The Works of Alexander Pope: Satires, &cJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... give names to . Two or three of them it may not be amifs to preserve and keep alive . Such as the Rev. Mr. J. Upton , Thomas Edwards , Efq ; and , to make up the Triumvirate , their learned Coadjutor , that very refpectable perfonage ...
... give names to . Two or three of them it may not be amifs to preserve and keep alive . Such as the Rev. Mr. J. Upton , Thomas Edwards , Efq ; and , to make up the Triumvirate , their learned Coadjutor , that very refpectable perfonage ...
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... rival themes conteft , Approves of each , but likes the worst the best . Alluding to Mr. P.'s and Tickell's Tranflation of the frft Book of the Iliad . * C Like Cato , give his little Senate laws , And to the SATIRES . 17.
... rival themes conteft , Approves of each , but likes the worst the best . Alluding to Mr. P.'s and Tickell's Tranflation of the frft Book of the Iliad . * C Like Cato , give his little Senate laws , And to the SATIRES . 17.
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Alexander Pope. Like Cato , give his little Senate laws , And fit attentive to his own applause ; While Wits and Templars ev'ry sentence raise , And wonder with a foolish face of praise- Who but muft laugh , if such a man there be ? Who ...
Alexander Pope. Like Cato , give his little Senate laws , And fit attentive to his own applause ; While Wits and Templars ev'ry sentence raise , And wonder with a foolish face of praise- Who but muft laugh , if such a man there be ? Who ...
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... gives , in the next line , of the Courts they belong to . VER . 271. Why am I ask'd & c . ] This is intended as a reproof of those impertinent complaints , which were per- petually made to him by those who called themselves his friends ...
... gives , in the next line , of the Courts they belong to . VER . 271. Why am I ask'd & c . ] This is intended as a reproof of those impertinent complaints , which were per- petually made to him by those who called themselves his friends ...
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... Give Virtue fcandal , Innocence a fear , Or from the foft - ey'd Virgin steal a tear ! But he who hurts a harmless neighbour's peace , Infults fall'n worth , or Beauty in distress , Who loves a Lye , lame flander helps about , Who ...
... Give Virtue fcandal , Innocence a fear , Or from the foft - ey'd Virgin steal a tear ! But he who hurts a harmless neighbour's peace , Infults fall'n worth , or Beauty in distress , Who loves a Lye , lame flander helps about , Who ...
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Seite 18 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Seite 17 - And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Seite 51 - Hear this, and tremble ! you who 'scape the laws. Yes, while I live, no rich or noble knave Shall walk the world, in credit, to his grave.
Seite 243 - Before her dance; behind her crawl the Old! See thronging Millions to the Pagod run, And offer Country, Parent, Wife, or Son! Hear her black Trumpet thro' the Land proclaim, That "Not to be corrupted is the Shame.
Seite 19 - d by ev'ry quill ; Fed with soft dedication all day long, Horace and he went hand in hand in song.
Seite 234 - Seen him, uncumber'd with the Venal tribe, Smile without Art, and win without a Bribe. Would he oblige me ? let me only find, He does not think me what he thinks mankind.
Seite 6 - They pierce my thickets, through my grot they glide, By land, by water, they renew the charge, They stop the chariot, and they board the barge.
Seite 30 - Bestia's from the throne. Born to no pride, inheriting no strife, Nor marrying discord in a noble wife, Stranger to civil and religious rage, The good man walk'd innoxious through his age. No courts he saw, no suits would ever try, Nor dar'd an oath, nor hazarded a lie.
Seite 244 - Are what ten thousand envy and adore : All, all look up with reverential awe, At crimes that 'scape or triumph o'er the law ; While truth, worth, wisdom, daily they decry : Nothing is sacred now but villainy.
Seite 157 - 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.