The Works of Alexander Pope: Satires, &cJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... must at least betray : Who to the Dean , and filver bell can swear , And fees at Cannons what was never there ; NOTES . 295 300 VER . 293. - selfishly approve , ] Because to deny , or pre- tend not to fee , a well established merit ...
... must at least betray : Who to the Dean , and filver bell can swear , And fees at Cannons what was never there ; NOTES . 295 300 VER . 293. - selfishly approve , ] Because to deny , or pre- tend not to fee , a well established merit ...
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... must write , write CAESAR's Praife , h You'll gain at least a Knighthood , or the Bays . P. What ? like Sir Richard , rumbling , rough , and fierce , With ARMS , and GEORGE , and BRUNSWICK Crowd the verse , Rend with tremendous found ...
... must write , write CAESAR's Praife , h You'll gain at least a Knighthood , or the Bays . P. What ? like Sir Richard , rumbling , rough , and fierce , With ARMS , and GEORGE , and BRUNSWICK Crowd the verse , Rend with tremendous found ...
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... must be clear . ] Allufion to a foun- tain of limpid water , thro ' which the contents of the bot- tom are discovered . This thought , tho ' not very exact , affifted him in the eafy and happy change of the metaphor in the following ...
... must be clear . ] Allufion to a foun- tain of limpid water , thro ' which the contents of the bot- tom are discovered . This thought , tho ' not very exact , affifted him in the eafy and happy change of the metaphor in the following ...
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... must be clear . In this impartial glass , my Muse intends Fair to expose myself , my foes , my friends ; Publifh the present age ; but where my text Is Vice too high , reserve it for the next : My foes fhall with my life a longer date ...
... must be clear . In this impartial glass , my Muse intends Fair to expose myself , my foes , my friends ; Publifh the present age ; but where my text Is Vice too high , reserve it for the next : My foes fhall with my life a longer date ...
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... must own , I live among the Great , No Pimp of pleasure , and no Spy of 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 ...
... must own , I live among the Great , No Pimp of pleasure , and no Spy of 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 ...
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Seite 18 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 19 - d by ev'ry quill ; Fed with soft dedication all day long, Horace and he went hand in hand in song.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.