The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Satires, &cJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... should engross ? Is there , who , lock'd from ink and paper , fcrawls With defp'rate charcoal round his darken'd walls ? All fly to TWIT'NAM , and in humble ftrain Apply to me , to keep them mad or vain . Arthur , whofe giddy fon ...
... should engross ? Is there , who , lock'd from ink and paper , fcrawls With defp'rate charcoal round his darken'd walls ? All fly to TWIT'NAM , and in humble ftrain Apply to me , to keep them mad or vain . Arthur , whofe giddy fon ...
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... Should such a man , too fond to rule alone , Bear , like the Turk , no brother near the throne , View him with scornful , yet with jealous eyes , And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rife ; Damn with faint praife , affent with civil ...
... Should such a man , too fond to rule alone , Bear , like the Turk , no brother near the throne , View him with scornful , yet with jealous eyes , And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rife ; Damn with faint praife , affent with civil ...
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... should raise amongst those who call themselves his friends , a pretty general indignation . But every day's experience fhews us the very contrary . Some take a malignant fatisfaction in the attack ; others a foolish pleasure in a ...
... should raise amongst those who call themselves his friends , a pretty general indignation . But every day's experience fhews us the very contrary . Some take a malignant fatisfaction in the attack ; others a foolish pleasure in a ...
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... should ail them ? ] Horace hints at one reafon , that each fears his own turn may be next ; his imi- tator gives another , and with more art , a reason which infinuates , that his very lenity , in ufing feigned names , increases the ...
... should ail them ? ] Horace hints at one reafon , that each fears his own turn may be next ; his imi- tator gives another , and with more art , a reason which infinuates , that his very lenity , in ufing feigned names , increases the ...
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... should ail them ? F. A hundred smart in Timon and in Balaam : The fewer still you name , you wound the more ; Bond is but one , but Harpax is a fcore . 35 40 P. • Each mortal has his pleasure : none deny 45 Scarfdale his bottle , Darty ...
... should ail them ? F. A hundred smart in Timon and in Balaam : The fewer still you name , you wound the more ; Bond is but one , but Harpax is a fcore . 35 40 P. • Each mortal has his pleasure : none deny 45 Scarfdale his bottle , Darty ...
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Página 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?
Página 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.
Página 17 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...