The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Satires, &cJ. and P. Knapton, 1752 |
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... only to thofe I am leaft forry to offend , the vicious or the ungenerous . Many will know their own pictures in it , there be- ing not a circumftance but what is true ; but I have , E ( 4 ) for the most part , fpared B 2 ( 3 )
... only to thofe I am leaft forry to offend , the vicious or the ungenerous . Many will know their own pictures in it , there be- ing not a circumftance but what is true ; but I have , E ( 4 ) for the most part , fpared B 2 ( 3 )
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... true Poet , he breaks out into a paffionate vow for a continuance of the full Liberty atten- dant on it . And to fhew how well he deferves it , and how fafely he might be trufted with it , he concludes his wish with a defcription of his ...
... true Poet , he breaks out into a paffionate vow for a continuance of the full Liberty atten- dant on it . And to fhew how well he deferves it , and how fafely he might be trufted with it , he concludes his wish with a defcription of his ...
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... true Character of defcriptive poetry , as it is called . A compofition , in his opinion , as abfurd as a feaft made up of fauces . The ufe of a pictor- efque imagination is to brighten and adorn good fenfe ; fo that to employ it only in ...
... true Character of defcriptive poetry , as it is called . A compofition , in his opinion , as abfurd as a feaft made up of fauces . The ufe of a pictor- efque imagination is to brighten and adorn good fenfe ; fo that to employ it only in ...
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... true , these were lavifhed upon his enemies ; for his friends he had other things in fiore . In a letter to Thuanus , fpeaking of two of them , Clavius and Lipfius , he calls the firit , a monster of ignorance ; and the other , a flave ...
... true , these were lavifhed upon his enemies ; for his friends he had other things in fiore . In a letter to Thuanus , fpeaking of two of them , Clavius and Lipfius , he calls the firit , a monster of ignorance ; and the other , a flave ...
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... true merit ' tis not hard to find ; But each man's fecret ftandard in his mind , That Cafting - weight pride adds to emptiness , This , who can gratify ? for who can guess ? The Bard whom pilfer'd Paftorals renown , Who turns a Perfian ...
... true merit ' tis not hard to find ; But each man's fecret ftandard in his mind , That Cafting - weight pride adds to emptiness , This , who can gratify ? for who can guess ? The Bard whom pilfer'd Paftorals renown , Who turns a Perfian ...
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aetas againſt Alluding atque becauſe beft beſt cafe cauſe Cicero Court courtiers divine Dunciad eaſe Engliſh EPISTLE ev'n ev'ry expreffed expreffion faid fame faſhion fatire feems fenfe fhall fhew fhould fibi Fig's firft firſt fome fomething fool foon fpirit freſh ftill fubject fuch fuperior fure genius give himſelf honeft honour Horace imitation infinuate juft juſt King laft laſt Laws leaſt lefs Lord ludicra mafter Minifter moft moſt Mufe muſt nihil NOTES numbers nunc obferved occafion paffion perfon Pindaric pleaſe pleaſure poem Poet Poet's poetry Pope Pow'r praiſe prefent profe purpoſe Pythagorea quae quam quid Quintilian quod racter reafon rhyme ridicule rifu Satire ſee ſhall ſtage ſtand ſtate ſtill ſuch tafte taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thro tibi tranflation underſtand uſed verfe verſe Virtue whofe whoſe worfe worſe write
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الصفحة 9 - A virgin tragedy, an orphan muse.' If I dislike it, 'Furies, death and rage!' If I approve, 'Commend it to the stage.
الصفحة 24 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
الصفحة 25 - Fed with soft Dedication all day long, Horace and he went hand in hand in song. His library, where busts of poets dead...
الصفحة 275 - 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.
الصفحة 8 - And curses wit, and poetry, and Pope. 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?
الصفحة 29 - Yet why? that father held it for a rule, It was a sin to call our neighbour fool: That harmless mother thought no wife a whore: Hear this, and spare his family, James Moore! Unspotted names, and memorable long! If there be force in virtue, or in song.
الصفحة 43 - My head and heart thus flowing thro' my quill, Verse-man or prose-man, term me which you will, Papist or Protestant, or both between, Like good Erasmus in an honest mean, In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory.
الصفحة 12 - It is" the slaver kills, and not the bite. A fool quite angry is quite innocent : Alas ! 'tis ten times worse when they repent. One dedicates in high heroic prose, And ridicules beyond a hundred foes : One from all Grub-street will my fame defend, And, more abusive, calls himself my friend. This prints my letters, that expects a bribe, And others roar aloud,
الصفحة 31 - 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!
الصفحة 9 - Lintot, dull rogue! will think your price too much." "Not, sir, if you revise it, and retouch.