The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volumen4B. Law, J. Johnson, C. Dilly [and others], 1797 - 3650 páginas |
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... seem produc'd by toil . Satire fhould , like a polish'd razor keen , Wound with a touch that's fcarcely felt Thine is an oyster - knife , that hacks and hews , The rage , but not the talent of abuse ; And is in hate what love is in the ...
... seem produc'd by toil . Satire fhould , like a polish'd razor keen , Wound with a touch that's fcarcely felt Thine is an oyster - knife , that hacks and hews , The rage , but not the talent of abuse ; And is in hate what love is in the ...
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... seems to have recanted all he had before faid of Ad- difon , " viz . " ( Excufe fome courtly ftains ) " No whiter page than Addison remains , " & c . From a manuscript letter of Mr. Clarke , who wrote on Antient Coins , to his learned ...
... seems to have recanted all he had before faid of Ad- difon , " viz . " ( Excufe fome courtly ftains ) " No whiter page than Addison remains , " & c . From a manuscript letter of Mr. Clarke , who wrote on Antient Coins , to his learned ...
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... seems too bold : Scarce to wife Peter complaifant enough , And fomething faid of Chartres much to rough . The lines ... seem ing ferioufnefs , applies for advice to the celebrated Roman lawyer C. Trebatius Tefta , an intimate friend of ...
... seems too bold : Scarce to wife Peter complaifant enough , And fomething faid of Chartres much to rough . The lines ... seem ing ferioufnefs , applies for advice to the celebrated Roman lawyer C. Trebatius Tefta , an intimate friend of ...
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... seems to be more spirit here than in the original : But it is hard to pronounce with certainty for though one may be confident there is more force in the 83d and 84th lines than in * : “ Canidia Albutî , quibus eft inimica , venenum ...
... seems to be more spirit here than in the original : But it is hard to pronounce with certainty for though one may be confident there is more force in the 83d and 84th lines than in * : “ Canidia Albutî , quibus eft inimica , venenum ...
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... seems to have placed no inconfiderable part of his wisdom . " I choofe , " fays he , in a letter to Mr. Pope , " my Companions amongst those of the leaft confe- quence , and moft compliance : I read the moft trifling Books I can find ...
... seems to have placed no inconfiderable part of his wisdom . " I choofe , " fays he , in a letter to Mr. Pope , " my Companions amongst those of the leaft confe- quence , and moft compliance : I read the moft trifling Books I can find ...
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Página 337 - 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 touch'd and sham'd by ridicule alone.
Página 7 - I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.
Página 54 - Me, let the tender office long engage To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death; Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep a while one parent from the sky ! On cares like these, if length of days attend, May Heaven, to bless those days, preserve my friend!
Página 316 - Hear her black trumpet through the land proclaim, That not to be corrupted is the shame. In soldier, churchman, patriot, man in power, Tis avarice all, ambition is no more! See all our nobles begging to be slaves ! See all our fools aspiring to be knaves! The wit of cheats, the courage of a...
Página 77 - 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.
Página 79 - There my Retreat, the best Companions grace, Chiefs out of War, and Statesmen out of Place. There ST JOHN mingles with my friendly Bowl, The Feast of Reason, and the Flow of Soul. And HE, whose Lightning pierc'd th...
Página 207 - 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 379 - ... of both Homer's poems into one, which is yet but a fourth part as large as his. The other Epic Poets have...
Página 398 - When we read Homer, we ought to reflect that we are reading the...
Página 50 - 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...