The Works of Alexander Pope: Satires, &cA. Millar [and others], 1757 |
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Strana 12
... nature , as a toad , or a beetle , become pleafing when well represented in a work of Art . But it is no lefs eminent for the beauty of the thought . For though a fcribler exifts by being thus incorporated , yet he exifts in- tombed , a ...
... nature , as a toad , or a beetle , become pleafing when well represented in a work of Art . But it is no lefs eminent for the beauty of the thought . For though a fcribler exifts by being thus incorporated , yet he exifts in- tombed , a ...
Strana 19
... natural to think , that a fenfe of gratitude for fo agree- able an obligation , or a sense of that honour refulting to our Country from fuch a Writer , should raise amongst those who call themselves his friends , a pretty general ...
... natural to think , that a fenfe of gratitude for fo agree- able an obligation , or a sense of that honour refulting to our Country from fuch a Writer , should raise amongst those who call themselves his friends , a pretty general ...
Strana 23
... steady Virtue , mixed with a modest con- cern for his being forced to undergo the severest proofs of his love for it , which was the being thought hardly of by his SOVEREIGN , Yet foft by nature , more a dupe than wit 8 TO THE SATIRES . 23.
... steady Virtue , mixed with a modest con- cern for his being forced to undergo the severest proofs of his love for it , which was the being thought hardly of by his SOVEREIGN , Yet foft by nature , more a dupe than wit 8 TO THE SATIRES . 23.
Strana 24
Alexander Pope. Yet foft by nature , more a dupe than wit , Sappho can tell you how this man was bit : This dreaded Sat'rift Dennis will confefs Foe to his pride , but friend to his distress : So humble , he has knock'd at Tibbald's door ...
Alexander Pope. Yet foft by nature , more a dupe than wit , Sappho can tell you how this man was bit : This dreaded Sat'rift Dennis will confefs Foe to his pride , but friend to his distress : So humble , he has knock'd at Tibbald's door ...
Strana 27
... Nature honest , by Experience wife , Healthy by temp'rance , and by exercise ; His life , tho ' long , to fickness past unknown , His death was instant , and without a groan . O grant me , thus to live , and thus to die ! Who fprung ...
... Nature honest , by Experience wife , Healthy by temp'rance , and by exercise ; His life , tho ' long , to fickness past unknown , His death was instant , and without a groan . O grant me , thus to live , and thus to die ! Who fprung ...
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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...