The Works of Alexander Pope: Satires, &cJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... . See Wife of Bath's Tale in Dryden's Fables . VER . 80. That fecret to each foal , that he's an Ass : ] i . e . that his ears ( his marks of folly ) are visible . The truth once told ( and wherefore fhould we lie to the SATIRES . 9.
... . See Wife of Bath's Tale in Dryden's Fables . VER . 80. That fecret to each foal , that he's an Ass : ] i . e . that his ears ( his marks of folly ) are visible . The truth once told ( and wherefore fhould we lie to the SATIRES . 9.
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Alexander Pope. The truth once told ( and wherefore fhould we lie ? ) The Queen of Midas flept , and fo may I. You think this cruel ? take it for a rule , No creature smarts fo little as a fool . Let peals of laughter , Codrus ! round ...
Alexander Pope. The truth once told ( and wherefore fhould we lie ? ) The Queen of Midas flept , and fo may I. You think this cruel ? take it for a rule , No creature smarts fo little as a fool . Let peals of laughter , Codrus ! round ...
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... fhould have tempers and purfuits directly con- trary ; yet there is nothing ftrange , that two Brothers , alike in all things elfe , fhould have different amusements . VER . 52. As downright Shippen , or as old Montagne : ] And justly ...
... fhould have tempers and purfuits directly con- trary ; yet there is nothing ftrange , that two Brothers , alike in all things elfe , fhould have different amusements . VER . 52. As downright Shippen , or as old Montagne : ] And justly ...
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... fhould come Than eat the sweetest by themselves at home . NOTES . 100 him and fo has added furprizing humour and ... F 2 Sat. II . 67 OF HORACE .
... fhould come Than eat the sweetest by themselves at home . NOTES . 100 him and fo has added furprizing humour and ... F 2 Sat. II . 67 OF HORACE .
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... fhould here have stuck to the terms of his Original , veftigia omnia te adverfum Spectantia . VER . 118. Adieu to Virtue , etc. ] Thefe two lines are intended for the application or moral of a fable , which needs no explaining ; and ...
... fhould here have stuck to the terms of his Original , veftigia omnia te adverfum Spectantia . VER . 118. Adieu to Virtue , etc. ] Thefe two lines are intended for the application or moral of a fable , which needs no explaining ; and ...
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Página 18 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Página 17 - 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 51 - 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 243 - Before her dance; behind her crawl the Old! See thronging Millions to the Pagod run, And offer Country, Parent, Wife, or Son! Hear her black Trumpet thro' the Land proclaim, That "Not to be corrupted is the Shame.
Página 19 - d by ev'ry quill ; Fed with soft dedication all day long, Horace and he went hand in hand in song.
Página 234 - 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 6 - 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 30 - 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 244 - Are what ten thousand envy and adore : All, all look up with reverential awe, At crimes that 'scape or triumph o'er the law ; While truth, worth, wisdom, daily they decry : Nothing is sacred now but villainy.
Página 157 - 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.