 Still her old empire to restore she tries, For, born a goddess, Dulness never dies. O thou! whatever title please thine ear, Dean, Drapier, Bickerstaff, or Gulliver! Whether thou choose Cervantes' serious air, Or laugh and shake in Rabelais' easy chair,...  The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ....: Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot, being ... - Page 235by Alexander Pope - 1835Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1890 - 562 pages
...anarchy, the mind. Still her old empire, to restore 3 she For, born a goddess, Dulness never dies. 0 thou! whatever title please thine ear, Dean, Drapier,...chair, Or praise the court, or magnify mankind/ Or thy grieved country's copper chains unbind; From thy Bostia though her power retires, Mourn not, my Swift,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1822 - 390 pages
...her mother grave, Laborious, heavy, busy, bold, and blind, She rul'd, in native Anarchy, the mind. Still her old Empire to restore she tries, For, born...choose Cervantes' serious air, Or laugh and shake in Rab'lais' easy chair, REMARKS. matical entertainments, formerly agreeable only to the taste of the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 394 pages
...her mother grave, Laborious, heavy, busy, bold, and blind, 15 She rul'd, in native Anarchy, the mind. Still her old Empire to restore she tries, For, born...thine ear, Dean, Drapier, Bickerstaff, or Gulliver! 20 Whether thou choose Cervantes' serious air, Or laugh and shake in Rab'lais' easy chair, REMARKS.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 388 pages
...her mother grave, Laborious, heavy, busy, bold, and blind, 15 She rul'd, in native Anarchy, the mind. Still her old Empire to restore she tries, For, born...thine ear, Dean, Drapier, Bickerstaff, or Gulliver! 20 Whether thou choose Cervantes' serious air, Or laugh and shake in Rab'lais' easy chair, REMARKS.... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 294 pages
...her mother grave ; Laborious, heavy, busy, bold, and blind, She ruled, in native anarchy, the mind. Still her old empire to restore she tries, For, born...thou! whatever title please thine ear, Dean, Drapier, BickerstarF, or Gulliver! AVhether thou choose Cervantes' serious air, Or laugh and shake in Rabelais'... | |
 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 290 pages
...and blind, »he ruled, in native anarchy, the mind. Still her old empire to restore she tries, ? ov, born a goddess, Dulness never dies. O thou! whatever...thine ear, Dean, Drapier, Bickerstaff, or Gulliver! rVbether thou choose Cervantes' serious air, )r laugh and shake in Rabelais' easy chair, )r praise... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - English literature - 1824 - 412 pages
...reader throughout the work; and without this caution he will be apt to mistake the importance VOL. IV. H Still her old Empire to restore she tries, For, born...Dean, Drapier, Bickerstaff, or Gulliver! Whether thou chuse Cervantes' serious air, Or laugh and shake in Rab'lais' easy chair, REMARKS. importance of many... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 406 pages
...reader throughout the work; and without this caution he will be apt to mistake the VOL. IV. H importance Still her old Empire to restore she tries, For, born...thine ear, Dean, Drapier, Bickerstaff, or Gulliver! 20 Whether thou chuse Cervantes' serious air, Or laugh and shake in Rab'lais' easy chair, REMARKS.... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - English literature - 1824 - 408 pages
...with the reader throughout the work; and without this caution he will be apt to mistake the importance Still her old Empire to restore she tries, For, born...thine ear, Dean, Drapier, Bickerstaff, or Gulliver! 20 Whether thou chuse Cervantes' serious air, Or laugh and shake in Rablais' easy chair, REMARKS. importance... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 692 pages
...not much grieve to wear in that company. Adieu, and God bless you, and give you health and spirits! Whether thou choose Cervantes' serious air, Or laugh and shake in Rabelais' easy chair; Or in the graver gown instruct mankind, Or silent let thy morals tell thy mind.* " These two verses are... | |
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