The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Band 2 |
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... nonfense leaning , Means not , but blunders round about a meaning : And he ,
whose fustian's so sublimely bad , It is not poetry , but prose run mad : All thefe ,
my modest satire bad translate , And own'd that nine such poets made a Tate .
... nonfense leaning , Means not , but blunders round about a meaning : And he ,
whose fustian's so sublimely bad , It is not poetry , but prose run mad : All thefe ,
my modest satire bad translate , And own'd that nine such poets made a Tate .
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... flowing thro ' 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 .
... flowing thro ' 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 .
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P. What ? arm'd for virtue when I point the pen ; Brand.the bold front of shameless
guilty inen ; Dash the proud gamester in his gilded car ; Bare the mean heart that
lurks beneath a star ; Can there be wanting , to defend her cause , Lights of the ...
P. What ? arm'd for virtue when I point the pen ; Brand.the bold front of shameless
guilty inen ; Dash the proud gamester in his gilded car ; Bare the mean heart that
lurks beneath a star ; Can there be wanting , to defend her cause , Lights of the ...
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... excess and famine lies a mean ; Plain , but not sordid ; tho * not fplendid , clean
, Avidien , or his wife ( no matter which , For him you'll call a dog , and her a bitch
) Sell their presented partridges , and fruits , And humbly live on rabbits and on ...
... excess and famine lies a mean ; Plain , but not sordid ; tho * not fplendid , clean
, Avidien , or his wife ( no matter which , For him you'll call a dog , and her a bitch
) Sell their presented partridges , and fruits , And humbly live on rabbits and on ...
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Who counsels best ? who whispers : » Be but great , » With praise or infamy
leave that to fate ; » Get place and wealth , if possible , with grace ; » If not , by
any means get wealth and place a . For what ? to have a box where eunuchs
sing , And ...
Who counsels best ? who whispers : » Be but great , » With praise or infamy
leave that to fate ; » Get place and wealth , if possible , with grace ; » If not , by
any means get wealth and place a . For what ? to have a box where eunuchs
sing , And ...
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