...the MS. I grant it, Sir ; and further, 'tis agreed, Japhet writ not, and Chartres scarce-could read. Yes, I am proud, I must be proud, to see Men not afraid...me : Safe from the bar, the pulpit, and the throne, 210 Yet touch'd and shamed by ridicule alone. O sacred weapon ! left for truth's defence, Sole dread...

...that he has congratulated himself in those exulting lines : " Yes, I am proud, I must be proud to sec Men not afraid of God, afraid of me ; Safe from the bar, the pulpit, and the throne, Yet touch'd and shamed by ridicule alone." Such were the acquirements, talents, and dispositions, with which Pope entered...

...dialogue. See the Epistle to Lord Bathurst. From Terence : — So impudent, I own myself no knave : So odd, my country's ruin makes me grave. Yes, I am...the bar, the pulpit, and the throne, Yet touch'd and shamed by ridicule alone. O sacred weapon ! left for truth's defence, Sole dread of folly, vice, and...

...bad. When truth or virtue an affront endures, Th' affront is mine, my friend, and should be your». Yes, I am proud, I must be proud to see, Men not afraid...throne, Yet touch'd and sham'd by ridicule alone. О sacred weapon ! left for truth's defence, Sole dread of folly, vice, and insolence ! To all but...

...I am no slave ; So impudent, I own myself no knave; So odd, my country's ruin makes me grave. Yet, I am proud : I must be proud to see Men not afraid...the bar, the pulpit, and the throne, Yet touch'd and shamed by ridicule alone. O sacred weapon ! left for Truth's defence, Sole dread of folly, vice, and...

...and TheDunciad's pillory would thereafter be the model for Pope's sense of his role as a poet.10 1 must be proud to see Men not afraid of God, afraid...Throne, Yet touch'd and sham'd by Ridicule alone. (Epilogue to the Satires, 11.208- 1 1 ) "The Bar, the Pulpit, and the Throne": these stands are indeed...

...energy, confidence, and self-righteousness in the second dialogue of the Epilogue to the Satires (1738): Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men not afraid...Throne, Yet touch'd and sham'd by Ridicule alone. O sacred Weapon! left for Truth's defence, Sole Dread of Folly, Vice and Insolence! To all but Heav'n-directed...

...in the business, clearly reveled in his own high reputation as a verbal killer: Yes, I am proud; and must be proud, to see Men not afraid of God afraid of me. Such a boast set up its own natural rejoinder, and in a bit of put-down Ping-Pong, Lord Hervey, whom...

...sometimes a statement of resignation felt as victory, sometimes as heroic boast delivered as satiric wit: Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God, afraid of me. . . . And, in perhaps Pope's most dazzling moment, he links this triumphant claim for satire not only...

...Pope, were Communitarians so hypersensitive? In reply Pope told him how effective ridicule could be: Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men not afraid...Throne, Yet touch'd and sham'd by Ridicule alone. But Jonathan Swift, who had joined their conversation, observed that, in fact, most people enjoyed...