The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Satires, &cJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... means Au- thors of the fame clafs , though the violence of party might hurry them into the fame mistakes . But if the first of- fended this way , it was only through an honeft warmth of temper , that allowed too little to an excellent ...
... means Au- thors of the fame clafs , though the violence of party might hurry them into the fame mistakes . But if the first of- fended this way , it was only through an honeft warmth of temper , that allowed too little to an excellent ...
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... Means not , but blunders round about a mean- ing : ] A cafe common both to Poets and Critics of a cer- tain order ; only with , this difference , that the Poet writes himself out of his own meaning ; and the Critic never gets into ...
... Means not , but blunders round about a mean- ing : ] A cafe common both to Poets and Critics of a cer- tain order ; only with , this difference , that the Poet writes himself out of his own meaning ; and the Critic never gets into ...
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... means , brought fatiric Poetry to its perfection . VARIATIONS . After 208. in the MS . Who , if two Wits on rival themes conteft , Approves of each , but likes the worst the best . Alluding to Mr. P.'s and Tickell's Translation of the ...
... means , brought fatiric Poetry to its perfection . VARIATIONS . After 208. in the MS . Who , if two Wits on rival themes conteft , Approves of each , but likes the worst the best . Alluding to Mr. P.'s and Tickell's Translation of the ...
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... means , he did not form his fyftem of morality , on the principles or practice of men in business . NOTES . conduct in life was governed only on principles of policy : for of what minifters he speaks , may be seen by the cha- racter he ...
... means , he did not form his fyftem of morality , on the principles or practice of men in business . NOTES . conduct in life was governed only on principles of policy : for of what minifters he speaks , may be seen by the cha- racter he ...
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... Mean , In moderation placing all my glory , While Tories call me Whig , and Whigs a Tory . s Satire's my weapon , but I'm too discreet To run a muck , and tilt at all I meet ; NOTES . Perfius alluded to this idea , when he said , Vidi ...
... Mean , In moderation placing all my glory , While Tories call me Whig , and Whigs a Tory . s Satire's my weapon , but I'm too discreet To run a muck , and tilt at all I meet ; NOTES . Perfius alluded to this idea , when he said , Vidi ...
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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...