The Works of Alexander Pope: Satires, &cJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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Pagina 19
... state . Proud as Apollo on his forked hill , Sate full - blown Bufo , puff'd by ev'ry quill ; Fed with foft Dedication all day long , Horace and he went hand in hand in song . His Library ( where bufts of Poets dead And a true Pindar ...
... state . Proud as Apollo on his forked hill , Sate full - blown Bufo , puff'd by ev'ry quill ; Fed with foft Dedication all day long , Horace and he went hand in hand in song . His Library ( where bufts of Poets dead And a true Pindar ...
Pagina 24
... , Toad Spits , feen in fummer- time hanging upon plants , and emitted by young infects which lie hid in the midst of them , for their preservation , while in their helpless state . His wit all fee - faw , between that and 24 PROLOGUE.
... , Toad Spits , feen in fummer- time hanging upon plants , and emitted by young infects which lie hid in the midst of them , for their preservation , while in their helpless state . His wit all fee - faw , between that and 24 PROLOGUE.
Pagina 27
... state : Alike my scorn , if he succeed or fail , Sporus at court , or Japhet in a jail , A hireling fcribler , or a hireling peer , Knight of the poft corrupt , or of the shire ; If on a Pillory , or near a Throne , He gain his Prince's ...
... state : Alike my scorn , if he succeed or fail , Sporus at court , or Japhet in a jail , A hireling fcribler , or a hireling peer , Knight of the poft corrupt , or of the shire ; If on a Pillory , or near a Throne , He gain his Prince's ...
Pagina 35
... State ; neither of whom look'd upon a Satire on Vicious Courts as any Reflection on those they ferv'd in . And indeed there is not in the world a greater error , than that which Fools are fo apt to fall into , and Knaves with good ...
... State ; neither of whom look'd upon a Satire on Vicious Courts as any Reflection on those they ferv'd in . And indeed there is not in the world a greater error , than that which Fools are fo apt to fall into , and Knaves with good ...
Pagina 53
... state , 131 . With eyes that pry not , tongue that ne'er repeats , 135 Fond to fpread ftiendships , but to cover heats ; To help who want , to forward who excel ; This , all who know me , know ; who love me , tell ; And who unknown ...
... state , 131 . With eyes that pry not , tongue that ne'er repeats , 135 Fond to fpread ftiendships , but to cover heats ; To help who want , to forward who excel ; This , all who know me , know ; who love me , tell ; And who unknown ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 18 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 19 - d by ev'ry quill ; Fed with soft dedication all day long, Horace and he went hand in hand in song.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.