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... fome Perfons of Rank and Fortune [ the Authors of Verfes to the Imitator of Horace , and of an Epistle to a Doc- tor of Divinity from a Nobleman at Hampton Court ] to attack , in a very extraordinary manner , not only my Writings ( of ...
... fome Perfons of Rank and Fortune [ the Authors of Verfes to the Imitator of Horace , and of an Epistle to a Doc- tor of Divinity from a Nobleman at Hampton Court ] to attack , in a very extraordinary manner , not only my Writings ( of ...
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... fome of them know , it was owing to the request of the learned and candid Friend to whom it is inscribed , that I make not as free use of theirs as they have done of mine . However , I shall have this advantage , and honour , on my fide ...
... fome of them know , it was owing to the request of the learned and candid Friend to whom it is inscribed , that I make not as free use of theirs as they have done of mine . However , I shall have this advantage , and honour , on my fide ...
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... fome , of his Barber , but by Chaucer of his Queen . See Wife of Bath's Tale in Dryden's Fables . VER . 80. That fecret to each fool , that he's an Afs : ] i . e . that his ears ( his marks of folly ) are visible . The truth once told ...
... fome , of his Barber , but by Chaucer of his Queen . See Wife of Bath's Tale in Dryden's Fables . VER . 80. That fecret to each fool , that he's an Afs : ] i . e . that his ears ( his marks of folly ) are visible . The truth once told ...
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... fome expect a bribe ; And others roar aloud , " Subscribe , fubfcribe . " Time , praise , or money , is the least they crave ; Yet each declares the other fool or knave . 120 And when I die , be fure you let me to the SATIRES . FI-
... fome expect a bribe ; And others roar aloud , " Subscribe , fubfcribe . " Time , praise , or money , is the least they crave ; Yet each declares the other fool or knave . 120 And when I die , be fure you let me to the SATIRES . FI-
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... fome more sober Critic come abroad ; If wrong , I fmil'd ; if right , I kifs'd the rod . Pains , reading , ftudy , are their just pretence , And all they want is spirit , tafte , and sense . Comma's and points they fet exactly right ...
... fome more sober Critic come abroad ; If wrong , I fmil'd ; if right , I kifs'd the rod . Pains , reading , ftudy , are their just pretence , And all they want is spirit , tafte , and sense . Comma's and points they fet exactly right ...
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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 21 - 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, though I condescend Sometimes to call a minister my friend.
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 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 18 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Page 47 - Slander or poison dread from Delia's rage ; Hard words or hanging, if your judge be Page ; From furious Sappho scarce a milder fate, Px'd by her love, or libell'd by her hate.
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 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 10 - 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 21 - Heavens! was I born for nothing but to write? Has life no joys for me? or (to be grave) Have I no friend to serve, no soul to save? "I found him close with Swift — Indeed? no doubt (Cries prating Balbus) something will come out.