The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Satires, &cJ. and P. Knapton, 1752 |
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... Morals , and Family , whereof , to thofe who know me not , a truer information may be requifite . Being divided between the neceffity to fay fomething of my- felf , and my own laziness to undertake fo awkward a tafk , I thought it the ...
... Morals , and Family , whereof , to thofe who know me not , a truer information may be requifite . Being divided between the neceffity to fay fomething of my- felf , and my own laziness to undertake fo awkward a tafk , I thought it the ...
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... moral and poetic Character . For after having told his cafe , and humouroufly applied to his Phyfician in the manner one would afk for a Receipt to kill Vermin , he ftrait goes on , in the common Character of Afkers of advice , to tell ...
... moral and poetic Character . For after having told his cafe , and humouroufly applied to his Phyfician in the manner one would afk for a Receipt to kill Vermin , he ftrait goes on , in the common Character of Afkers of advice , to tell ...
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... moral and poetic conduct through life . In which he fhews that not fame , but VIRTUE was the conftant object of his ambition : that for this he oppofed himself to all the violence of Cabals , and the treacheries of Courts : the various ...
... moral and poetic conduct through life . In which he fhews that not fame , but VIRTUE was the conftant object of his ambition : that for this he oppofed himself to all the violence of Cabals , and the treacheries of Courts : the various ...
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... morality , on the principles or practife of men in business . NOTES . VER . 265. - tho ' I condefcend & c . ] He thought it , and he justly thought it , a condenfcenfion in an honeft Man to accept the friendfhip of any one , how high ...
... morality , on the principles or practife of men in business . NOTES . VER . 265. - tho ' I condefcend & c . ] He thought it , and he justly thought it , a condenfcenfion in an honeft Man to accept the friendfhip of any one , how high ...
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... moral title , to pass for any one's but his . So the Elay on human Life , the Efay on Reafon , and many others of a worfe tendency , were very liberally beftowed upon him . This , and a great deal more he added on the fame occafion ...
... moral title , to pass for any one's but his . So the Elay on human Life , the Efay on Reafon , and many others of a worfe tendency , were very liberally beftowed upon him . This , and a great deal more he added on the fame occafion ...
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aetas againſt Alluding atque becauſe beft beſt cafe cauſe Cicero Court courtiers divine Dunciad eaſe Engliſh EPISTLE ev'n ev'ry expreffed expreffion faid fame faſhion fatire feems fenfe fhall fhew fhould fibi Fig's firft firſt fome fomething fool foon fpirit freſh ftill fubject fuch fuperior fure genius give himſelf honeft honour Horace imitation infinuate juft juſt King laft laſt Laws leaſt lefs Lord ludicra mafter Minifter moft moſt Mufe muſt nihil NOTES numbers nunc obferved occafion paffion perfon Pindaric pleaſe pleaſure poem Poet Poet's poetry Pope Pow'r praiſe prefent profe purpoſe Pythagorea quae quam quid Quintilian quod racter reafon rhyme ridicule rifu Satire ſee ſhall ſtage ſtand ſtate ſtill ſuch tafte taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thro tibi tranflation underſtand uſed verfe verſe Virtue whofe whoſe worfe worſe write
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Page 9 - A virgin tragedy, an orphan muse.' If I dislike it, 'Furies, death and rage!' If I approve, 'Commend it to the stage.
Page 24 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Page 25 - Fed with soft Dedication all day long, Horace and he went hand in hand in song. His library, where busts of poets dead...
Page 275 - 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 8 - 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 29 - Yet why? that father held it for a rule, It was a sin to call our neighbour fool: That harmless mother thought no wife a whore: Hear this, and spare his family, James Moore! Unspotted names, and memorable long! If there be force in virtue, or in song.
Page 43 - My head and heart thus flowing thro' my quill, Verse-man or prose-man, term me which you will, Papist or Protestant, or both between, Like good Erasmus in an honest mean, In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory.
Page 12 - It is" the slaver kills, and not the bite. A fool quite angry is quite innocent : Alas ! 'tis ten times worse when they repent. One dedicates in high heroic prose, And ridicules beyond a hundred foes : One from all Grub-street will my fame defend, And, more abusive, calls himself my friend. This prints my letters, that expects a bribe, And others roar aloud,
Page 31 - Me, let the tender office long engage To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death; Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep a while one parent from the sky ! On cares like these, if length of days attend, May Heaven, to bless those days, preserve my friend!
Page 9 - Lintot, dull rogue! will think your price too much." "Not, sir, if you revise it, and retouch.