The Works of Alexander Pope: Satires, &cA. Millar [and others], 1757 |
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Strana 13
... Genius kindles , and fair Fame inspires ; Bleft with each talent and each art to please , And born to write , converfe , and live with eafe : Should fuch a man , too fond to rule alone , Bear , like the Turk , no brother near the throne ...
... Genius kindles , and fair Fame inspires ; Bleft with each talent and each art to please , And born to write , converfe , and live with eafe : Should fuch a man , too fond to rule alone , Bear , like the Turk , no brother near the throne ...
Strana 17
... Genius bloom , Neglected die , and tell it on his tomb : Of all thy blameless life the fole return 250 255 My Verfe , and QUEENSB'RY weeping o'er thy urn ! 260 Oh let me live my own , and die so too ! ( To live and die is all I have to ...
... Genius bloom , Neglected die , and tell it on his tomb : Of all thy blameless life the fole return 250 255 My Verfe , and QUEENSB'RY weeping o'er thy urn ! 260 Oh let me live my own , and die so too ! ( To live and die is all I have to ...
Strana 18
... Genius never can lie ftill ; And then for mine obligingly mistakes The firft Lampoon Sir Will . or Bubo makes . Poor guiltless I ! and can I chufe but smile , When ev'ry Coxcomb knows me by my Style ? VARIATIONS . After VER . 270. in ...
... Genius never can lie ftill ; And then for mine obligingly mistakes The firft Lampoon Sir Will . or Bubo makes . Poor guiltless I ! and can I chufe but smile , When ev'ry Coxcomb knows me by my Style ? VARIATIONS . After VER . 270. in ...
Strana 19
... Genius , whose writings have afforded the world much pleasure and in- ftruction , happens to be enviously attacked , or falfly accused , it is natural to think , that a fenfe of gratitude for fo agree- able an obligation , or a sense of ...
... Genius , whose writings have afforded the world much pleasure and in- ftruction , happens to be enviously attacked , or falfly accused , it is natural to think , that a fenfe of gratitude for fo agree- able an obligation , or a sense of ...
Strana 21
... great , if we confider , that in this walk he had all the advantages which the most poetic Imagination could give to a great Genius . M. Voltaire , in That not for Fame , but Virtue's better end , C 3 TO THE SATIRES . 21.
... great , if we confider , that in this walk he had all the advantages which the most poetic Imagination could give to a great Genius . M. Voltaire , in That not for Fame , but Virtue's better end , C 3 TO THE SATIRES . 21.
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Strana 21 - A Cherub's face, a reptile all the rest; Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust; Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.
Strana 12 - Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Strana 17 - 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' I condescend Sometimes to call a minister my friend.
Strana 49 - Hear this, and tremble ! you who 'scape the laws. Yes, while I live, no rich or noble knave Shall walk the world, in credit, to his grave.
Strana 45 - Slander or Poison dread from Delia's rage, Hard words or hanging, if your Judge be Page.
Strana 17 - And those they left me; for they left me Gay; Left me to see neglected genius bloom, Neglected die, and 'tell it on his tomb: Of all thy blameless...
Strana 27 - 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!
Strana 182 - Sir, though (I thank God for it) I do hate Perfectly all this town, yet there's one state In all ill things so excellently best, That hate towards them breeds pity towards the rest.
Strana 6 - Furies, death and rage!" If I approve, "Commend it to the stage.
Strana 24 - If on a pillory, or near a throne, He gain his prince's ear, or lose his own. Yet soft by nature, more a dupe than wit, Sappho can tell you how this man was bit...