The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volumen4J. and P. KNAPTON in Ludgate-street, 1751 - 341 páginas |
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... IV , EPILOGUE to the Satires . DIALOGUE I , DIALOGUE II . 117 193 203 231 245 On receiving from the Right Honourable the Lady FRANCES SHIRLEY , a ftandish and two pens , 263 D ERRATA AGE 5. 1. 5. for Satirer . Satires CONTENTS.
... IV , EPILOGUE to the Satires . DIALOGUE I , DIALOGUE II . 117 193 203 231 245 On receiving from the Right Honourable the Lady FRANCES SHIRLEY , a ftandish and two pens , 263 D ERRATA AGE 5. 1. 5. for Satirer . Satires CONTENTS.
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... Lady , and now struts a Lord . Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have expreft , A Cherub's face , a reptile all the rest , Beauty that shocks you , parts that none will truft , Wit that can creep , and pride that licks the duft . Not ...
... Lady , and now struts a Lord . Eve's tempter thus the Rabbins have expreft , A Cherub's face , a reptile all the rest , Beauty that shocks you , parts that none will truft , Wit that can creep , and pride that licks the duft . Not ...
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... Lady did : Great odds in am'rous or poetic game , Where Woman's is the fin , and Man's the fhame . NOTES . 370 VER ... Lady's death , and to name a perfon he never heard of . He also pub- lifh'd that he libell'd the Duke of Chandos ...
... Lady did : Great odds in am'rous or poetic game , Where Woman's is the fin , and Man's the fhame . NOTES . 370 VER ... Lady's death , and to name a perfon he never heard of . He also pub- lifh'd that he libell'd the Duke of Chandos ...
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... Lady ) spleen ; 145 NOTES . niftration could afford him , was , they say , unable to abo- fifh this inveterate myftery of iniquity . " VER . 143. Now let fome whimfy , etc. ] This is very spi- rited , but much inferior to the elegance ...
... Lady ) spleen ; 145 NOTES . niftration could afford him , was , they say , unable to abo- fifh this inveterate myftery of iniquity . " VER . 143. Now let fome whimfy , etc. ] This is very spi- rited , but much inferior to the elegance ...
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... Lady Mary ! T But when no Prelate's Lawn with hair - fhirt lin❜d , Is half fo incoherent as my Mind , When ( each opinion with the next at strife , One s ebb and flow of follies all my life ) NOTES . 166 rized only in a fimple exposure ...
... Lady Mary ! T But when no Prelate's Lawn with hair - fhirt lin❜d , Is half fo incoherent as my Mind , When ( each opinion with the next at strife , One s ebb and flow of follies all my life ) NOTES . 166 rized only in a fimple exposure ...
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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 21 - Oh let me live my own, and die so too! (To live and die is all I have to do:) Maintain a poet's dignity and ease, And see what friends, and read what books I please: Above a patron, though I condescend Sometimes to call a minister my friend.
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 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 18 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Página 47 - Slander or poison dread from Delia's rage ; Hard words or hanging, if your judge be Page ; From furious Sappho scarce a milder fate, Px'd by her love, or libell'd by her hate.
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 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 10 - The truth once told (and wherefore should we lie?) The Queen of Midas slept, and so may I. You think this cruel ? take it for a rule, No creature smarts so little as a fool. Let peals of laughter, Codrus ! round thee break, 85 Thou unconcern'd canst hear the mighty crack: Pit, box, and gall'ry in convulsions hurl'd, Thou stand'st unshook amidst a bursting world. Who shames a Scribbler? break one cobweb thro...
Página 21 - Heavens! was I born for nothing but to write? Has life no joys for me? or (to be grave) Have I no friend to serve, no soul to save? "I found him close with Swift — Indeed? no doubt (Cries prating Balbus) something will come out.