The Works of Alexander Pope: Satires, &cJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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Pagina 2
... learned and candid Friend to whom it is inscribed , that I make not as free use of theirs as they have done of mine . However , I fhall have this advantage , and honour , on my fide , that whereas , by their proceeding , any abuse may ...
... learned and candid Friend to whom it is inscribed , that I make not as free use of theirs as they have done of mine . However , I fhall have this advantage , and honour , on my fide , that whereas , by their proceeding , any abuse may ...
Pagina 15
... learned Coadjutor , that very refpectable perfonage , Mr. THEOPHILUS CIBBER . As to the poetic imagery of this paffage , it has been much and justly admired ; for the most deteftable things in na- ture , as a toad , or a beetle , become ...
... learned Coadjutor , that very refpectable perfonage , Mr. THEOPHILUS CIBBER . As to the poetic imagery of this paffage , it has been much and justly admired ; for the most deteftable things in na- ture , as a toad , or a beetle , become ...
Pagina 39
... learned in the Law : You'll give me , like a friend both fage and free , Advice ; and ( as you use ) without a Fee . F. I'd write no more . P. Not write ? but then I think , And for my foul I cannot fleep a wink . NOTES . 5 10 VER . 7 ...
... learned in the Law : You'll give me , like a friend both fage and free , Advice ; and ( as you use ) without a Fee . F. I'd write no more . P. Not write ? but then I think , And for my foul I cannot fleep a wink . NOTES . 5 10 VER . 7 ...
Pagina 49
... learned Sir ! ( to cut the matter short ) Whate'er my fate , or well or ill at Court , Whether Old age , with faint but chearful ray , Attends to gild the Ev'ning of my day , Or Death's black wing already be difplay'd , To wrap me in ...
... learned Sir ! ( to cut the matter short ) Whate'er my fate , or well or ill at Court , Whether Old age , with faint but chearful ray , Attends to gild the Ev'ning of my day , Or Death's black wing already be difplay'd , To wrap me in ...
Pagina 53
... learned in the laws ? 1 F. Your Plea is good ; but ftill I fay , beware ! Laws are explain'd by Men - fo have a care . It ftands on record , that in Richard's times A man was hang'd for very honeft rhymes . m Confult the Statute : quart ...
... learned in the laws ? 1 F. Your Plea is good ; but ftill I fay , beware ! Laws are explain'd by Men - fo have a care . It ftands on record , that in Richard's times A man was hang'd for very honeft rhymes . m Confult the Statute : quart ...
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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.