The Works of Alexander Pope: Satires, &cJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... whose fuftian's fo fublimely bad , It is not Poetry , but profe run mad : All these , my modeft Satire bad tranflate , And own'd that nine fuch Poets made a Tate . 190 How did they fume , and stamp , and roar , and chafe ! And fwear ...
... whose fuftian's fo fublimely bad , It is not Poetry , but profe run mad : All these , my modeft Satire bad tranflate , And own'd that nine fuch Poets made a Tate . 190 How did they fume , and stamp , and roar , and chafe ! And fwear ...
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Alexander Pope. Peace to all fuch ! but were there One whose fires True Genius kindles , and fair Fame inspires ; Bleft with each talent and each art to please , And born to write , converfe , and live with ease : Should fuch a man , too ...
Alexander Pope. Peace to all fuch ! but were there One whose fires True Genius kindles , and fair Fame inspires ; Bleft with each talent and each art to please , And born to write , converfe , and live with ease : Should fuch a man , too ...
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... VER . 265 - tho ' I condefcend & c . ] He thought it , and he juftly thought it , a condefcenfion in an honeft Man to accept the friendship of any one , how high foever , whose I was not born for Courts or great affairs ; 2 . 20 PROLOGUE.
... VER . 265 - tho ' I condefcend & c . ] He thought it , and he juftly thought it , a condefcenfion in an honeft Man to accept the friendship of any one , how high foever , whose I was not born for Courts or great affairs ; 2 . 20 PROLOGUE.
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... whose pride affects a patron's name , Yet abfent , wounds an author's honeft fame : VARIATIONS . After 282. in the MS . P. What if I fing Auguftus , great and good ? A. You did fo lately , was it understood ? 280 285 290 P. Be nice no ...
... whose pride affects a patron's name , Yet abfent , wounds an author's honeft fame : VARIATIONS . After 282. in the MS . P. What if I fing Auguftus , great and good ? A. You did fo lately , was it understood ? 280 285 290 P. Be nice no ...
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... whose writings have afforded the world much pleasure and inftruction , happens to be enviously attacked , or falfely accused , it is natural to think , that a fenfe of gratitude for fo agreeable an obligation , or a fenfe of that honour ...
... whose writings have afforded the world much pleasure and inftruction , happens to be enviously attacked , or falfely accused , it is natural to think , that a fenfe of gratitude for fo agreeable an obligation , or a fenfe of that honour ...
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Page 18 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Page 17 - 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 51 - Hear this, and tremble ! you who 'scape the laws. Yes, while I live, no rich or noble knave Shall walk the world, in credit, to his grave.
Page 243 - Before her dance; behind her crawl the Old! See thronging Millions to the Pagod run, And offer Country, Parent, Wife, or Son! Hear her black Trumpet thro' the Land proclaim, That "Not to be corrupted is the Shame.
Page 19 - d by ev'ry quill ; Fed with soft dedication all day long, Horace and he went hand in hand in song.
Page 234 - 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 6 - 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 30 - 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 244 - Are what ten thousand envy and adore : All, all look up with reverential awe, At crimes that 'scape or triumph o'er the law ; While truth, worth, wisdom, daily they decry : Nothing is sacred now but villainy.
Page 157 - 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.