The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Satires, &cJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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Pagina 16
... man's . Yet both keep going on , and blun- dering round about their subject , as benighted people are wont to do , who feek for an entrance which they cannot find . Peace to all fuch ! but were there One whose 2 16 PROLOGUE.
... man's . Yet both keep going on , and blun- dering round about their subject , as benighted people are wont to do , who feek for an entrance which they cannot find . Peace to all fuch ! but were there One whose 2 16 PROLOGUE.
Pagina 17
Alexander Pope. Peace to all fuch ! but were there One whose fires True Genius kindles , and fair Fame inspires ; Bleft with each talent and each art to please , 195 And born to write , converfe , and live with ease : Should such a man ...
Alexander Pope. Peace to all fuch ! but were there One whose fires True Genius kindles , and fair Fame inspires ; Bleft with each talent and each art to please , 195 And born to write , converfe , and live with ease : Should such a man ...
Pagina 23
... whose writings have afforded the world much pleasure and inftruction , happens to be enviously attacked , or falfely accused , it is natural to think , that a sense of gratitude for so agreeable an obligation , or a fense of that honour ...
... whose writings have afforded the world much pleasure and inftruction , happens to be enviously attacked , or falfely accused , it is natural to think , that a sense of gratitude for so agreeable an obligation , or a fense of that honour ...
Pagina 24
... Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys , Yet wit ne'er taftes , and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well - bred fpaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite . Eternal fmiles his emptiness betray , 315 As fhallow ...
... Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys , Yet wit ne'er taftes , and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well - bred fpaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite . Eternal fmiles his emptiness betray , 315 As fhallow ...
Pagina 29
... whose fole Heiress married the Earl of Lindsey - His mother was the daughter of William Turnor , Efq . of York : She had three brothers , one of whom was killed , another died in the fervice of King Charles ; the eldeft following his ...
... whose fole Heiress married the Earl of Lindsey - His mother was the daughter of William Turnor , Efq . of York : She had three brothers , one of whom was killed , another died in the fervice of King Charles ; the eldeft following his ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 5 - 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?
Pagina 255 - Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God afraid of me: Safe from the Bar, the Pulpit, and the Throne, Yet touched and shamed by ridicule alone.
Pagina 17 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Pagina 24 - Amphibious thing! that acting either part, The trifling head or the corrupted heart, Fop at the toilet, flatt'rer at the board, Now trips a Lady, and now struts a Lord.
Pagina 231 - 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.
Pagina 5 - 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.
Pagina 16 - 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...
Pagina 29 - 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.
Pagina 155 - 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.
Pagina 23 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence...