The Works of Alexander Popekesq., with Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others: To which Were Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks, Том 6C. and J. Rivington, 1824 |
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... once is true ; Deride our weak forefathers ' musty rule , Who therefore smiled , because they saw a fool ; Sublimer logic now adorns our isle , 205 We therefore see a fool , because we smile . Truth in her gloomy cave why fondly seek ...
... once is true ; Deride our weak forefathers ' musty rule , Who therefore smiled , because they saw a fool ; Sublimer logic now adorns our isle , 205 We therefore see a fool , because we smile . Truth in her gloomy cave why fondly seek ...
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... vation and ridicule , with which he treats the various subjects that occur in his Satires , entitle him at once to our admiration , our con- fidence , and our esteem . EPISTLE ΤΟ DR . ARBUTHNOT : OR PROLOGUE TO THE 30.
... vation and ridicule , with which he treats the various subjects that occur in his Satires , entitle him at once to our admiration , our con- fidence , and our esteem . EPISTLE ΤΟ DR . ARBUTHNOT : OR PROLOGUE TO THE 30.
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... once : " Out with it , DUNCIAD ! let the secret pass , " & c . But recollecting the humanity and tenderness of his friend , which , he apprehends , might be a little shocked at the apparent severity of such a proceeding , he assures him ...
... once : " Out with it , DUNCIAD ! let the secret pass , " & c . But recollecting the humanity and tenderness of his friend , which , he apprehends , might be a little shocked at the apparent severity of such a proceeding , he assures him ...
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... once told ( and wherefore should we lie ? ) The queen of Midas slept , and so may You think this cruel ? take it for a rule , No creature smarts so little as a fool . I. Let peals of laughter , Codrus ! round thee break , Thou unconcern ...
... once told ( and wherefore should we lie ? ) The queen of Midas slept , and so may You think this cruel ? take it for a rule , No creature smarts so little as a fool . I. Let peals of laughter , Codrus ! round thee break , Thou unconcern ...
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... Once possessed with this idea , which was the natural consequence of his own self - importance , he saw the cloven foot of envy and jealousy in every thing connected with the name of Addison . If Philips , the rival Arcadian , hung up a ...
... Once possessed with this idea , which was the natural consequence of his own self - importance , he saw the cloven foot of envy and jealousy in every thing connected with the name of Addison . If Philips , the rival Arcadian , hung up a ...
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Страница 82 - Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies. His wit all seesaw, between that and this, Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis.
Страница 41 - A clerk, foredoom'd his father's soul to cross, Who pens a stanza, when he should engross?
Страница 36 - 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!
Страница 40 - 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. What walls can guard me, or what shades can hide? 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.
Страница 75 - Oh let me live my own, and die so too ! (To live and die is all I have to do:) Maintain a Poet's dignity and ease, And see what friends, and read what books I please : Above a Patron, tho...
Страница 414 - ... male necne Lepos saltet; sed quod magis ad nos pertinet et nescire malum est agitamus: utrumne divitiis homines an sint virtute beati; quidve ad amicitias, usus rectumne, trahat nos; 75 et quae sit natura boni summumque quid eius.
Страница 464 - So bright is thy beauty, so charming thy song, As had drawn both the beasts and their Orpheus along : But such is thy avarice, and such is thy pride, That the beasts must have starved, and the poet have died. THE BALANCE OF EUROPE. Now Europe balanced, neither side prevails ; For nothing's left in either of the scales.
Страница 81 - Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt that stinks and stings...
Страница 63 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike, Alike...