The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq, Band 4B. Law, J. Johnson, C. Dilly [and others], 1797 - 3650 Seiten |
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... please , the Truth and the Sentiment ; and if any thing offenfive , it will be only to those I am least forry to offend , the vicious or the ungenerous . B 2 Many Many will know their own pictures in it , there [ 3 ]
... please , the Truth and the Sentiment ; and if any thing offenfive , it will be only to those I am least forry to offend , the vicious or the ungenerous . B 2 Many Many will know their own pictures in it , there [ 3 ]
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... please . I would have fome of them know , it was owing to the request of the 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 fhalt have this advantage ...
... please . I would have fome of them know , it was owing to the request of the 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 fhalt have this advantage ...
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... please , and would often fend the boy back to new - turn them . When they were to his mind , he took great pleasure in them , and would fay , Thefe are good rhymes . From Mr. Spenfe . W. > The Muse but ferv'd to eafe fome friend , not C ...
... please , and would often fend the boy back to new - turn them . When they were to his mind , he took great pleasure in them , and would fay , Thefe are good rhymes . From Mr. Spenfe . W. > The Muse but ferv'd to eafe fome friend , not C ...
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... Addifon began in the year 1713. It was cultivated on both fides with all the marks of mutual esteem and affection , and a conftant intercourfe of good offices . Mr. Addi- fon Bleft with each talent and each art to please , 30 PROLOGUE.
... Addifon began in the year 1713. It was cultivated on both fides with all the marks of mutual esteem and affection , and a conftant intercourfe of good offices . Mr. Addi- fon Bleft with each talent and each art to please , 30 PROLOGUE.
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Alexander Pope. Bleft with each talent and each art to please , 195 Should And born to write , converse , and live with ease : NOTES . fon was always commending moderation ; warned his friend against a blind attachment to party ; and ...
Alexander Pope. Bleft with each talent and each art to please , 195 Should And born to write , converse , and live with ease : NOTES . fon was always commending moderation ; warned his friend against a blind attachment to party ; and ...
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Seite 337 - 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 touch'd and sham'd by ridicule alone.
Seite 7 - I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.
Seite 54 - 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 316 - Hear her black trumpet through the land proclaim, That not to be corrupted is the shame. In soldier, churchman, patriot, man in power, Tis avarice all, ambition is no more! See all our nobles begging to be slaves ! See all our fools aspiring to be knaves! The wit of cheats, the courage of a...
Seite 77 - 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 79 - There my Retreat, the best Companions grace, Chiefs out of War, and Statesmen out of Place. There ST JOHN mingles with my friendly Bowl, The Feast of Reason, and the Flow of Soul. And HE, whose Lightning pierc'd th...
Seite 207 - 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 379 - ... of both Homer's poems into one, which is yet but a fourth part as large as his. The other Epic Poets have...
Seite 398 - When we read Homer, we ought to reflect that we are reading the...
Seite 50 - 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; This dreaded...