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... Butler strolld abroad , Or fish deny'd ( the river yet unthaw'd ) If then plain bread
and milk will do the feat , 15 The pleasure lies in you , and not the meat . VER . R.
9. BETHEL . ] The same to whom several of Mr : Pope's letters are addressed .
... Butler strolld abroad , Or fish deny'd ( the river yet unthaw'd ) If then plain bread
and milk will do the feat , 15 The pleasure lies in you , and not the meat . VER . R.
9. BETHEL . ] The same to whom several of Mr : Pope's letters are addressed .
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Wberber we joy or grieve , the same tbe cúrse , Surs prizd av better , or sürpriz '
dat worse . ] The elegance of this is superior to the Original . The curse is the
same ( rays he ) whether we joy or grieve . Why so ? Because , in either case ,
the ...
Wberber we joy or grieve , the same tbe cúrse , Surs prizd av better , or sürpriz '
dat worse . ] The elegance of this is superior to the Original . The curse is the
same ( rays he ) whether we joy or grieve . Why so ? Because , in either case ,
the ...
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In our Author's Ejay on the Characters of Men , the Encomium on Lord Cobham ,
and the satire on Lord Wharton , are the equal efforts of the same great genius .
There is one advantage indeed in Satire over Panegyric , which every body has ...
In our Author's Ejay on the Characters of Men , the Encomium on Lord Cobham ,
and the satire on Lord Wharton , are the equal efforts of the same great genius .
There is one advantage indeed in Satire over Panegyric , which every body has ...
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... addrefs in the same pretty style ; and was lastly served up in an Epitaph ,
between Latin and English , published by its author . VER . 78. Nation's Sense ; ]
The cant of Politics at that time . Ver . 80. Carolina . ] Queen confort to King
George II .
... addrefs in the same pretty style ; and was lastly served up in an Epitaph ,
between Latin and English , published by its author . VER . 78. Nation's Sense ; ]
The cant of Politics at that time . Ver . 80. Carolina . ] Queen confort to King
George II .
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Tis just alike to Virtue , and to me ; ] He gives the reason for it , in the line that
presently follows , She's still the same , belov'd , contented thing . So that the
sense of the text is this , “ It is all one to Virtue on “ whom her influence falls ,
whether on ...
Tis just alike to Virtue , and to me ; ] He gives the reason for it , in the line that
presently follows , She's still the same , belov'd , contented thing . So that the
sense of the text is this , “ It is all one to Virtue on “ whom her influence falls ,
whether on ...
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Seite 21 - A Cherub's face, a reptile all the rest; Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust; Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.
Seite 12 - Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Seite 17 - Oh let me live my own, and die so too ! (To live and die is all I have to do :) Maintain a poet's dignity and ease, And see what friends, and read what books I please ; Above a patron, tho' I condescend Sometimes to call a minister my friend.
Seite 49 - 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 45 - Slander or Poison dread from Delia's rage, Hard words or hanging, if your Judge be Page.
Seite 17 - And those they left me; for they left me Gay; Left me to see neglected genius bloom, Neglected die, and 'tell it on his tomb: Of all thy blameless...
Seite 27 - Me, let the tender office long engage To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death; Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep a while one parent from the sky ! On cares like these, if length of days attend, May Heaven, to bless those days, preserve my friend!
Seite 182 - Sir, though (I thank God for it) I do hate Perfectly all this town, yet there's one state In all ill things so excellently best, That hate towards them breeds pity towards the rest.
Seite 6 - Furies, death and rage!" If I approve, "Commend it to the stage.
Seite 24 - If on a pillory, or near a throne, He gain his prince's ear, or lose his own. Yet soft by nature, more a dupe than wit, Sappho can tell you how this man was bit...