The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Satires, &cJ. and P. Knapton, 1752 |
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... fhould engross ? Is there , who , lock'd from ink and paper , fcrawls With defp'rate charcoal round his darken'd walls ? All fly to TWIT'NAM , and in humble strain 21 Apply to me , to keep them mad or vain . VARIATIONS . After y 20. in ...
... fhould engross ? Is there , who , lock'd from ink and paper , fcrawls With defp'rate charcoal round his darken'd walls ? All fly to TWIT'NAM , and in humble strain 21 Apply to me , to keep them mad or vain . VARIATIONS . After y 20. in ...
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... fhould be cautious how they employ this figure ; for where the likeness is not very striking , inftead of giving force , they become obfcure . Here , every thing concurs to make them run into one another . They both pin ; not from the ...
... fhould be cautious how they employ this figure ; for where the likeness is not very striking , inftead of giving force , they become obfcure . Here , every thing concurs to make them run into one another . They both pin ; not from the ...
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... fhould think a large and minute in- terpretation necessary , VER . 293.- felfifhly approve , ] Because to deny , or pretend not to fee , a well established merit , would impeach his own heart or understanding , VER . 294. And how the ...
... fhould think a large and minute in- terpretation necessary , VER . 293.- felfifhly approve , ] Because to deny , or pretend not to fee , a well established merit , would impeach his own heart or understanding , VER . 294. And how the ...
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... fhould raise amongst those who call themselves his friends , a pretty general indignation . But every day's expe- rience fhews us the very contrary . Some take a malignant fatisfaction in the attack ; others a foolish pleasure in a ...
... fhould raise amongst those who call themselves his friends , a pretty general indignation . But every day's expe- rience fhews us the very contrary . Some take a malignant fatisfaction in the attack ; others a foolish pleasure in a ...
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... fhould have tempers and purfuits directly contrary ; yet there is nothing strange , that two Brothers , alike in all things elfe , fhould have different amusements . VER . 52. As downright Shippen , or as old Montagne : ] They had this ...
... fhould have tempers and purfuits directly contrary ; yet there is nothing strange , that two Brothers , alike in all things elfe , fhould have different amusements . VER . 52. As downright Shippen , or as old Montagne : ] They had this ...
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aetas againſt Alluding atque becauſe beft beſt cafe cauſe Cicero Court courtiers divine Dunciad eaſe Engliſh EPISTLE ev'n ev'ry expreffed expreffion faid fame faſhion fatire feems fenfe fhall fhew fhould fibi Fig's firft firſt fome fomething fool foon fpirit freſh ftill fubject fuch fuperior fure genius give himſelf honeft honour Horace imitation infinuate juft juſt King laft laſt Laws leaſt lefs Lord ludicra mafter Minifter moft moſt Mufe muſt nihil NOTES numbers nunc obferved occafion paffion perfon Pindaric pleaſe pleaſure poem Poet Poet's poetry Pope Pow'r praiſe prefent profe purpoſe Pythagorea quae quam quid Quintilian quod racter reafon rhyme ridicule rifu Satire ſee ſhall ſtage ſtand ſtate ſtill ſuch tafte taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thro tibi tranflation underſtand uſed verfe verſe Virtue whofe whoſe worfe worſe write
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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.