The Works of Alexander Pope: Satires, &cJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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Pagina 13
... means Au- thors of the fame class , though the violence of party might hurry them into the fame mistakes . But if the first of- fended this way , it was only through an honest warmth of temper , that allowed too little to an excellent ...
... means Au- thors of the fame class , though the violence of party might hurry them into the fame mistakes . But if the first of- fended this way , it was only through an honest warmth of temper , that allowed too little to an excellent ...
Pagina 16
... Means not , but blunders round about a mean- ing : ] A cafe common both to Poets and Critics of a cer- tain order ; only with this difference , that the Poet writes himself out of his own meaning ; and the Critic never gets into another ...
... Means not , but blunders round about a mean- ing : ] A cafe common both to Poets and Critics of a cer- tain order ; only with this difference , that the Poet writes himself out of his own meaning ; and the Critic never gets into another ...
Pagina 17
... means , brought fatiric Poetry to its perfection . VARIATIONS . After 208. in the MS . Who , if two Wits on rival themes conteft , Approves of each , but likes the worst the best . Alluding to Mr. P.'s and Tickell's Tranflation of the ...
... means , brought fatiric Poetry to its perfection . VARIATIONS . After 208. in the MS . Who , if two Wits on rival themes conteft , Approves of each , but likes the worst the best . Alluding to Mr. P.'s and Tickell's Tranflation of the ...
Pagina 23
... Meaning the man who would have perfuaded the Duke of Chandos that Mr. P. meant him in those circumstances ridiculed in the Epiftle on Tafte . See Mr. Pope's Letter to the Earl of Burlington concerning this matter . Who reads , but with ...
... Meaning the man who would have perfuaded the Duke of Chandos that Mr. P. meant him in those circumstances ridiculed in the Epiftle on Tafte . See Mr. Pope's Letter to the Earl of Burlington concerning this matter . Who reads , but with ...
Pagina 45
... Mean , In moderation placing all my glory , While Tories call me Whig , and Whigs a Tory . s Satire's my weapon , but I'm too discreet To run a muck , and tilt at all I meet ; NOTES . Perfius alluded to this idea , when he said , Vidi ...
... Mean , In moderation placing all my glory , While Tories call me Whig , and Whigs a Tory . s Satire's my weapon , but I'm too discreet To run a muck , and tilt at all I meet ; NOTES . Perfius alluded to this idea , when he said , Vidi ...
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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.