The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Satires, &cJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... merit ' tis not hard to find ; But each man's fecret ftandard in his mind , NOTES . 175 VER . 169. Pretty ! in amber to obferve the forms , & c . ] Our Poet had the full pleasure of this amufement foon after the publication of his ...
... merit ' tis not hard to find ; But each man's fecret ftandard in his mind , NOTES . 175 VER . 169. Pretty ! in amber to obferve the forms , & c . ] Our Poet had the full pleasure of this amufement foon after the publication of his ...
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... far to thine , Let laurell'd Cibber , and great Arnal shine . P. Why write at all ? A. Yes , filence if you keep , The Town , the Court , the Wits , the Dunces weep . 1 ދ Who can your merit selfishly approve , And 22 PROLOGUE.
... far to thine , Let laurell'd Cibber , and great Arnal shine . P. Why write at all ? A. Yes , filence if you keep , The Town , the Court , the Wits , the Dunces weep . 1 ދ Who can your merit selfishly approve , And 22 PROLOGUE.
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... merit , would impeach his own heart or understanding . VER . 294. And show the sense of it without the love ; ] i . e . will never fuffer the admiration of an excellence to produce any esteem for him , to whom it belongs . VER . 295 ...
... merit , would impeach his own heart or understanding . VER . 294. And show the sense of it without the love ; ] i . e . will never fuffer the admiration of an excellence to produce any esteem for him , to whom it belongs . VER . 295 ...
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... merit in this will appear very great , if we confider , that in this walk he had all the advantages which the mot poetic Imagination could give to a great Genius . M. Vol- taire in a MS . letter now before me , writes thus from England ...
... merit in this will appear very great , if we confider , that in this walk he had all the advantages which the mot poetic Imagination could give to a great Genius . M. Vol- taire in a MS . letter now before me , writes thus from England ...
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... merit fades away ! Opprefs'd we feel the beam directly beat , Thofe Suns of Glory please not till they fet . To thee , the World its prefent homage pays , The Harveft early , h but mature the praise : Great Friend of LIBERTY ! in Kings ...
... merit fades away ! Opprefs'd we feel the beam directly beat , Thofe Suns of Glory please not till they fet . To thee , the World its prefent homage pays , The Harveft early , h but mature the praise : Great Friend of LIBERTY ! in Kings ...
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aetas againſt aſk atque becauſe beſt Biſhop cafe cauſe Court Deûm Dunciad EPISTLE ev'n ev'ry expreffion faid fame faſhion fatire fhall fhould fibi fing firft firſt fome fomething fool fpirit ftill fuch fuit fuperior fure grace himſelf honeft honour Horace Houſe imitation juft juſt King Knave laft laſt Laws leaſt lefs Lord lov'd ludicra Minifters moſt Mufe muft Muſe muſt ne'er neque nihil NOTES numbers nunc o'er Original Paffion perfon Pindar pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure Poet poft Pow'r praiſe profe Pythagorea quae quam quid quod racter reaſon reft rhyme ridicule rifu Satire ſay ſee ſenſe Shakeſpear ſhall ſhow ſpeak ſtate ſtill ſuch tamen thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thouſand thro tibi uſe verfe Verſe Virtue Whig whofe whoſe wife worſe writ write
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Seite 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?
Seite 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.
Seite 17 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...