The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Satires, &cJ. and P. Knapton, 1752 |
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... manner of that mysterious writer , as well as taken up his image . Our Author had been hitherto complaining of the folly His very Minister who spy'd them first , ( Some TO 13 THE SATIRES . SATIRES and EPISTLES of HORACE imitated.
... manner of that mysterious writer , as well as taken up his image . Our Author had been hitherto complaining of the folly His very Minister who spy'd them first , ( Some TO 13 THE SATIRES . SATIRES and EPISTLES of HORACE imitated.
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... author , when by thefe belov'd ! From these the world will judge of men and books , Not from the Burnets , Oldmixens , and Cocks . 146 Soft were my numbers ; who could take offence While pure Description held the place of Senfe ? NOTES ...
... author , when by thefe belov'd ! From these the world will judge of men and books , Not from the Burnets , Oldmixens , and Cocks . 146 Soft were my numbers ; who could take offence While pure Description held the place of Senfe ? NOTES ...
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... author , he quitted the converfe of men , threw him . felf into the thickett of a foret , and wore out the wretched remainder of his life in all the agonies of telbair . 66 VER . 164. paping Beater ) ais great man , ho ' with all his ...
... author , he quitted the converfe of men , threw him . felf into the thickett of a foret , and wore out the wretched remainder of his life in all the agonies of telbair . 66 VER . 164. paping Beater ) ais great man , ho ' with all his ...
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... Author al- ways found thofe he commended lefs fenfible than thofe he re- proved . The reafon is plain . He gave the latter but their due ; and the other thought they had no more . VER . 180.a Perfian tale . ] Amb . Philips tranflated a ...
... Author al- ways found thofe he commended lefs fenfible than thofe he re- proved . The reafon is plain . He gave the latter but their due ; and the other thought they had no more . VER . 180.a Perfian tale . ] Amb . Philips tranflated a ...
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... author , when by these belov'd ! From these the world will judge of men and books , Not from the Burnets , Oldmixons , and Cooks . 146 Soft were my numbers ; who could take offence While pure Description held the place of Sense ? NOTES ...
... author , when by these belov'd ! From these the world will judge of men and books , Not from the Burnets , Oldmixons , and Cooks . 146 Soft were my numbers ; who could take offence While pure Description held the place of Sense ? NOTES ...
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aetas againſt Alluding atque becauſe beft beſt cafe cauſe Cicero Court courtiers divine Dunciad eaſe Engliſh EPISTLE ev'n ev'ry expreffed expreffion faid fame faſhion fatire feems fenfe fhall fhew fhould fibi Fig's firft firſt fome fomething fool foon fpirit freſh ftill fubject fuch fuperior fure genius give himſelf honeft honour Horace imitation infinuate juft juſt King laft laſt Laws leaſt lefs Lord ludicra mafter Minifter moft moſt Mufe muſt nihil NOTES numbers nunc obferved occafion paffion perfon Pindaric pleaſe pleaſure poem Poet Poet's poetry Pope Pow'r praiſe prefent profe purpoſe Pythagorea quae quam quid Quintilian quod racter reafon rhyme ridicule rifu Satire ſee ſhall ſtage ſtand ſtate ſtill ſuch tafte taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thro tibi tranflation underſtand uſed verfe verſe Virtue whofe whoſe worfe worſe write
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Seite 9 - A virgin tragedy, an orphan muse.' If I dislike it, 'Furies, death and rage!' If I approve, 'Commend it to the stage.
Seite 24 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Seite 25 - Fed with soft Dedication all day long, Horace and he went hand in hand in song. His library, where busts of poets dead...
Seite 275 - 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 8 - And curses wit, and poetry, and Pope. 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 29 - Yet why? that father held it for a rule, It was a sin to call our neighbour fool: That harmless mother thought no wife a whore: Hear this, and spare his family, James Moore! Unspotted names, and memorable long! If there be force in virtue, or in song.
Seite 43 - My head and heart thus 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.
Seite 12 - It is" the slaver kills, and not the bite. A fool quite angry is quite innocent : Alas ! 'tis ten times worse when they repent. One dedicates in high heroic prose, And ridicules beyond a hundred foes : One from all Grub-street will my fame defend, And, more abusive, calls himself my friend. This prints my letters, that expects a bribe, And others roar aloud,
Seite 31 - 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 9 - Lintot, dull rogue! will think your price too much." "Not, sir, if you revise it, and retouch.