The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Satires, &cJ. and P. Knapton, 1752 |
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Page 125
... admire , is all the Art I know , To make men happy , and to keep them fo . " ( Plain Truth , dear MURRAY , needs no ... admiration , his imitator has judicioufly expreffed it in the more fublime figurative terms of Stars that rife and ...
... admire , is all the Art I know , To make men happy , and to keep them fo . " ( Plain Truth , dear MURRAY , needs no ... admiration , his imitator has judicioufly expreffed it in the more fublime figurative terms of Stars that rife and ...
Page 126
... admire ; ] i . e . These objects , in either cafe , affect us , as objects unknown affect the mind , and confequently betray us into falfe judgments . Admire we then what Earth's low entrails hold , Arabian 126 IMITATIONS Book I.
... admire ; ] i . e . These objects , in either cafe , affect us , as objects unknown affect the mind , and confequently betray us into falfe judgments . Admire we then what Earth's low entrails hold , Arabian 126 IMITATIONS Book I.
Page 127
... admire ; Whether we i joy or grieve , the fame the curse , Surpriz'd at better , or furpriz'd at worse . Thus good or bad , to one extreme betray k Th ' unbalanc'd Mind , and fnatch the Man away ; For Virtue's felf may too much zeal be ...
... admire ; Whether we i joy or grieve , the fame the curse , Surpriz'd at better , or furpriz'd at worse . Thus good or bad , to one extreme betray k Th ' unbalanc'd Mind , and fnatch the Man away ; For Virtue's felf may too much zeal be ...
Page 128
... place by a gilt Buffet's reflected pride . VER . 30. Procure a TASTE to double the furprize . ] This is one of those fuperior touches that moft enoble a perfect piece . He Go then , and if you can , admire the 128 Book I. IMITATIONS.
... place by a gilt Buffet's reflected pride . VER . 30. Procure a TASTE to double the furprize . ] This is one of those fuperior touches that moft enoble a perfect piece . He Go then , and if you can , admire the 128 Book I. IMITATIONS.
Page 129
... admire but be admir'd , Sigh , while his Chloe blind to Wit and Worth Weds the rich Dulness of fome Son of earth ? 4I NOTES . fpeaks here of falfe taste , as appears by his directions how to get it , and how to use it when got . Procure ...
... admire but be admir'd , Sigh , while his Chloe blind to Wit and Worth Weds the rich Dulness of fome Son of earth ? 4I NOTES . fpeaks here of falfe taste , as appears by his directions how to get it , and how to use it when got . Procure ...
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Page 9 - A virgin tragedy, an orphan muse.' If I dislike it, 'Furies, death and rage!' If I approve, 'Commend it to the stage.
Page 24 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Page 25 - Fed with soft Dedication all day long, Horace and he went hand in hand in song. His library, where busts of poets dead...
Page 275 - 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 8 - And curses wit, and poetry, and Pope. Friend to my life ! (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What drop or nostrum can this plague remove?
Page 29 - Yet why? that father held it for a rule, It was a sin to call our neighbour fool: That harmless mother thought no wife a whore: Hear this, and spare his family, James Moore! Unspotted names, and memorable long! If there be force in virtue, or in song.
Page 43 - My head and heart thus flowing thro' my quill, Verse-man or prose-man, term me which you will, Papist or Protestant, or both between, Like good Erasmus in an honest mean, In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory.
Page 12 - It is" the slaver kills, and not the bite. A fool quite angry is quite innocent : Alas ! 'tis ten times worse when they repent. One dedicates in high heroic prose, And ridicules beyond a hundred foes : One from all Grub-street will my fame defend, And, more abusive, calls himself my friend. This prints my letters, that expects a bribe, And others roar aloud,
Page 31 - 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 ! On cares like these, if length of days attend, May Heaven, to bless those days, preserve my friend!
Page 9 - Lintot, dull rogue! will think your price too much." "Not, sir, if you revise it, and retouch.