The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volumen4J. and P. KNAPTON in Ludgate-street, 1751 - 341 páginas |
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... natural to think , that a fenfe of gratitude for fo agreeable an obligation , or a fenfe of that honour refulting to our Country from fuch a Writer , fhould raise amongst those who call themselves his friends , a pretty general ...
... natural to think , that a fenfe of gratitude for fo agreeable an obligation , or a fenfe of that honour refulting to our Country from fuch a Writer , fhould raise amongst those who call themselves his friends , a pretty general ...
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... mixed with a modest concern for his being forced to undergo the severest proofs of his love for it , which was the being thought hardly of by his SOVEREIGN . Yet foft by nature , more a dupe than wit to the SA TIRES . 27.
... mixed with a modest concern for his being forced to undergo the severest proofs of his love for it , which was the being thought hardly of by his SOVEREIGN . Yet foft by nature , more a dupe than wit to the SA TIRES . 27.
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Alexander Pope. Yet foft by nature , more a dupe than wit , Sappho can tell you how this man was bit : This dreaded Satʼrift Dennis will confefs Foe to his pride , but friend to his distress : So humble , he has knock'd at Tibbald's door ...
Alexander Pope. Yet foft by nature , more a dupe than wit , Sappho can tell you how this man was bit : This dreaded Satʼrift Dennis will confefs Foe to his pride , but friend to his distress : So humble , he has knock'd at Tibbald's door ...
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... Nature honeft , by Experience wife , Healthy by temp'rance , and by exercise ; His life , tho ' long , to fickness past unknown , His death was inftant , and without a groan . O grant me , thus to live , and thus to die ! 400 404 Who ...
... Nature honeft , by Experience wife , Healthy by temp'rance , and by exercise ; His life , tho ' long , to fickness past unknown , His death was inftant , and without a groan . O grant me , thus to live , and thus to die ! 400 404 Who ...
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... nature of Parodies , add reflected grace and fplendor on original wit . Befides , he deem'd it more modeft to give the name of Imita- tions to his Satires , than , like Defpreaux , to give the name of Satires to Imitations . a SATIRA ...
... nature of Parodies , add reflected grace and fplendor on original wit . Befides , he deem'd it more modeft to give the name of Imita- tions to his Satires , than , like Defpreaux , to give the name of Satires to Imitations . a SATIRA ...
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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.