 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
 | 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
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 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1883 - 782 pages
...finds but short repose, A breath revives him, or a breath o'erthrows. 1932 Pope : Satire v. Line 300. In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory. 1933 Pope : Satire i. Line 67 Of some for glory such the boundless rage, That they're the blackest... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1889 - 590 pages
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 | Alexander Pope - 1891 - 340 pages
...prose-man, term me which you 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 Toryj Satire's my weapon, but I'm too discreet To run a-muck, and tilt at all I meet ; 70 I only wear... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1893 - 566 pages
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 | Alexander Pope, Sir Adolphus William Ward - 1893 - 588 pages
...term me which you will, Papist or Protestant, or both between 1, 65 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; fo I only wear it in a land of Hectors, Thieves, Supercargoes,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1899 - 534 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; I only wear it in a land of Hectors, Thieves, supercargoes,... | |
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