 My head and heart thus flowing through 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.  Works: In English Verse - Page 119by Horace - 1767Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1876 - 530 pages
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 | Thomas Arnold - English literature - 1876 - 564 pages
...thrive, Indebted to no prince or peer alive." His neutral position is again indicated in the lines, — " In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory." But in principle it is clear that he infinitely preferred the politics of Locke to those of Filmer.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1879 - 570 pages
...term me which you will, Papist or Protestant, or both between ', Like good Erasmus in an honest Mear, In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call...and Whigs a Tory. Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run a muck, and tilt at all I meet j I only wear it in a land of Hectors, Thieves, Supercargoes,... | |
 | 1880 - 966 pages
...the old doggerel lines : — " 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." In descanting on patronage, our author brings an equally ungracious charge against Dissenting Churches.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1881 - 572 pages
...prose-man,1 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...and Whigs a Tory.* Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run a-muck, and tilt at all I meet ; ' I only wear it in a land of hectors, Thieves, supercargoes,'... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1881 - 196 pages
...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...and Whigs a Tory. ' Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run a- muck, and tilt at all I meet ; 70 I only wear it in a land of Hectors, Thieves,... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1881 - 738 pages
...But mod'rate your expenses now, at first, As you may keep the same proportion still. - Ben Jonson. In moderation placing all my glory, While tories call me whig, and whigs a tory. MODESTY— see Beauty. Pofe, lmit- of Horace, I. 2. 67. It is the witness still of excellency, To put... | |
 | Old favourites, Matilda Sharpe - 1881 - 438 pages
...laugh, if such a man there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ? From the IMITATIONS OF HORACE. In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory. Whoe'er offends at some unlucky time, Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme. There St. John mingles... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1881 - 570 pages
...term me which you will, Papist or Protestant, or both between,' es Like good Erasmus, in an honest mean, In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory.3 Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run a-muck, and tilt at all I meet ; * TO I only... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1881 - 608 pages
...term me which you will, Papist or Protestant, or both between," 65 Like good Erasmus, in an honest mean, In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory.3 Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run a-muck, and tilt at all I meet ; " »o I only... | |
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