 | 1813 - 458 Seiten
...of his works; and in his epilogue to the satires, he thus speaks of the philanthropist : Let humblef Allen, with an awkward shame Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. * The Bath stone is a species of lime stone. Its nature is such, that when fresh from the quarry, it... | |
 | Frank Elizabeth - 1814 - 400 Seiten
...Pope, Who, in the following lines, has done justice to his modest and amiable character. " Let humble Allen, with an awkward shame, Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame," time to time; but if you fatigue yourself any more in writing, it will prevent me that satisfaction.... | |
 | Elizabeth Frank - 1814 - 400 Seiten
...Pope, who, in the following lines* has done justice tb his modest and amiable character. " Let humble Allen, with an awkward shame, Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame," time to time ; but if you fatigue yourself any more ia writing^ it will prevent me that satisfaction.... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1821 - 846 Seiten
...but unnamed, by his own desire ; thus confirming the truth of Pope's beautiful couplet : Let humble Allen, with an awkward shame, Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. It is said that this munificent and modest patron made Fielding a present of L.200 at one time, and... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 294 Seiten
...preaching well; A simple Quaker, or a Quaker's wife, Outdo Land art in doctrine—yea, in life : Let humble Allen, with an awkward shame, Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. Virtue may choose the high or low degree, 'Tis just alike to Virtue and to me ; Dwell in a monk, or... | |
 | 1822 - 290 Seiten
...preaching well; A simple Quaker, or a Quaker's wife, Outdo LandafFin doctrine—yea, in life : Let humble Allen, with an awkward shame, Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. Virtue may choose the high or low degree, 'Tis just alike to Virtue and to me ; Dwell in a monk, or... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 628 Seiten
...opulence and respectability, a circumstance alluded to by Pope in the Epilogue to his Satires: Let humble Allen with an awkward shame, Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. Pope had originally styled him law-born Allen, but afterwards altered it as it now stands, not on the... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 602 Seiten
...opulence and respectability, a circumstance alluded to by Pope in the Epilogue to his Satires : Let humble Allen with an awkward shame, Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. Pope had originally styled him low-born Allen, but afterwards altered it as it now stands, not on the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 596 Seiten
...opulence and respectability, a circumstance alluded to by Pope in the Epilogue to his Satires : Let humble Allen with an awkward shame, Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. Pope had originally styled him low-born Allen, but afterwards altered it as it now stands, not on the... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1825 - 554 Seiten
...unnamed, by his own desire : thus confirming the truth of Pope's beautiful couplet :— Let humble Allen, with an awkward shame, Do good by stealth and blush to find it fame. It is said that this munificent and modest patron made Fielding a present of aoo/. at one time, and... | |
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Let humble Allen, with an awkward shame, Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. 
