The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed, a Life of the Author ... |
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And has not Colly still his lord and whore ? His butchers Henly ? his free -
masons Moore ? Does not one table Bavius still admit ? Still to one bishop
Phillips seem a wit ? Still Sappho - A . Hold ; for God's sake - you'll offend No
names - he ...
And has not Colly still his lord and whore ? His butchers Henly ? his free -
masons Moore ? Does not one table Bavius still admit ? Still to one bishop
Phillips seem a wit ? Still Sappho - A . Hold ; for God's sake - you'll offend No
names - he ...
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Amphibious thing ! that , acting either part , The trifling head , or the corrupted
heart ; Fop at the toilet , flatterer at the board , Now trips a lady , and now struts a
lord . Eve's tempter thus the rabbins have express'd , A cherub's POPE'S
POETICAL ...
Amphibious thing ! that , acting either part , The trifling head , or the corrupted
heart ; Fop at the toilet , flatterer at the board , Now trips a lady , and now struts a
lord . Eve's tempter thus the rabbins have express'd , A cherub's POPE'S
POETICAL ...
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The satires of Dr. Donne I versified at the desire of the earl of Oxford , while he
was lord treasurer , and of the duke of Shrewsbury , who had been secretary of
state ; neither of whom looked upon a satire on vicious courts as any reflection on
...
The satires of Dr. Donne I versified at the desire of the earl of Oxford , while he
was lord treasurer , and of the duke of Shrewsbury , who had been secretary of
state ; neither of whom looked upon a satire on vicious courts as any reflection on
...
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The lines are weak , another's pleased to say : Lord Fanny spins a thousand such
a day . Timorous by nature , of the rich in awe , I come to counsel learned in the
law : You ' ll give me , like a friend , both sage and free , Advice : and ( as you ...
The lines are weak , another's pleased to say : Lord Fanny spins a thousand such
a day . Timorous by nature , of the rich in awe , I come to counsel learned in the
law : You ' ll give me , like a friend , both sage and free , Advice : and ( as you ...
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Of carps and mullets why prefer the great , ( Though cut in pieces ere my lord can
eat , ) Yet for small turbots such esteem profess ? Because God made these large
, the other less Oldfield , with more than harpy throat endued , Cries , ' Send ...
Of carps and mullets why prefer the great , ( Though cut in pieces ere my lord can
eat , ) Yet for small turbots such esteem profess ? Because God made these large
, the other less Oldfield , with more than harpy throat endued , Cries , ' Send ...
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Страница 54 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.
Страница 6 - 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.
Страница 106 - twixt reading and Bohea, To muse, and spill her solitary Tea, Or o'er cold coffee trifle with the spoon, Count the slow clock, and dine exact at noon...
Страница 12 - Till grown more frugal in his riper days, He paid some bards with port, and some with praise ; To some a dry rehearsal was assign'd, And others (harder still) he paid in kind.
Страница 11 - Like Cato, give his little senate laws, And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise — Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he ? What though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals ? Or smoking forth, a hundred hawkers...
Страница 6 - 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 ? Or which must end me, a fool's wrath or love ? A dire dilemma! either way I'm sped, If foes, they write, — if friends, they read me dead.
Страница 280 - Some gentle James, to bless the land again ; To stick the doctor's chair into the throne, Give law to words, or war with words alone, Senates and courts with Greek and Latin rule, And turn the council to a grammar school ! For sure, if Dulness sees a grateful day, 'Tis in the shade of arbitrary sway.
Страница 14 - What ? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of Ass's milk ? Satire or sense, alas! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? P.