The Works of Alexander Pope: Esq. with Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks, Volume 6J. Rivington, 1824 - English literature |
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... fool to low ambition , poorly great , That pines in splendid wretchedness of state ; 70 Tired in the treacherous chase , would nobly yield , And , but for shame , like SYLLA , quit the field : The demon Shame paints strong the ridicule ...
... fool to low ambition , poorly great , That pines in splendid wretchedness of state ; 70 Tired in the treacherous chase , would nobly yield , And , but for shame , like SYLLA , quit the field : The demon Shame paints strong the ridicule ...
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... the Laureat's , vice was Chartres ' boast : Then where's the wrong , to gibbet high the name Of fools and knaves already dead to shame ? 160 Oft SATIRE acts the faithful surgeon's part ; Generous and 10 PART I. ESSAY ON SATIRE .
... the Laureat's , vice was Chartres ' boast : Then where's the wrong , to gibbet high the name Of fools and knaves already dead to shame ? 160 Oft SATIRE acts the faithful surgeon's part ; Generous and 10 PART I. ESSAY ON SATIRE .
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... , Kind even in vengeance , kind to Virtue's foes . Whose is the crime , the scandal too be theirs : The knave and fool are their own libellers . 165 PART II . 170 DARE nobly then : but conscious PART I. 11 ESSAY ON SATIRE .
... , Kind even in vengeance , kind to Virtue's foes . Whose is the crime , the scandal too be theirs : The knave and fool are their own libellers . 165 PART II . 170 DARE nobly then : but conscious PART I. 11 ESSAY ON SATIRE .
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... fool ; Sublimer logic now adorns our isle , 205 We therefore see a fool , because we smile . Truth in her gloomy cave why fondly seek ? Lo , gay she sits in Laughter's dimple cheek , 210 Contemns each surly academic foe , And courts the ...
... fool ; Sublimer logic now adorns our isle , 205 We therefore see a fool , because we smile . Truth in her gloomy cave why fondly seek ? Lo , gay she sits in Laughter's dimple cheek , 210 Contemns each surly academic foe , And courts the ...
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... fool's wrath or love ? 30 A dire dilemma ! either way I'm sped , If foes , they write , if friends , they read me dead . NOTES . Italy , and transferred from him to Arbuthnot , which naturally dis- pleased the former , though they lived ...
... fool's wrath or love ? 30 A dire dilemma ! either way I'm sped , If foes , they write , if friends , they read me dead . NOTES . Italy , and transferred from him to Arbuthnot , which naturally dis- pleased the former , though they lived ...
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