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" 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. "
The Works of Alexander Pope: Satires, &c - Page 157
by Alexander Pope - 1751
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With Memoir, Critical ..., Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1856 - 352 pages
...strains : The zeal of fools offends at any time, But most of all, the zeal of fools in rhyme. Besides, a fate attends on all I write, That when I aim at praise, they say I bite. A vile encomium doubly ridicules : 410 There 'a nothing blackens like the...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With a Life, Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1859 - 384 pages
...strains. The zeal of fools offends at any time, But most of all the zeal of fools in rhyme. 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...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope, with a life, by A. Dyce, Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1863 - 388 pages
...strains. The zeal of fools offends at any time, But most of all the zeal of fools in rhyme. 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...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: Ed. by the Rev. H. F. Cary

Alexander Pope - 1867 - 520 pages
...strains : The zeal of fools offends at any time, But most of all, the zeal of fools in rhyme. 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...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope, ed. with notes and intr. memoir by A.W ...

Alexander Pope - 1869 - 570 pages
...strains: 405 The Zeal of Fools offends at any time, But most of all, the Zeal of Fools in rhyme. Besides, a fate attends on all I write, That when I aim at praise, they say I bite. A vile Encomium doubly ridicules: 410 There's nothing blackens like the ink...
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Satires and Epistles

Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1872 - 168 pages
...strains : The zeal of fools offends at any time, But most of all, the zeal of fools in rhyme. Besides, a fate attends on all I write, That when I aim at praise, they say I bite. A vile encomium doubly ridicules : 410 There's nothing blackens like the ink...
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Pope. Satires and Epistles, ed. by M. Pattison

Alexander Pope - 1872 - 192 pages
...strains : The zeal of fools offends at any time, But most of all, the zeal of fools in rhyme. Besides, a fate attends on all I write, That when I aim at praise, they say I bite. A vile encomium doubly ridicules : 41° There's nothing blackens like the...
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Satires and Epistles

Alexander Pope - 1881 - 196 pages
...strains : The zeal of fools offends at any time, But most of all, the zeal of fools in rhyme. Besides, a fate attends on all I write, That when I aim at praise, they say I bite. A vile encomium doubly ridicules : 410 There's nothing blackens like the ink...
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Preparatory and College Latin Courses in English (condensed and Consolidated)

William Cleaver Wilkinson - Latin language - 1889 - 530 pages
...strains : The zeal of fools offends at any time. But most of all, the zeal of fools in rhyme. 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...
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The Works of ...

Alexander Pope - 1889 - 590 pages
...strains : The zeal of fools offends at any time, But most of all the zeal of fools in rhyme. Besides, a fate attends on all I write, ^That when I aim at praise they say I bite." The Court was extremely angry at the ridicule, and it is said that it was...
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