The Works of Alexander Popekesq., with Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others: To which Were Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks, Volume 6C. and J. Rivington, 1824 |
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Page 56
... tibi mentis compos , et ex animo dicam . Si forte , cum ad ultimum vitæ finem pervenero , supplex accedam ad te ora- tum , neve audias , neve inter tuos accipias oro ; cum infernis Diis in æternum vitam agere decrevi . " Whereupon ...
... tibi mentis compos , et ex animo dicam . Si forte , cum ad ultimum vitæ finem pervenero , supplex accedam ad te ora- tum , neve audias , neve inter tuos accipias oro ; cum infernis Diis in æternum vitam agere decrevi . " Whereupon ...
Page 116
... tibi quid sanctarum inscitia legum : m " Si mala condiderit in quem quis carmina , jus est Judiciumque . " H. Esto , si quis " mala : sed bona si quis Judice condiderit laudatus CÆSARE ? si quis NOTES . seen some manuscript letters of ...
... tibi quid sanctarum inscitia legum : m " Si mala condiderit in quem quis carmina , jus est Judiciumque . " H. Esto , si quis " mala : sed bona si quis Judice condiderit laudatus CÆSARE ? si quis NOTES . seen some manuscript letters of ...
Page 131
... of boil'd and roast , and flesh and fish , 70 Where bile , and wind , and phlegm , and acid jar , And all the man is one intestine war ) e Quæ simplex olim tibi sederit . At simul assis K 2 SAT . II . 131 OF HORACE .
... of boil'd and roast , and flesh and fish , 70 Where bile , and wind , and phlegm , and acid jar , And all the man is one intestine war ) e Quæ simplex olim tibi sederit . At simul assis K 2 SAT . II . 131 OF HORACE .
Page 132
... tibi sederit . At simul assis Miscueris elixa , simul conchylia turdis ; Dulcia se in bilem vertent , stomachoque tumultum Lenta feret pituita . Vides , ut pallidus omnis Cœnâ desurgat dubiâ ? quin corpus onustum Hesternis vitiis animum ...
... tibi sederit . At simul assis Miscueris elixa , simul conchylia turdis ; Dulcia se in bilem vertent , stomachoque tumultum Lenta feret pituita . Vides , ut pallidus omnis Cœnâ desurgat dubiâ ? quin corpus onustum Hesternis vitiis animum ...
Page 134
... tibi iniquum , Et frustrà mortis cupidum , cum deerit egenti PAs , laquei pretium . Jure , inquit , Trausius istis Jurgatur verbis : ego vectigalia magna , Divitiasque habeo tribus amplas regibus . ' Ergo , Quod superat , non est meliùs ...
... tibi iniquum , Et frustrà mortis cupidum , cum deerit egenti PAs , laquei pretium . Jure , inquit , Trausius istis Jurgatur verbis : ego vectigalia magna , Divitiasque habeo tribus amplas regibus . ' Ergo , Quod superat , non est meliùs ...
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Page 177 - For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight; His can't be wrong whose life is in the right...
Page 82 - Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies. His wit all seesaw, between that and this, Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis.
Page 41 - A clerk, foredoom'd his father's soul to cross, Who pens a stanza, when he should engross?
Page 36 - 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!
Page 40 - 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. What walls can guard me, or what shades can hide? 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 75 - 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...
Page 414 - ... male necne Lepos saltet; sed quod magis ad nos pertinet et nescire malum est agitamus: utrumne divitiis homines an sint virtute beati; quidve ad amicitias, usus rectumne, trahat nos; 75 et quae sit natura boni summumque quid eius.
Page 464 - So bright is thy beauty, so charming thy song, As had drawn both the beasts and their Orpheus along : But such is thy avarice, and such is thy pride, That the beasts must have starved, and the poet have died. THE BALANCE OF EUROPE. Now Europe balanced, neither side prevails ; For nothing's left in either of the scales.
Page 81 - Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt that stinks and stings...
Page 63 - 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, Alike...