The Works of Alexander Pope: Satires, &cJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... Truth , and moraliz'd his fong : That not for Fame , but Virtue's better end , He ftood the furious foe , the timid friend , The damning critic , half approving wit , The coxcomb hit , or fearing to be hit ; Laugh'd at the lofs of ...
... Truth , and moraliz'd his fong : That not for Fame , but Virtue's better end , He ftood the furious foe , the timid friend , The damning critic , half approving wit , The coxcomb hit , or fearing to be hit ; Laugh'd at the lofs of ...
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... Truth , or fearch of Rhyme ; Ill health fome juft indulgence may engage , And more the fickness of long life , Old age ; i For fainting Age what cordial drop remains , If our intemp❜rate Youth the veffel drains ? 80 85 95 * Our fathers ...
... Truth , or fearch of Rhyme ; Ill health fome juft indulgence may engage , And more the fickness of long life , Old age ; i For fainting Age what cordial drop remains , If our intemp❜rate Youth the veffel drains ? 80 85 95 * Our fathers ...
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... truth abounds ; 85 " Pray then , what wants he ? " Fourfcore thousand pounds ; NOTES . i . e . This is a doctrine in which both Whigs and Tories agree . VER . 83. From him whofe quills ftand quiver'd at his ear , ] They who do not take ...
... truth abounds ; 85 " Pray then , what wants he ? " Fourfcore thousand pounds ; NOTES . i . e . This is a doctrine in which both Whigs and Tories agree . VER . 83. From him whofe quills ftand quiver'd at his ear , ] They who do not take ...
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... truth to the well - dreft Rabble of St. James's . VER . 124. Alike in nothing but one Luft of Gold , Juft half the land would buy , and half be fold : ] Here the argu- ment fuffers a little for the fake of the fatire . The rea- If ...
... truth to the well - dreft Rabble of St. James's . VER . 124. Alike in nothing but one Luft of Gold , Juft half the land would buy , and half be fold : ] Here the argu- ment fuffers a little for the fake of the fatire . The rea- If ...
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... Truth , dear MURRAY , needs no flowers of speech , So take it in the very words of Creech . ) This Vault of Air , this congregated Ball , Self - center'd Sun , and Stars that rife and fall , There are , my Friend ! whofe philofophic ...
... Truth , dear MURRAY , needs no flowers of speech , So take it in the very words of Creech . ) This Vault of Air , this congregated Ball , Self - center'd Sun , and Stars that rife and fall , There are , my Friend ! whofe philofophic ...
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Page 18 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
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 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 243 - Before her dance; behind her crawl the Old! See thronging Millions to the Pagod run, And offer Country, Parent, Wife, or Son! Hear her black Trumpet thro' the Land proclaim, That "Not to be corrupted is the Shame.
Page 19 - d by ev'ry quill ; Fed with soft dedication all day long, Horace and he went hand in hand in song.
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 6 - 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 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 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 157 - 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.