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... state ; Alike my scorn , if he succeed or fail , Sporus at court , or Japhet in a jail :
A hireling scribbler , or a hireling peer , Knight of the post corrupt , or of the shire ;
If on ' on a pillory , or near a throne , [ le gain his prince's ear , or lose his own .
... state ; Alike my scorn , if he succeed or fail , Sporus at court , or Japhet in a jail :
A hireling scribbler , or a hireling peer , Knight of the post corrupt , or of the shire ;
If on ' on a pillory , or near a throne , [ le gain his prince's ear , or lose his own .
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Both these authors were acceptable to the princes and mi . nisters under whom
they lived . 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 ...
Both these authors were acceptable to the princes and mi . nisters under whom
they lived . 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 ...
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( Believe me , many a German prince is worse , Who proud of pedigree is poor of
purse . ) His wealth brave Timon gloriously confounds , Ask'd for a groat , he
gives a hundred pounds ; Or if three ladies like a luckless play , Take the whole ...
( Believe me , many a German prince is worse , Who proud of pedigree is poor of
purse . ) His wealth brave Timon gloriously confounds , Ask'd for a groat , he
gives a hundred pounds ; Or if three ladies like a luckless play , Take the whole ...
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The author thought them considerable enough to address them to his prince ,
whom he paints with all the great and good qualities of a monarch , upon whom
the Romans depended for the increase of an absolute empire . But to make ...
The author thought them considerable enough to address them to his prince ,
whom he paints with all the great and good qualities of a monarch , upon whom
the Romans depended for the increase of an absolute empire . But to make ...
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We may further learn from this Epistle , that Horace made his court to this great
prince , by writing with a decent freedom towards him , with a just contempt of his
low flatterers , and with a manly regard to his own character WHILE you , great ...
We may further learn from this Epistle , that Horace made his court to this great
prince , by writing with a decent freedom towards him , with a just contempt of his
low flatterers , and with a manly regard to his own character WHILE you , great ...
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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.
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| Заглавие | The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed, a Life of the Author ... Том 2 от The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed, a Life of the Author, Theophilus Cibber |
| Автор | Alexander Pope |
| Издател | Z. & B. F. Pratt, 1846 |
| Оригиналът е от | Мичиганският университет |
| Цифровизирана на | 25 май 2007 |
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