The Works of Alexander Pope: Satires, &cJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... grace to elegance of expreffion . But what follows is as much above the Original , as this falls fhort of it . VER . 20. Hartshorn ] This was intended as a pleafantry . on the novelty of the prescription . VER . 28. falling Horfe ...
... grace to elegance of expreffion . But what follows is as much above the Original , as this falls fhort of it . VER . 20. Hartshorn ] This was intended as a pleafantry . on the novelty of the prescription . VER . 28. falling Horfe ...
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... . And HE , whofe lightning , etc. ] Charles Mordaunt Earl of Peterborow , who in the year 1705 took Barcelona , and in the winter following with only 208 There , my retreat the best Companions grace , 125 I 52 Book II . IMITATIONS.
... . And HE , whofe lightning , etc. ] Charles Mordaunt Earl of Peterborow , who in the year 1705 took Barcelona , and in the winter following with only 208 There , my retreat the best Companions grace , 125 I 52 Book II . IMITATIONS.
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Alexander Pope. There , my retreat the best Companions grace , 125 Chiefs out of war , and Statesmen out of place . There ST . JOHN mingles with my friendly bowl The Feaft of Reason and the Flow of foul : And HE , whofe lightning pierc'd ...
Alexander Pope. There , my retreat the best Companions grace , 125 Chiefs out of war , and Statesmen out of place . There ST . JOHN mingles with my friendly bowl The Feaft of Reason and the Flow of foul : And HE , whofe lightning pierc'd ...
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... Grace . ] The pleafantry of this line confifts in the supposed rarity of a Poet's having a table of his own ; or a fense of gratitude for the bleffings he receives . But it contains , 2 To Hounflow - heath I point and Banfted - down 72 ...
... Grace . ] The pleafantry of this line confifts in the supposed rarity of a Poet's having a table of his own ; or a fense of gratitude for the bleffings he receives . But it contains , 2 To Hounflow - heath I point and Banfted - down 72 ...
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... Grace . 156 Fortune not much of humbling me can boast ; Tho ' double tax'd , how little have I loft ? с 160 My Life's amufements have been juft the fame , Before , and after Standing Armies came . My lands are fold , my father's house ...
... Grace . 156 Fortune not much of humbling me can boast ; Tho ' double tax'd , how little have I loft ? с 160 My Life's amufements have been juft the fame , Before , and after Standing Armies came . My lands are fold , my father's house ...
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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.