The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Satires, &cJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... once been wrong , will be fo ftill . He , who to feem more deep than you or I , Extols old Bards , wor Merlin's Prophecy , Miftake him not ; he envies , not admires , And to debase the Sons , exalts the Sires . * Had ancient times ...
... once been wrong , will be fo ftill . He , who to feem more deep than you or I , Extols old Bards , wor Merlin's Prophecy , Miftake him not ; he envies , not admires , And to debase the Sons , exalts the Sires . * Had ancient times ...
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... , to Athens , etc. ] i . e . is equally knowing in the manners of the moft different people ; and has the fkill to employ those manners with decorum . 1 340 Let me for once presume t'inftruct the times , 150 IMITATIONS Book II .
... , to Athens , etc. ] i . e . is equally knowing in the manners of the moft different people ; and has the fkill to employ those manners with decorum . 1 340 Let me for once presume t'inftruct the times , 150 IMITATIONS Book II .
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Alexander Pope. 340 Let me for once presume t'inftruct the times , To know the Poet from the Man of rhymes : ' Tis he , who gives my breast a thousand pains , Can make me feel each Paffion that he feigns ; Inrage , compofe , with more ...
Alexander Pope. 340 Let me for once presume t'inftruct the times , To know the Poet from the Man of rhymes : ' Tis he , who gives my breast a thousand pains , Can make me feel each Paffion that he feigns ; Inrage , compofe , with more ...
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... once for LOUIS , Boileau and Racine . 365 370 375 Yet think , great Sir ! ( fo many Virtues fhown ) Ah think , what Poet beft may make them known ? Or chufe at least fome Minifter of Grace , Z Fit to bestow the Laureat's weighty place ...
... once for LOUIS , Boileau and Racine . 365 370 375 Yet think , great Sir ! ( fo many Virtues fhown ) Ah think , what Poet beft may make them known ? Or chufe at least fome Minifter of Grace , Z Fit to bestow the Laureat's weighty place ...
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... Once ( and but once ) I caught him in a lye , " And then , unwhipp'd , he had the grace to cry : " The fault he has I fairly shall reveal , 66 ( Cou'd you o'erlook but that ) it is , to fteal . 20 NOTES . The numbers well exprefs the ...
... Once ( and but once ) I caught him in a lye , " And then , unwhipp'd , he had the grace to cry : " The fault he has I fairly shall reveal , 66 ( Cou'd you o'erlook but that ) it is , to fteal . 20 NOTES . The numbers well exprefs the ...
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Page 5 - 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 255 - Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God afraid of me: Safe from the Bar, the Pulpit, and the Throne, Yet touched and shamed by ridicule alone.
Page 17 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Page 24 - Amphibious thing! that acting either part, The trifling head or the corrupted heart, Fop at the toilet, flatt'rer at the board, Now trips a Lady, and now struts a Lord.
Page 231 - 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 5 - 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 16 - 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 29 - 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 155 - Besides, a fate attends on all I write, That when I aim at praise they say I bite. A vile encomium doubly ridicules : There's nothing blackens like the ink of fools. If true, a woful likeness ; and, if lies, ' Praise undeserv'd is scandal in disguise.
Page 23 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence...