The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death, Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warburton, Volume 4A. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, C. Bathurst, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, J. Richardson, B. Law, S. Crowder, T. Longman, T. Field, and T. Caslon, 1760 - English poetry |
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Page 4
... honour , on my fide , that whereas , by their proceeding , any abuse may be di- rected at any man , no injury can poffibly be done by mine , fince a nameless Character can never be found out , but by its truth and likeness . P. EPISTLE ...
... honour , on my fide , that whereas , by their proceeding , any abuse may be di- rected at any man , no injury can poffibly be done by mine , fince a nameless Character can never be found out , but by its truth and likeness . P. EPISTLE ...
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... honour , injur'd , to defend ; Who tells whate'er you think , whate'ér you say , And , if he lye not , must at least betray : NOTES . VER . 295 , 296. Who has the vanity to call you friend , Yet wants the honour , injur'd , to defend ...
... honour , injur'd , to defend ; Who tells whate'er you think , whate'ér you say , And , if he lye not , must at least betray : NOTES . VER . 295 , 296. Who has the vanity to call you friend , Yet wants the honour , injur'd , to defend ...
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... Honour's cause , While yet in Britain Honour had applaufe ) Each parent fprung -- A . What fortune , pray ? -- P. Their own , 390 And better got , than Beftia's from the throne . NOTES . The following infcription was placed by their fon ...
... Honour's cause , While yet in Britain Honour had applaufe ) Each parent fprung -- A . What fortune , pray ? -- P. Their own , 390 And better got , than Beftia's from the throne . NOTES . The following infcription was placed by their fon ...
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... Honour to confift fimply in his living familiarly with the Great ; " Cum magnis vixisse invita fatebitur ufque " Invidia . " Our Poet , more nobly , in his living with them on the foot of an honeft man.He prided himself in this ...
... Honour to confift fimply in his living familiarly with the Great ; " Cum magnis vixisse invita fatebitur ufque " Invidia . " Our Poet , more nobly , in his living with them on the foot of an honeft man.He prided himself in this ...
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... Honour is to feel no fin , He's arm'd without that's innocent within ; . NOTES . hair ( tied in a knot on the top of ... honour to his Country ) had a fine genius , improved and put in ufe by a true under- ftanding ; and both , under the ...
... Honour is to feel no fin , He's arm'd without that's innocent within ; . NOTES . hair ( tied in a knot on the top of ... honour to his Country ) had a fine genius , improved and put in ufe by a true under- ftanding ; and both , under the ...
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abuſe admire aetas againſt Alluding amongſt atque becauſe Befides beſt cafe caufe cauſe character Court Dunciad eaſe EPISTLE ev'n ev'ry expreffed expreffion faid fame faſhion fatire fays feem fenfe ferve fhall fhew fhould fibi firft firſt fome fomething fool foul fpirit Friend ftill fubject fublime fuch fuit fuperior fure genius give himſelf honeft honour Horace Houſe imitation infinuate juft juſt King laft laſt leaſt lefs Lord ludicra Maſter Minifter moft moſt Muſe muſt never 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 reafon ridicule rife Satire ſay ſhall Southcot ſpeak ſtate ſtill ſtrange Tafte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thro tibi Truth uſe verfe verſe Virtue Whig whofe whoſe worfe worſe write
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Page 11 - 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?
Page 39 - 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 30 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Page 12 - Three things another's modest wishes bound, My friendship, and a prologue, and ten pound. Pitholeon sends to me : ' You know his Grace, ' I want a patron ; ask him for a place.
Page 24 - Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Page 272 - If of Court life you knew the good. You would leave loneness. ' I said, 'Not alone My loneness is; but Spartan's fashion, To teach by painting drunkards, doth not last Now; Aretine's pictures have made few chaste; No more can princes...
Page 211 - This subtle Thief of life, this paltry Time, What will it leave me, if it snatch my rhyme? If ev'ry wheel of that unweary'd Mill, That turn'd ten thousand verses, now stands still?
Page 39 - As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks; Or, at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad...
Page 14 - The truth once told (and wherefore should we lie?) The Queen of Midas slept, and so may I. You think this cruel ? take it for a rule, No creature smarts so little as a fool. Let peals of laughter, Codrus ! round thee break, 85 Thou unconcern'd canst hear the mighty crack: Pit, box, and gall'ry in convulsions hurl'd, Thou stand'st unshook amidst a bursting world. Who shames a Scribbler? break one cobweb thro...
Page 13 - Furies, death and rage!" If I approve, "Commend it to the stage.