The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Satires, &cJ. and P. Knapton, 1752 |
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... fenfe ; fo that to employ it only in defcription , is like childrens delighting in à prifm for the fake of its gaudy colours ; which when frugally Like gentle Fanny's was my flow'ry theme , A painted C 2 TO THE SATIRES . 13.
... fenfe ; fo that to employ it only in defcription , is like childrens delighting in à prifm for the fake of its gaudy colours ; which when frugally Like gentle Fanny's was my flow'ry theme , A painted C 2 TO THE SATIRES . 13.
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... fenfe . 160 Comma's and points they fet exactly right , And ' twere a fin to rob them of their mite . Yet ne'er one fprig of laurel grac'd these ribalds , From flashing Bentley down to pidling Tibalds : NOTES . managed , and artfully ...
... fenfe . 160 Comma's and points they fet exactly right , And ' twere a fin to rob them of their mite . Yet ne'er one fprig of laurel grac'd these ribalds , From flashing Bentley down to pidling Tibalds : NOTES . managed , and artfully ...
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... fenfe , his Ciceronianus . For which ( in the way Luna- tics treat their Phyficians ) the elder Scaliger infulted him with all the brutal fury peculiar to his family and profeffion . Ev'n fuch small Critics fome regard may claim ...
... fenfe , his Ciceronianus . For which ( in the way Luna- tics treat their Phyficians ) the elder Scaliger infulted him with all the brutal fury peculiar to his family and profeffion . Ev'n fuch small Critics fome regard may claim ...
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... fenfe , now nonfenfe leaning , Means not , but blunders round about a meaning : NOTES . as a toad , or a beetle , become pleafing when well represented in a work of Art . But it is no lefs eminent for the beauty of the thought . For ...
... fenfe , now nonfenfe leaning , Means not , but blunders round about a meaning : NOTES . as a toad , or a beetle , become pleafing when well represented in a work of Art . But it is no lefs eminent for the beauty of the thought . For ...
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... fenfe ; fo that to employ it only in defcription , is like childrens delighting in å prifm for the fake of its gaudy colours ; which when frugally H Like gentle Fanny's was my flow'ry theme , A painted C 2 TO THE SATIRES . 19.
... fenfe ; fo that to employ it only in defcription , is like childrens delighting in å prifm for the fake of its gaudy colours ; which when frugally H Like gentle Fanny's was my flow'ry theme , A painted C 2 TO THE SATIRES . 19.
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Página 9 - A virgin tragedy, an orphan muse.' If I dislike it, 'Furies, death and rage!' If I approve, 'Commend it to the stage.
Página 24 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Página 25 - Fed with soft Dedication all day long, Horace and he went hand in hand in song. His library, where busts of poets dead...
Página 275 - 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 8 - And curses wit, and poetry, and Pope. 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 29 - Yet why? that father held it for a rule, It was a sin to call our neighbour fool: That harmless mother thought no wife a whore: Hear this, and spare his family, James Moore! Unspotted names, and memorable long! If there be force in virtue, or in song.
Página 43 - My head and heart thus flowing thro' my quill, Verse-man or prose-man, term me which you will, Papist or Protestant, or both between, Like good Erasmus in an honest mean, In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory.
Página 12 - It is" the slaver kills, and not the bite. A fool quite angry is quite innocent : Alas ! 'tis ten times worse when they repent. One dedicates in high heroic prose, And ridicules beyond a hundred foes : One from all Grub-street will my fame defend, And, more abusive, calls himself my friend. This prints my letters, that expects a bribe, And others roar aloud,
Página 31 - 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 9 - Lintot, dull rogue! will think your price too much." "Not, sir, if you revise it, and retouch.