 | British anthology - 1825 - 460 Seiten
...the shire ; If on a pillory, or near a throne, He gain his prince's ear, or lose his own. Yet soft by nature, more a dupe than wit, Sappho can tell you how this man was bit : This dreaded satirist Dennis will confess Foe to his pride, but friend to his distress So humble, he has knock'd... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 476 Seiten
...good fellowship : In all thy humours, whether grave or mellow. Anmsov. Or of bite, used for cheat : -More a dupe than wit. Sappho can tell you how this man was bit. POPE. And, lastly, may be produced the peculiar sense, in which a word is found in any great author... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1826 - 396 Seiten
...the sluro ; If on a pillory, or near a throne, He gain his prince's ear, or lose bis own. Yet soft lum and the fustian in them as satirist Dennis will confess Foe to his pride, but friend to his distress! So humble, he has knock'd... | |
 | John Aikin - 1826 - 840 Seiten
...man was bit : This dreaded sat'rist Dennis will confess Foe to his pride but friend to his distress : So humble, he has knock'd at Tibbald's door. Has drunk with Cibber, nay, has rhym'd for Moon Full ten years slander'd, did he once reply ? Three thousand suns went down on Welsted's lie.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1828 - 264 Seiten
...of the shire ; If on a pillar or near a throne, He gain his prince's ear, or lose his own. Yet soft by nature, more a dupe than wit, Sappho can tell you how this man was bit, This dreaded satirist Dennis will confess Poe to his pride, but friend to his distress ! So humble, he has knock'd... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 Seiten
...the shire ; If on a pillory, nr near a throne, He gain his prince's car, or lose hi* own. Yet »oft s the animal he doom« his feast. And, till he ends the being, makes it b ; Tha dreaded satirist Dennis will confess Foe to bis pride, but friend to his distress ! So humble,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 378 Seiten
...shire ; 305 If on a pillory, or near a throne, He gain his prince's ear, or lose his own. Yet soft by nature, more a dupe than wit, Sappho can tell you how this man was bit : This dreaded satirist Dennis will confess 370 Foe to his pride, but friend to his distress : So humble, he has knock'd... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1835 - 382 Seiten
...was bit : This dreaded satirist Dennis will confess Foe to his pride, but friend to his distress : So humble, he has knock'd at Tibbald's door, Has drunk with Cibber, nay, has rhym'd for Moore. Full ten years slander'd, did he once reply ? Three thousand suns went down on Welsted's lie.2... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 320 Seiten
...the snire j If on a pillory, or near a throne, He rai hit pnacs .s ear, or ioss ns own. Yet soft hy nature, more a dupe than wit, Sappho can tell you how this mnn was hit ; This dreaded satirist Dennis will confess Foe to his pride, hut friend to his distress... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1837 - 394 Seiten
...consciousness of his wasted attachment. He makes this confession with extreme bitterness, — Yet soft by nature, more a dupe than wit, Sappho can tell you how this man was bit. Prologue to the Satires. The lines as they stand in a first edition are even more pointed and significant,... | |
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If on a pillory, or near a throne, He gain his prince's ear, or lose his own. Yet soft by nature, more a dupe than wit, Sappho can tell you how this man was bit... 
