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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, Esq. ...: Satires, &c - Page 155
by Alexander Pope - 1751
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The Complete Poetical Works of Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1903 - 704 pages
...strains. The zeal of fools offeuds 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 hite. A vile encominm doubly ridicules: 410 There 's nothing blackens like the ink...
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The Living Age, Volume 265

Literature - 1910 - 852 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. There Is far less political passion in this than in the verses of Gray upon...
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Political Satire in English Poetry

Charles William Previté-Orton - English poetry - 1910 - 264 pages
...strains: The zeal of fools offends at any time, And 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. In this way the tradition of Dryden attained its highest success. But it was...
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The Leading English Poets from Chaucer to Browning

Lucius Hudson Holt - English poetry - 1915 - 952 pages
...strains. The zeal of fools offends at any time, But most of all the zeal of fools in rhyme. Besides, the sky: So was it when my life began; So praise they say I bite. A vile encomium doubly ridicules : 410 There 's nothing blackens like the ink...
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Boileau and the French Classical Critics in England (1660-1830)

Alexander Frederick Bruce Clark - Comparative literature - 1925 - 570 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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Selected Poems of Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope - 1926 - 306 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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The Poems of Alexander Pope: A One-volume Edition of the Twickenham Text ...

Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1963 - 884 pages
...strains : 405 The Zeal of Fools offends at any time, But most of all, the Zeal of Fools in ryme. 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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A Critical History of English Literature: The Restoration to 1800, Volume 3

David Daiches - 1979 - 336 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 Poet and His Audience

Ian Jack - Literary Criticism - 1984 - 214 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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Bello and Bolívar: Poetry and Politics in the Spanish American Revolution

Antonio Cussen - Biography & Autobiography - 1992 - 234 pages
...Alliance's restitution of Ferdinand, and Iturbide's failed kingdom. 8 Poetry visits America Besides, a fate attends on all I write, That when I aim at praise, they say I bite. Alexander Pope The first issue of the Biblioteca Americana, published in July...
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