The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Satires, &cJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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Page 40
... neque enim quivis horrentia pilis Agmina , nec fracta pereuntes cufpide Gallos , Aut labentis equo describat vulnera Parthi . k T. Attamen et juftum poteras et fcribere fortem , Scipiadam ut fapiens Lucilius . 1 H. Haud mihi deero , Cum ...
... neque enim quivis horrentia pilis Agmina , nec fracta pereuntes cufpide Gallos , Aut labentis equo describat vulnera Parthi . k T. Attamen et juftum poteras et fcribere fortem , Scipiadam ut fapiens Lucilius . 1 H. Haud mihi deero , Cum ...
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... neque , fi male gefferat , ufquam Decurrens alio , neque fi bene : quo fit , ut omnis Votiva pateat veluti defcripta tabella I Vita fenis . fequor hunc , Lucanus an Appulus , an- ceps : [ Nam venufinus arat finem fub utrumque colonus ...
... neque , fi male gefferat , ufquam Decurrens alio , neque fi bene : quo fit , ut omnis Votiva pateat veluti defcripta tabella I Vita fenis . fequor hunc , Lucanus an Appulus , an- ceps : [ Nam venufinus arat finem fub utrumque colonus ...
Page 48
... neque calce lupus quemquam , neque dente petit bos ) Sed mala tollet anum vitiato melle cicuta . Ne longum faciam : feu me tranquilla fenectus Exfpectat , feu mors atris circumvolat alis ; Dives , inops ; Romae , feu fors ita jusserit ...
... neque calce lupus quemquam , neque dente petit bos ) Sed mala tollet anum vitiato melle cicuta . Ne longum faciam : feu me tranquilla fenectus Exfpectat , feu mors atris circumvolat alis ; Dives , inops ; Romae , feu fors ita jusserit ...
Page 60
... neque oftrea , Nec fcarus , aut poterit peregrina juvare lagois . * Vix tamen eripiam , pofito pavone , velis quin Hoc potius quam gallina tergere palatum ; Corruptus vanis rerum : quia veneat auro Rara avis , et picta pandat fpectacula ...
... neque oftrea , Nec fcarus , aut poterit peregrina juvare lagois . * Vix tamen eripiam , pofito pavone , velis quin Hoc potius quam gallina tergere palatum ; Corruptus vanis rerum : quia veneat auro Rara avis , et picta pandat fpectacula ...
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... neque fervis Albuti fenis exemplo , dum munia didit , ↳ a Saevus erit ; nec fic ut fimplex Naevius , untam Convivis praebebit aquam : vitium hoc quoque ma- с gnúm . Accipe nunc , victus tenuis quae quantaque fecum d Afferat . In primis ...
... neque fervis Albuti fenis exemplo , dum munia didit , ↳ a Saevus erit ; nec fic ut fimplex Naevius , untam Convivis praebebit aquam : vitium hoc quoque ma- с gnúm . Accipe nunc , victus tenuis quae quantaque fecum d Afferat . In primis ...
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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...