The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Satires, &cJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... merit than his Epic , but very unlike the Character , as well as Numbers , of Pindar . P. VER . 81. In all debates etc. ] The Poet has here put the bald cant of women and boys into extreme fine verse . This is in ftrict imitation of his ...
... merit than his Epic , but very unlike the Character , as well as Numbers , of Pindar . P. VER . 81. In all debates etc. ] The Poet has here put the bald cant of women and boys into extreme fine verse . This is in ftrict imitation of his ...
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... merit other palms ; Z Hopkins and Sternhold glad the heart with Pfalms : a The Boys and Girls whom charity maintains , 231 Implore your help in these pathetic strains : NOTES . VER . 230. Sternhold . ] One of the verfifiers of the old ...
... merit other palms ; Z Hopkins and Sternhold glad the heart with Pfalms : a The Boys and Girls whom charity maintains , 231 Implore your help in these pathetic strains : NOTES . VER . 230. Sternhold . ] One of the verfifiers of the old ...
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... merit : But Kings in Wit may want discerning Spirit . 385 The Hero William , and the Martyr Charles , One knighted Blackmore , and one penfion'd Quarles ; Which made old Ben , and furly Dennis fwear , " No Lord's anointed , but a ...
... merit : But Kings in Wit may want discerning Spirit . 385 The Hero William , and the Martyr Charles , One knighted Blackmore , and one penfion'd Quarles ; Which made old Ben , and furly Dennis fwear , " No Lord's anointed , but a ...
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... merit , 135 Yours Milton's genius , and mine Homer's fpirit . Call Tibbald Shakespear , and he'll fwear the Nine , Dear Cibber ! never match'd one Ode of thine . Lord ! how we ftrut thro ' Merlin's Cave , to fee No Poets there , but ...
... merit , 135 Yours Milton's genius , and mine Homer's fpirit . Call Tibbald Shakespear , and he'll fwear the Nine , Dear Cibber ! never match'd one Ode of thine . Lord ! how we ftrut thro ' Merlin's Cave , to fee No Poets there , but ...
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... merit , A grain of courage , or a spark of spirit , The wifest man might blufh , I must agree , If D *** lov'd fixpence , more than he . NOTES . VER . 220. When fervile Chaplains cry , ] Dr. Ken - t . VER . 229. lov'd fixpence ...
... merit , A grain of courage , or a spark of spirit , The wifest man might blufh , I must agree , If D *** lov'd fixpence , more than he . NOTES . VER . 220. When fervile Chaplains cry , ] Dr. Ken - t . VER . 229. lov'd fixpence ...
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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...