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Full many a ' Beast goes in , ] This expression is used for the joke's fake ; but it
hurts his moral ; which is , that they come out beafls . He should here have ituck
to the terms of his Original , veftigia omnia te adverfum Spectantia . VER . 118.
Full many a ' Beast goes in , ] This expression is used for the joke's fake ; but it
hurts his moral ; which is , that they come out beafls . He should here have ituck
to the terms of his Original , veftigia omnia te adverfum Spectantia . VER . 118.
Seite 108
... every other trifling circumftance that attended this piece of gallantry , than for
the explanation of our Author's sense , or the illustration of his poetry ; even
where he is most moral and sublime , But had it been in Mr. Pope's purpose to
indulge ...
... every other trifling circumftance that attended this piece of gallantry , than for
the explanation of our Author's sense , or the illustration of his poetry ; even
where he is most moral and sublime , But had it been in Mr. Pope's purpose to
indulge ...
Seite 232
You grow correct , that once , with Rapture writ , And are , befides , too moral for a
Wit . Decay of Parts , alas ! we all must feel --- 5 Why now , this moment , don't I
see you ftcal ? ' Tis all from Horace ; Horace long before ye Said , “ Tories call'd ...
You grow correct , that once , with Rapture writ , And are , befides , too moral for a
Wit . Decay of Parts , alas ! we all must feel --- 5 Why now , this moment , don't I
see you ftcal ? ' Tis all from Horace ; Horace long before ye Said , “ Tories call'd ...
Seite 241
The true Character of our Author's moral pieces , conlidered as a Supplement to
human laws ( the force of which they have defervedly obtained ) is , that his
praise is always delicate , and his reproof never misplaced : and therefore the
first not ...
The true Character of our Author's moral pieces , conlidered as a Supplement to
human laws ( the force of which they have defervedly obtained ) is , that his
praise is always delicate , and his reproof never misplaced : and therefore the
first not ...
Seite 249
... from whence the expression was taken , aud which no one has a better right to
apply to himself than this excellent prelate : Quid verum atque DEÇENS curo et
rogo , et omnis in hoc fum . So that to be decent is to excell in the moral character
...
... from whence the expression was taken , aud which no one has a better right to
apply to himself than this excellent prelate : Quid verum atque DEÇENS curo et
rogo , et omnis in hoc fum . So that to be decent is to excell in the moral character
...
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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.