The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volumen4B. Law, J. Johnson, C. Dilly [and others], 1797 - 3650 páginas |
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... subject be what it will ) is natural , I may fay , even neceffary , and brings no harm . Bitterness , for that reafon , is neither neceffary nor natural , and what I hope neither you nor I are susceptible of , neither with re- fpect to ...
... subject be what it will ) is natural , I may fay , even neceffary , and brings no harm . Bitterness , for that reafon , is neither neceffary nor natural , and what I hope neither you nor I are susceptible of , neither with re- fpect to ...
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... subject may be feen in Martinelli's Letters , p . 255. London ; 1758 . VER . 28. Falling Horfe ? ] The horse on which his Majefty charged at the battle of Oudenard ; when the Pretender , and the Princes of the blood of France , fled ...
... subject may be feen in Martinelli's Letters , p . 255. London ; 1758 . VER . 28. Falling Horfe ? ] The horse on which his Majefty charged at the battle of Oudenard ; when the Pretender , and the Princes of the blood of France , fled ...
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... subject was expressly to treat only of the state of man here." If Bolingbroke concealed his real opinions from Pope, yet surely he speaks out plainly and loudly to Swift in one of his letters, and openly tells him he dismisses from his ...
... subject was expressly to treat only of the state of man here." If Bolingbroke concealed his real opinions from Pope, yet surely he speaks out plainly and loudly to Swift in one of his letters, and openly tells him he dismisses from his ...
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... subject , by saying , " Incipiens ftatutis edico " -- In the lines above , 37 and 38 , he has dextrously substituted for the ftork two birds that among us are vulgarly held to be facred . Semp . Rufus first taught the Romans to eat ...
... subject , by saying , " Incipiens ftatutis edico " -- In the lines above , 37 and 38 , he has dextrously substituted for the ftork two birds that among us are vulgarly held to be facred . Semp . Rufus first taught the Romans to eat ...
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... subject, from page 343 to 363, in the Quarto Edition of Hemslerhusius. Horace himself appeare to have failed more in exposing this folly, than in any other of hîs Satires; and principally so, by mixing ancient with modem man- ncrs, and ...
... subject, from page 343 to 363, in the Quarto Edition of Hemslerhusius. Horace himself appeare to have failed more in exposing this folly, than in any other of hîs Satires; and principally so, by mixing ancient with modem man- ncrs, and ...
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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...