenness appear , And strains from hard - bound brains , eight lines a year ; He , who ftill wanting , tho ' he lives on ...
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... Juft hint a fault , and hefitate diflike ; Alike referv'd to blame , or to commend , A tim❜rous foe , and a fufpicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools , by Flatterers befieg'd , And fo obliging , that he ne'er oblig'd ; NOTES .
... Juft hint a fault , and hefitate diflike ; Alike referv'd to blame , or to commend , A tim❜rous foe , and a fufpicious friend ; Dreading ev'n fools , by Flatterers befieg'd , And fo obliging , that he ne'er oblig'd ; NOTES .
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Because juft Satire is an useful fupplement to the fanctions of Law and Religion ; and has , therefore , a claim to the protection of those who prefide in the administra- tion of both . Ibid . Could penfion'd Boileau - Could Laureate ...
Because juft Satire is an useful fupplement to the fanctions of Law and Religion ; and has , therefore , a claim to the protection of those who prefide in the administra- tion of both . Ibid . Could penfion'd Boileau - Could Laureate ...
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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...