Satires and EpistlesClarendon Press, 1881 - 164 pages |
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... heads . 1. The social ideas expressed , and the ethical standard im- plied , have the character of universality . The grave defects we have found in Pope's conception of life , and of human nature , will not allow him to be classed ...
... heads . 1. The social ideas expressed , and the ethical standard im- plied , have the character of universality . The grave defects we have found in Pope's conception of life , and of human nature , will not allow him to be classed ...
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... head ; And drop at last , but in unwilling ears , This saving counsel , ' Keep your piece nine years . ' 40 Nine years ! cries he , who high in Drury - lane , Lull'd by soft zephyrs thro ' the broken pane , Rhymes ere he wakes , and ...
... head ; And drop at last , but in unwilling ears , This saving counsel , ' Keep your piece nine years . ' 40 Nine years ! cries he , who high in Drury - lane , Lull'd by soft zephyrs thro ' the broken pane , Rhymes ere he wakes , and ...
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... head : ' And when I die , be sure you let me know Great Homer dy'd three thousand years ago . Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown Dipt me in ink , my parents ' , or my own ? As yet a child , nor yet a fool to fame , I lisp'd in ...
... head : ' And when I die , be sure you let me know Great Homer dy'd three thousand years ago . Why did I write ? what sin to me unknown Dipt me in ink , my parents ' , or my own ? As yet a child , nor yet a fool to fame , I lisp'd in ...
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... head , And St. John's self , great Dryden's friends before , With open arms receiv'd one poet more . Happy my studies , when by these approv'd ! Happier their author , when by these belov'd ! From these the world will judge of men and ...
... head , And St. John's self , great Dryden's friends before , With open arms receiv'd one poet more . Happy my studies , when by these approv'd ! Happier their author , when by these belov'd ! From these the world will judge of men and ...
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... head , Receiv'd of wits an undistinguish'd race , Who first his judgment ask'd , and then a place : Much they extoll'd his pictures , much his seat , And flatter'd ev'ry day , and some days eat : Till grown more frugal in his riper days ...
... head , Receiv'd of wits an undistinguish'd race , Who first his judgment ask'd , and then a place : Much they extoll'd his pictures , much his seat , And flatter'd ev'ry day , and some days eat : Till grown more frugal in his riper days ...
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Page 30 - Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne; View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer...
Page 125 - With lust and violence the house of God? In courts and palaces he also reigns, And in luxurious cities, where the noise Of riot ascends above their loftiest towers, And injury, and outrage: And when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.
Page 34 - 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 25 - Nine years !" cries he, who high in Drury-lane, Lull'd by soft zephyrs through the broken pane, Rhymes ere he wakes, and prints before term ends, Oblig'd by hunger and request of friends : " The piece, you think, is incorrect? why take it ; I'm all submission ; what you'd have it, make it.
Page 24 - 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 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 awhile one parent from the sky...
Page 52 - Be but great, With praise or infamy leave that to fate; Get place and wealth — if possible with grace; If not, by any means get wealth and place.
Page 28 - I smiled ; if right, I kiss'd the rod. Pains, reading, study, are their just pretence, And all they want is spirit, taste, and sense.
Page 33 - That Fop, whose pride affects a patron's name, Yet absent, wounds an author's honest fame: Who can your merit selfishly approve, And show the sense of it without the love...
Page 146 - I remember the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, "Would he ' had blotted a thousand," which they thought a malevolent speech.