The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volum 4B. Law, J. Johnson, C. Dilly [and others], 1797 - 3650 sider |
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... those who know me not , a truer information may be requifite . Being divided between the neceffity to say something of myself , and my own lazinefs to undertake fo auk- ward a task , I thought it the shortest way to put the laft hand to ...
... those who know me not , a truer information may be requifite . Being divided between the neceffity to say something of myself , and my own lazinefs to undertake fo auk- ward a task , I thought it the shortest way to put the laft hand to ...
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... , " Give me a fhilling and I will infure you that pofterity shall ne- ver know you had a fingle enemy , excepting those whofe memory you have preferved . " " Laiffez By land , by water , they renew the charge 8 PROLOGUE.
... , " Give me a fhilling and I will infure you that pofterity shall ne- ver know you had a fingle enemy , excepting those whofe memory you have preferved . " " Laiffez By land , by water , they renew the charge 8 PROLOGUE.
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... those let affes prick , ' Tis nothing - P . Nothing ? if they bite and kick ? Out with it , DUNCIAD ! let the secret pass , That fecret to each fool , that he's an Ass : 75 80 The truth once told ( and wherefore should we lie ? ) The ...
... those let affes prick , ' Tis nothing - P . Nothing ? if they bite and kick ? Out with it , DUNCIAD ! let the secret pass , That fecret to each fool , that he's an Ass : 75 80 The truth once told ( and wherefore should we lie ? ) The ...
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... those early days , a Comedy and Tragedy , the latter taken from a story in the legend of St. Genevieve . They both deservedly underwent the fame fate . As he began his Paftorals foon after , he used to say pleasantly , that he had ...
... those early days , a Comedy and Tragedy , the latter taken from a story in the legend of St. Genevieve . They both deservedly underwent the fame fate . As he began his Paftorals foon after , he used to say pleasantly , that he had ...
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... those earlier RIBALDS raised an appetite for the Greek language in the Weft ; infomuch , that Her- molaus Barbarus , a paffionate admirer of it , and a noted critic , used to boaft , that he had invoked and raised the Devil , and ...
... those earlier RIBALDS raised an appetite for the Greek language in the Weft ; infomuch , that Her- molaus Barbarus , a paffionate admirer of it , and a noted critic , used to boaft , that he had invoked and raised the Devil , and ...
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Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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!
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 379 - ... of both Homer's poems into one, which is yet but a fourth part as large as his. The other Epic Poets have...
Side 398 - When we read Homer, we ought to reflect that we are reading the...
Side 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...