The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volumen4B. Law, J. Johnson, C. Dilly [and others], 1797 - 3650 páginas |
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... sense : Whilft on one fide we fee how Horace thought , And on the other how he never wrote : Who can believe , who view the bad and good , That the dull copyift better understood That fpirit he pretends to imitate , Than heretofore the ...
... sense : Whilft on one fide we fee how Horace thought , And on the other how he never wrote : Who can believe , who view the bad and good , That the dull copyift better understood That fpirit he pretends to imitate , Than heretofore the ...
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... Sense ? Like gentle Fanny's was my flow'ry theme , A painted mistress , or a purling stream . Yet then did Gildon draw his venal quill ; I wish'd the man a Dinner , and fate still . Yet then did Dennis rave in furious fret ; I never ...
... Sense ? Like gentle Fanny's was my flow'ry theme , A painted mistress , or a purling stream . Yet then did Gildon draw his venal quill ; I wish'd the man a Dinner , and fate still . Yet then did Dennis rave in furious fret ; I never ...
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... sense . Commas and points they fet exactly right , And ' twere a fin to rob them of their mite . Yet ne'er one sprig of laurel grac'd these ribalds , From flashing Bentley down to piddling Tibalds : NOTES . 160 Each VER . 163. Yet ne'er ...
... sense . Commas and points they fet exactly right , And ' twere a fin to rob them of their mite . Yet ne'er one sprig of laurel grac'd these ribalds , From flashing Bentley down to piddling Tibalds : NOTES . 160 Each VER . 163. Yet ne'er ...
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... sense , his Ciceronianus . For which ( in the way that Lunatics treat their Physicians ) the elder Scaliger insulted him with all the brutal fury peculiar to his family and profeffion . His fons Jofeph and Salmafius had indeed fuch ...
... sense , his Ciceronianus . For which ( in the way that Lunatics treat their Physicians ) the elder Scaliger insulted him with all the brutal fury peculiar to his family and profeffion . His fons Jofeph and Salmafius had indeed fuch ...
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... sense and practice , on fimilar occafions , is the fame in all ages ; nor is there any need of all Bentley's parade about Catullus , Propertius , Ovid , and others , to prove , what no one doubted , that the writers of fhort pieces ...
... sense and practice , on fimilar occafions , is the fame in all ages ; nor is there any need of all Bentley's parade about Catullus , Propertius , Ovid , and others , to prove , what no one doubted , that the writers of fhort pieces ...
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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!
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 379 - ... of both Homer's poems into one, which is yet but a fourth part as large as his. The other Epic Poets have...
Página 398 - When we read Homer, we ought to reflect that we are reading the...
Página 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...