The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Satires, &cJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... equal to any thing in himself . VER . 110. Lights of the Church , or Guardians of the Laws ? Because juft Satire is an useful fupplement to the fanctions of Law and Religion ; and has , therefore , a claim to the protection of those who ...
... equal to any thing in himself . VER . 110. Lights of the Church , or Guardians of the Laws ? Because juft Satire is an useful fupplement to the fanctions of Law and Religion ; and has , therefore , a claim to the protection of those who ...
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... equal mind I copy what I can , And as I love , would imitate the Man . In South - fea days not happier , when furmis'd w 135 The Lord of Thoufands , than if now Excis'd ; 140 In foreft planted by a Father's hand , Than in five acres now ...
... equal mind I copy what I can , And as I love , would imitate the Man . In South - fea days not happier , when furmis'd w 135 The Lord of Thoufands , than if now Excis'd ; 140 In foreft planted by a Father's hand , Than in five acres now ...
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... Edward and Henry . But it was for the fake of the beautiful thought in the next line ; which , yet , does not equal the force of his original . *** Aeftimat ; et , nifi quae terris femota suisque Temporibus * I 4 Ep . I. OF HORACE . 119.
... Edward and Henry . But it was for the fake of the beautiful thought in the next line ; which , yet , does not equal the force of his original . *** Aeftimat ; et , nifi quae terris femota suisque Temporibus * I 4 Ep . I. OF HORACE . 119.
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... beauty of this arifes from a circumftance in Ennius's ftory . But as this could not be imitated , our Poet endea- voured to equal it ; and has fucceeded . C Naevius in manibus non eft ; at mentibus haeret Ep . I. OF OF HORACE . 123.
... beauty of this arifes from a circumftance in Ennius's ftory . But as this could not be imitated , our Poet endea- voured to equal it ; and has fucceeded . C Naevius in manibus non eft ; at mentibus haeret Ep . I. OF OF HORACE . 123.
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... equal pains , or equal fire The humbler Muse of Comedy require . But in known Images of life , I guess The labour greater , as th ' indulgence less ° . Obferve how feldom ev'n the best fucceed : Tell me if Congreve's Fools are Fools ...
... equal pains , or equal fire The humbler Muse of Comedy require . But in known Images of life , I guess The labour greater , as th ' indulgence less ° . Obferve how feldom ev'n the best fucceed : Tell me if Congreve's Fools are Fools ...
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Seite 5 - Friend to my life, (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What drop or nostrum can this plague remove?
Seite 255 - 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 touched and shamed by ridicule alone.
Seite 17 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Seite 24 - Amphibious thing! that acting either part, The trifling head or the corrupted heart, Fop at the toilet, flatt'rer at the board, Now trips a Lady, and now struts a Lord.
Seite 231 - Seen him, uncumber'd with the Venal tribe, Smile without Art, and win without a Bribe. Would he oblige me ? let me only find, He does not think me what he thinks mankind.
Seite 5 - They pierce my thickets, through my grot they glide, By land, by water, they renew the charge, They stop the chariot, and they board the barge.
Seite 16 - And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Seite 29 - Bestia's from the throne. Born to no pride, inheriting no strife, Nor marrying discord in a noble wife, Stranger to civil and religious rage, The good man walk'd innoxious through his age. No courts he saw, no suits would ever try, Nor dar'd an oath, nor hazarded a lie.
Seite 155 - 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 23 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence...