The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Satires, &cJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... See Milton , Book iv . P. 320 VER . 320. Half froth , ] Alluding to thofe frothy ex- cretions , called by the people , Toad - fpits , feen in fummer- time hanging upon plants , and emitted by young infects which lie hid in the midst of ...
... See Milton , Book iv . P. 320 VER . 320. Half froth , ] Alluding to thofe frothy ex- cretions , called by the people , Toad - fpits , feen in fummer- time hanging upon plants , and emitted by young infects which lie hid in the midst of ...
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... might plead in mitigation of the offence , nothing but their being grave Epiftles could justify the attack . VER . 152. F. Indeed ? ] Hor . Solventur rifu tabulae . See Libels , Satires - here you have it - 54 IMITATIONS Book II .
... might plead in mitigation of the offence , nothing but their being grave Epiftles could justify the attack . VER . 152. F. Indeed ? ] Hor . Solventur rifu tabulae . See Libels , Satires - here you have it - 54 IMITATIONS Book II .
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Alexander Pope. See Libels , Satires - here you have it - read . P. " Libels and Satires ! lawless things indeed ! 150 But grave Epistles , bringing Vice to light , Such as a King might read , a Bishop write , Such as Sir ROBERT would ...
Alexander Pope. See Libels , Satires - here you have it - read . P. " Libels and Satires ! lawless things indeed ! 150 But grave Epistles , bringing Vice to light , Such as a King might read , a Bishop write , Such as Sir ROBERT would ...
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... See Modeft Cibber now has left the Stage : d Our Gen❜rals now , retir'd to their Eftates , Hang their old Trophies o'er the Garden gates , In Life's cool Ev'ning fatiate of Applause , 5 II Nore fond of bleeding , ev'n in BRUNSWICK'S ...
... See Modeft Cibber now has left the Stage : d Our Gen❜rals now , retir'd to their Eftates , Hang their old Trophies o'er the Garden gates , In Life's cool Ev'ning fatiate of Applause , 5 II Nore fond of bleeding , ev'n in BRUNSWICK'S ...
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... see the Merchant Ay , Scar'd at the spectre of pale Poverty ! 65 70 See him , with pains of body , pangs of soul , Burn through the Tropic , freeze beneath the Pole ! Wilt thou do nothing for a nobler end , Nothing , to make Philosophy ...
... see the Merchant Ay , Scar'd at the spectre of pale Poverty ! 65 70 See him , with pains of body , pangs of soul , Burn through the Tropic , freeze beneath the Pole ! Wilt thou do nothing for a nobler end , Nothing , to make Philosophy ...
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Seite 5 - Friend to my life, (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What drop or nostrum can this plague remove?
Seite 255 - Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God afraid of me: Safe from the Bar, the Pulpit, and the Throne, Yet touched and shamed by ridicule alone.
Seite 17 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Seite 24 - Amphibious thing! that acting either part, The trifling head or the corrupted heart, Fop at the toilet, flatt'rer at the board, Now trips a Lady, and now struts a Lord.
Seite 231 - 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 5 - 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 16 - 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 29 - 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 155 - 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.
Seite 23 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence...