The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Satires, &cJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... admire , Came not from Ammon's fon , but from my Sire : And for my head , if you'll the truth excuse , I had it from my Mother , not the Muse . Happy , if he , in whom these frailties join'd , Had heir'd as well the virtues of the mind ...
... admire , Came not from Ammon's fon , but from my Sire : And for my head , if you'll the truth excuse , I had it from my Mother , not the Muse . Happy , if he , in whom these frailties join'd , Had heir'd as well the virtues of the mind ...
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... admired ; for the most deteftable things in na- ture , as a toad , or a beetle , become pleafing when well represented in a work of Art . But it is no less eminent for the beauty of the thought . For though a fcribler exifts by being ...
... admired ; for the most deteftable things in na- ture , as a toad , or a beetle , become pleafing when well represented in a work of Art . But it is no less eminent for the beauty of the thought . For though a fcribler exifts by being ...
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... admiration of an excellence to produce any esteem for him , to whom it belongs . VER . 295. Who has the vanity to call you friend , Yes wants the honour , injur'd , to defend ; ] When a great Genius , whose writings have afforded the ...
... admiration of an excellence to produce any esteem for him , to whom it belongs . VER . 295. Who has the vanity to call you friend , Yes wants the honour , injur'd , to defend ; ] When a great Genius , whose writings have afforded the ...
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... , and her a bitch ) NOTES . 50 VER . 50. For him you'll call a dog , and her a bitch ] One cannot but admire the lively turn here given to the Ori- ginal . Quinquennes oleas eft , et fylveftria corna ; Ac , Sat. II . 63 OF HORACE .
... , and her a bitch ) NOTES . 50 VER . 50. For him you'll call a dog , and her a bitch ] One cannot but admire the lively turn here given to the Ori- ginal . Quinquennes oleas eft , et fylveftria corna ; Ac , Sat. II . 63 OF HORACE .
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... admires ? i❝ 75 Here , Wisdom calls : " Seek Virtue firft , be bold ! " As Gold to Silver , Virtue is to Gold . " " " 80 There , London's voice : " Get Money , Money still ! " And then let Virtue follow , if the will . ' This , this ...
... admires ? i❝ 75 Here , Wisdom calls : " Seek Virtue firft , be bold ! " As Gold to Silver , Virtue is to Gold . " " " 80 There , London's voice : " Get Money , Money still ! " And then let Virtue follow , if the will . ' This , this ...
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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...