The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Satires, &cJ. and P. Knapton, 1752 |
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... gave the latter but their due ; and the other thought they had no more . VER . 180.a Perfian tale . ] Amb . Philips tranflated a Book called the Perfian tales . And He , whose fuftian's fo fublimely bad , It 24 PROLOGUE.
... gave the latter but their due ; and the other thought they had no more . VER . 180.a Perfian tale . ] Amb . Philips tranflated a Book called the Perfian tales . And He , whose fuftian's fo fublimely bad , It 24 PROLOGUE.
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Alexander Pope. And He , whose fuftian's fo fublimely bad , It is not Poetry , but profe run mad : All these , my modeft Satire bad tranflate , And own'd that nine fuch Poets made a Tate . 190 How did they fume , and stamp , and roar ...
Alexander Pope. And He , whose fuftian's fo fublimely bad , It is not Poetry , but profe run mad : All these , my modeft Satire bad tranflate , And own'd that nine fuch Poets made a Tate . 190 How did they fume , and stamp , and roar ...
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... whose account the Author charges the publication of his firft pieces : perfons , with whom he was converfant ( and he adds beloved ) at 16 or 17 years of age ; an early period for fuch acquaintance . The catalogue might be made yet more ...
... whose account the Author charges the publication of his firft pieces : perfons , with whom he was converfant ( and he adds beloved ) at 16 or 17 years of age ; an early period for fuch acquaintance . The catalogue might be made yet more ...
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... Whose answer ( as it stands in his collection of Letters ) is , that if the engraver could collect together the feveral graces of Maffinissa , Xenophon , and Plato , he might then be enabled to give the public fome faint and im- perfect ...
... Whose answer ( as it stands in his collection of Letters ) is , that if the engraver could collect together the feveral graces of Maffinissa , Xenophon , and Plato , he might then be enabled to give the public fome faint and im- perfect ...
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... gave the latter but their due ; and the other thought they had no more . VER . 180.a Perfian tale . ] Amb . Philips tranflated a Book called the Perfian tales . And He , whose fuftian's fo fublimely bad , It 24 PROLOGUE.
... gave the latter but their due ; and the other thought they had no more . VER . 180.a Perfian tale . ] Amb . Philips tranflated a Book called the Perfian tales . And He , whose fuftian's fo fublimely bad , It 24 PROLOGUE.
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Страница 9 - A virgin tragedy, an orphan muse.' If I dislike it, 'Furies, death and rage!' If I approve, 'Commend it to the stage.
Страница 24 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Страница 25 - Fed with soft Dedication all day long, Horace and he went hand in hand in song. His library, where busts of poets dead...
Страница 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.
Страница 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?
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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,
Страница 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!
Страница 9 - Lintot, dull rogue! will think your price too much." "Not, sir, if you revise it, and retouch.