The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Satires, &cJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 21
Page 11
... ridicules beyond a hundred foes : One from all Grubstreet will my fame defend , And more abufive , calls himself my friend . This prints my Letters , that expects a bribe , And others roar aloud , " Subfcribe , fubfcribe . " There are ...
... ridicules beyond a hundred foes : One from all Grubstreet will my fame defend , And more abufive , calls himself my friend . This prints my Letters , that expects a bribe , And others roar aloud , " Subfcribe , fubfcribe . " There are ...
Page 23
... that Mr. P. meant him in thofe circumstances ridiculed in the Epiftle on Tafte . See Mr. Pope's Letter to the Earl of Burlington concerning this matter . ? Who reads , but with a luft to mifapply , * C 4 to the SA TIRES . 23.
... that Mr. P. meant him in thofe circumstances ridiculed in the Epiftle on Tafte . See Mr. Pope's Letter to the Earl of Burlington concerning this matter . ? Who reads , but with a luft to mifapply , * C 4 to the SA TIRES . 23.
Page 37
... ridicule . If it be asked then , why he took any body at all to imitate , he has informed us in his Advertisement . To which we may add , that this fort of Imitations , which are of the nature of Parodies , add reflected grace and ...
... ridicule . If it be asked then , why he took any body at all to imitate , he has informed us in his Advertisement . To which we may add , that this fort of Imitations , which are of the nature of Parodies , add reflected grace and ...
Page 38
... . Vol . IV . faang p.39 . HORA DONNE மை MICH F.Hayman inv . et del C.Grignion fculp Safe from the Bar the Pulpit and the Throne , Yet touchd and shamd by Ridicule alone : Ep : to Satires , Part2 . P. S ATIRE L To Mr. FORTESCUE . THE HERE.
... . Vol . IV . faang p.39 . HORA DONNE மை MICH F.Hayman inv . et del C.Grignion fculp Safe from the Bar the Pulpit and the Throne , Yet touchd and shamd by Ridicule alone : Ep : to Satires , Part2 . P. S ATIRE L To Mr. FORTESCUE . THE HERE.
Page 43
... ridicule all Tafte , blafpheme Quadrille , Abuse the City's best good men in metre , And laugh at Peers that put their truft in Peter . " Ev'n thofe you touch not , hate you . ! P. What should ail them ? F. A hundred smart in Timon and ...
... ridicule all Tafte , blafpheme Quadrille , Abuse the City's best good men in metre , And laugh at Peers that put their truft in Peter . " Ev'n thofe you touch not , hate you . ! P. What should ail them ? F. A hundred smart in Timon and ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
aetas againſt aſk atque becauſe beſt Biſhop cafe cauſe Court Deûm Dunciad EPISTLE ev'n ev'ry expreffion faid fame faſhion fatire fhall fhould fibi fing firft firſt fome fomething fool fpirit ftill fuch fuit fuperior fure grace himſelf honeft honour Horace Houſe imitation juft juſt King Knave laft laſt Laws leaſt lefs Lord lov'd ludicra Minifters moſt Mufe muft Muſe muſt ne'er neque nihil NOTES numbers nunc o'er Original Paffion perfon Pindar pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure Poet poft Pow'r praiſe profe Pythagorea quae quam quid quod racter reaſon reft rhyme ridicule rifu Satire ſay ſee ſenſe Shakeſpear ſhall ſhow ſpeak ſtate ſtill ſuch tamen thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thouſand thro tibi uſe verfe Verſe Virtue Whig whofe whoſe wife worſe writ write
Popular passages
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...