Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk,... Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot - Página 45por Alexander Pope - 1885 - 51 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Alexander Pope - 1849 - 638 páginas
...genins kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Bless'd with each talent and each art to please, And horn to write, converse, and live with ease, Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Tork, no hruther near the throne, View him with scoroful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1819 - 718 páginas
...following character of Atticus, delineated by Pope, is a very lively and forcible example of this figure. " Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near his throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 466 páginas
...Poets are sultans, if they had their will ; " For every author would his brother kill." And Pope, " Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, " Bear like the Turk no brother near the throne." But this is ,not the best of his little pieces : it is excelled by his poem to Fanshaw, and his elegy... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 476 páginas
...prologues, Poets are sultans, if they had their will ; For every author would his brother kill. And Pope, Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear like the Turk, no brother near the throne. But this is not the best of his little pieces : it is excelled by his poem to Fanshaw, and his elegy... | |
| Alexander Jamieson - 1820 - 388 páginas
...attract attention. " Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like a Turk, no hrother near his throne ; View him with scornful, yet with jealous...eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise. Damn with faint praise, |[ assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer. Willing... | |
| John Aikin - 1820 - 832 páginas
...(ires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please, cloudless skies As men for ever temperate, calm, and wise. If plagues or earthq ndc alone, Bear, b'ke the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous... | |
| John Aikin - 1821 - 402 páginas
...fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease :...eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise ; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ;... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1822 - 452 páginas
...: and what deserved praise he would not deny him to the world ; and, as a proof of this disposition Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like...himself to rise ; 200 Damn with faint praise, assent the civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to... | |
| 1822 - 284 páginas
...fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires, Bless'd with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should...scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise; Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 páginas
...whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, blooming flowers. Thither, where sinners may have...Where flames refin'd in breasts seraphic glow v Thou, Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer. And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing... | |
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