The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed, a Life of the Author ...Z. & B. F. Pratt, 1846 |
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... Gildon draw his venal quill ; I wish'd the man a dinner , and sat still : Yet then did Dennis rave in furious fret ; I never answer'd ; I was not in debt ; If want provoked , or madness made them print , I waged no war with Bedlam or ...
... Gildon draw his venal quill ; I wish'd the man a dinner , and sat still : Yet then did Dennis rave in furious fret ; I never answer'd ; I was not in debt ; If want provoked , or madness made them print , I waged no war with Bedlam or ...
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... Gildon , Preface to his New Rehearsal . It is the common cry of the poetasters of the town , and their fautors , that it is an ill - natured thing to ex- pose the pretenders to wit and poetry . The judges and magistrates may with full ...
... Gildon , Preface to his New Rehearsal . It is the common cry of the poetasters of the town , and their fautors , that it is an ill - natured thing to ex- pose the pretenders to wit and poetry . The judges and magistrates may with full ...
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... Gildon : 13 ' Certain it is , that his original is not from Adaım , but the devil ; and that he wanteth nothing but horns and tail to be the exact resemblance of his infernal father . ' Finding , therefore , such contrariety of opin ...
... Gildon : 13 ' Certain it is , that his original is not from Adaım , but the devil ; and that he wanteth nothing but horns and tail to be the exact resemblance of his infernal father . ' Finding , therefore , such contrariety of opin ...
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... Gildon , in the character last cited , make it all plain , by assuring us , ' That he is a creature that reconciles all contradictions : he is a beast , and a man ; a Whig and a Tory ; a writer ( at one and the same time ) of Guardians ...
... Gildon , in the character last cited , make it all plain , by assuring us , ' That he is a creature that reconciles all contradictions : he is a beast , and a man ; a Whig and a Tory ; a writer ( at one and the same time ) of Guardians ...
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... Gildon , after having violently attacked him in many pieces , at last came to wish from his heart , ' That Mr. Pope would be prevailed upon to give us Ovid's Epistles by his hand ; for it is certain we see the original of Sappho to ...
... Gildon , after having violently attacked him in many pieces , at last came to wish from his heart , ' That Mr. Pope would be prevailed upon to give us Ovid's Epistles by his hand ; for it is certain we see the original of Sappho to ...
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Page 54 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.
Page 6 - I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.
Page 106 - twixt reading and Bohea, To muse, and spill her solitary Tea, Or o'er cold coffee trifle with the spoon, Count the slow clock, and dine exact at noon...
Page 12 - Till grown more frugal in his riper days, He paid some bards with port, and some with praise ; To some a dry rehearsal was assign'd, And others (harder still) he paid in kind.
Page 11 - Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ? What though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals ? Or smoking forth, a hundred hawkers...
Page 6 - And curses wit, and poetry, and Pope. 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 ? Or which must end me, a fool's wrath or love ? A dire dilemma! either way I'm sped, If foes, they write, — if friends, they read me dead.
Page 280 - Some gentle James, to bless the land again ; To stick the doctor's chair into the throne, Give law to words, or war with words alone, Senates and courts with Greek and Latin rule, And turn the council to a grammar school ! For sure, if Dulness sees a grateful day, 'Tis in the shade of arbitrary sway.
Page 14 - What ? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of Ass's milk ? Satire or sense, alas! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P.
Page 306 - In vain ! They gaze, turn giddy, rave, and die. Religion, blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires. Nor public flame, nor private, dares to shine; Nor human spark is left, nor glimpse divine! Lo! thy dread empire, Chaos ! is restored; Light dies before thy uncreating word ; Thy hand, great Anarch, lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all.
Page 305 - Heav'n before, Shrinks to her second cause, and is no more. Physic of Metaphysic begs defence, And Metaphysic calls for aid on Sense! See Mystery to Mathematics fly! In vain! they gaze, turn giddy, rave, and die, Religion blushing veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires.