The Works of Alexander Pope: Satires, &cA. Millar [and others], 1757 |
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... painted mistress , or a purling ftream . Yet then did Gildon draw his venal quill ; I wish'd the man a dinner , and fate Rill . Yet then did Dennis rave in furious fret ; I never anfwer'd , I was not in debt . 150 If want provok'd , or ...
... painted mistress , or a purling ftream . Yet then did Gildon draw his venal quill ; I wish'd the man a dinner , and fate Rill . Yet then did Dennis rave in furious fret ; I never anfwer'd , I was not in debt . 150 If want provok'd , or ...
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... painted child of dirt , that stinks and stings ; 310 Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys , Yet wit ne'er taftes , and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well - bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite ...
... painted child of dirt , that stinks and stings ; 310 Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys , Yet wit ne'er taftes , and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well - bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite ...
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... Paint Angels trembling round his falling Horse ? F. Then all your Muse's fofter art display , Let CAROLINA fmooth the tuneful lay , ballad - makers in comparison of him . And Mr. Locke , in answer to this obfervation , replies , I find ...
... Paint Angels trembling round his falling Horse ? F. Then all your Muse's fofter art display , Let CAROLINA fmooth the tuneful lay , ballad - makers in comparison of him . And Mr. Locke , in answer to this obfervation , replies , I find ...
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... paint , • we fing , we dance as well , And P learned Athens to our art must stoop , Could she behold us tumbling thro ' a hoop . If a Time improve our Wits as well as Wine , Say at what age a Poet grows divine ? 45 50 Shall we , or ...
... paint , • we fing , we dance as well , And P learned Athens to our art must stoop , Could she behold us tumbling thro ' a hoop . If a Time improve our Wits as well as Wine , Say at what age a Poet grows divine ? 45 50 Shall we , or ...
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... paint and stone they judg'd of merit : But Kings in Wit may want difcerning Spirit . 385 The Hero William , and the Martyr Charles , One knighted Blackmore , and one penfion'd Quarles ; Which made old Ben , and furly Dennis fwear , C ...
... paint and stone they judg'd of merit : But Kings in Wit may want difcerning Spirit . 385 The Hero William , and the Martyr Charles , One knighted Blackmore , and one penfion'd Quarles ; Which made old Ben , and furly Dennis fwear , C ...
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Seite 21 - A Cherub's face, a reptile all the rest; Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust; Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.
Seite 12 - Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Seite 17 - Oh let me live my own, and die so too ! (To live and die is all I have to do :) Maintain a poet's dignity and ease, And see what friends, and read what books I please ; Above a patron, tho' I condescend Sometimes to call a minister my friend.
Seite 49 - 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 45 - Slander or Poison dread from Delia's rage, Hard words or hanging, if your Judge be Page.
Seite 17 - And those they left me; for they left me Gay; Left me to see neglected genius bloom, Neglected die, and 'tell it on his tomb: Of all thy blameless...
Seite 27 - Me, let the tender office long engage To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death; Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep a while one parent from the sky ! On cares like these, if length of days attend, May Heaven, to bless those days, preserve my friend!
Seite 182 - Sir, though (I thank God for it) I do hate Perfectly all this town, yet there's one state In all ill things so excellently best, That hate towards them breeds pity towards the rest.
Seite 6 - Furies, death and rage!" If I approve, "Commend it to the stage.
Seite 24 - If on a pillory, or near a throne, He gain his prince's ear, or lose his own. Yet soft by nature, more a dupe than wit, Sappho can tell you how this man was bit...