The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections, Additions and Improvements, Volume 5T. & G. Palmer, 1804 - 754 pages |
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... taste , and sense . Commas and points they set exactly right , And ' twere a sin to rob them of their mite ; Yet ne'er one sprig of laurel grac❜d these ribbalds , From slashing Bentley down to piddling Tibbalds : Each wight who reads ...
... taste , and sense . Commas and points they set exactly right , And ' twere a sin to rob them of their mite ; Yet ne'er one sprig of laurel grac❜d these ribbalds , From slashing Bentley down to piddling Tibbalds : Each wight who reads ...
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... 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 , 315 As shallow streams run dimpling all the way . Whether in florid impotence ...
... 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 , 315 As shallow streams run dimpling all the way . Whether in florid impotence ...
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... taste , blaspheme Quadrille , Abuse the City's best good men in metre , And laugh at peers that put their trust in Peter . Ev'n those you touch not hate you . P. What should ail ' em ? F. A hundred smart in Timon and in Balaam : SO 35 ...
... taste , blaspheme Quadrille , Abuse the City's best good men in metre , And laugh at peers that put their trust in Peter . Ev'n those you touch not hate you . P. What should ail ' em ? F. A hundred smart in Timon and in Balaam : SO 35 ...
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... taste is insolence indeed : " In me ' tis noble , suits my birth and state , [ need " My wealth unwieldy , and my heap too great . " Then , like the sun , let Bounty spread her ray , 115 And shine that superfluity away . Oh impudence of ...
... taste is insolence indeed : " In me ' tis noble , suits my birth and state , [ need " My wealth unwieldy , and my heap too great . " Then , like the sun , let Bounty spread her ray , 115 And shine that superfluity away . Oh impudence of ...
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... Tastes for his friend of fowl and fish ; 196 190 Tells all their names , lays down the law , 200 " Que ça est bon ! Ah gouter ça ! " That jelly's rich , this Malmsey healing ; " Pray , dip your whiskers and your tail in . ” Was ever ...
... Tastes for his friend of fowl and fish ; 196 190 Tells all their names , lays down the law , 200 " Que ça est bon ! Ah gouter ça ! " That jelly's rich , this Malmsey healing ; " Pray , dip your whiskers and your tail in . ” Was ever ...
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Page 12 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please, 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 13 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Page 18 - A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest ; Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.
Page 15 - Oh let me live my own, and die so too ! (To live and die is all I have to do :; Maintain a poet's dignity and ease, And see what friends, and read what books I please ; Above a patron, tho' I condescend Sometimes to call a minister my friend.
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?
Page 17 - Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; 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.
Page 32 - There my retreat the best companions grace, Chiefs out of war, and statesmen out of place: There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul...
Page 8 - Glad of a quarrel, straight I clap the door, Sir, let me see your works and you no more. *Tis sung, when Midas...
Page 5 - A maudlin Poetess, a rhyming Peer, A Clerk, foredoom'd his father's soul to cross, Who pens a Stanza, when he should engross!
Page 11 - Soft were my numbers ; who could take offence While pure description held the place of sense ? Like gentle Fanny's was my flow'ry theme, A painted mistress, or a purling stream.