 | Alexander Pope - 1903 - 704 страници
...papists fail'd, While mighty William's thund'ring arm prevail'd; For right hereditary tax'd and fin'd He stuck to poverty with peace of mind; And me, the...or peer alive, Sure I should want the care of ten Monroes, 70 If I would scribble rather than repose. Years foll'wing years steal something ev'ry day,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 582 страници
...revisals ; after which the old gentleman, when he was satisfied, would say, ' these are good rhymes V He stuck to poverty with peace of mind; And me the Muses helped to undergo it, Convict a Papist he, and \ a Poet." Imit. Hor,, Epis. ii. 2. 64. Jeremy Bentham's... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1907 - 568 страници
...thund'ring arm prevail'd. For Right Hereditary tax'd and fin'd, He stuck to poverty with peace of mind; 65 And me, the Muses help'd to undergo it; Convict a Papist he, and I a Poet. XBut (thanks to Homer)3 since I live and thrive, \ £ Indebted to no Prince or Peer alive, __J Sure... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1874 - 844 страници
...This success allowed Pope to triumph over the slavery of patronage in a memorable couplet : — ' And thanks to Homer, since I live and thrive, Indebted to no prince or peer alive.'* It was quite characteristic of Pope, however, that he should take credit for his emancipation to himself,... | |
 | George Paston - 1909 - 430 страници
...right hereditary taxed and fined, He stuck to poverty with peace of mind ; And me, the Muses helped to undergo it ; Convict a Papist he, and I a poet....or peer alive, Sure I should want the care of ten Monroes, If I would scribble rather than repose. and the " Ode to Venus," l we come to the great "... | |
 | George Paston - 1909 - 420 страници
...Papists failed, While mighty William's thundering arm prevailed. For right hereditary taxed and fined, He stuck to poverty with peace of mind ; And me, the Muses helped to undergo it ; Convict a Papist he, and I a poet. But (thanks to Homer) since I live and thrive,... | |
 | Modern Language Association of America - 1911 - 828 страници
...on the fact that he had never held office or received a pension or any gift from queen or minister. "But, (thanks to Homer) since I live and thrive, Indebted to no Prince or Peer alive." And having gained nine thousand pounds by his translations, he felt independent enough to dedicate... | |
 | Brander Matthews - 1912 - 316 страници
...on the fact that he had never held office or received a pension or any gift from queen or minister. But (thanks to Homer) since I live and thrive, Indebted to no Prince or Peer alive. And having gained nine thousand pounds by his translation, he felt independent enough to dedicate the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1926 - 310 страници
...thund'ring arm prevail'd. For Right Hereditary tax'd and fin'd, He stuck to poverty with peace of mind; 6j And me, the Muses help'd to undergo it ; Convict a...or Peer alive, Sure I should want the care of ten Monroes, ?o Years foll'wing years, steal something ev'ry day, At last they steal us from ourselves... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1963 - 884 страници
...thundring Arm prevail'd. For Right Hereditary tax'd and fin'd, He stuck to Poverty with Peace of Mind ; 65 And me, the Muses help'd to undergo it; Convict a...live and thrive. Indebted to no Prince or Peer alive, 43. some Reward] a departure from the Latin in order to reflect upon Marlborough's avarice. Sure I... | |
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He stuck to poverty with peace of mind ; And me, the Muses help'd to undergo it ; Convict a papist he, and I a poet. But (thanks to Homer) since I live and thrive, Indebted to no prince or peer alive ; Sure I should want the care of ten Monroes,3 If I... 
