The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volumen4B. Law, J. Johnson, C. Dilly [and others], 1797 - 3650 páginas |
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... that Swift faid , " 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.
... that Swift faid , " 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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... gives of his way of life , the descriptions of his mule , his dinner , his fupper , his furniture , his amusements , his walks , his time of bathing and fleeping , from the 105th line to the end of the fixth fatire of the firft book ...
... gives of his way of life , the descriptions of his mule , his dinner , his fupper , his furniture , his amusements , his walks , his time of bathing and fleeping , from the 105th line to the end of the fixth fatire of the firft book ...
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... give up to Dr. Warburton all his collections on this fubject , and accordingly communicated them to him immediately . VER . 128. I lifp'd in numbers , ] From Ovid , " Sponte fua carmen numeros veniebat ad aptos , Et quod conabar ...
... give up to Dr. Warburton all his collections on this fubject , and accordingly communicated them to him immediately . VER . 128. I lifp'd in numbers , ] From Ovid , " Sponte fua carmen numeros veniebat ad aptos , Et quod conabar ...
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... gives his bookfeller of his own person . This book . feller was preparing fomething of Julius Scaliger's for the Prefs ; and defired the Author would give him directions concerning his picture , which was to be fet before the book ...
... gives his bookfeller of his own person . This book . feller was preparing fomething of Julius Scaliger's for the Prefs ; and defired the Author would give him directions concerning his picture , which was to be fet before the book ...
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... give it a more important air ; which was done by advancing it into a mock - epic poem . In order to this it was to have its Machinery ; which , by the happieft invention , he took from the Roficrucian System . Full of this noble ...
... give it a more important air ; which was done by advancing it into a mock - epic poem . In order to this it was to have its Machinery ; which , by the happieft invention , he took from the Roficrucian System . Full of this noble ...
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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...