The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Satires, &cJ. and P. Knapton, 1752 |
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Σελίδα 4
... proceeding , any abufe may be directed at any man , no injury can poffibly be done by mine , fince a name- lefs Character can never be found out , but by its truth and likeness . P. ( 5 ) EPISTLE то Dr. ARBUTHNOT . An Apology.
... proceeding , any abufe may be directed at any man , no injury can poffibly be done by mine , fince a name- lefs Character can never be found out , but by its truth and likeness . P. ( 5 ) EPISTLE то Dr. ARBUTHNOT . An Apology.
Σελίδα 5
... Character . For after having told his cafe , and humouroufly applied to his Phyfician in the manner one would afk for a Receipt to kill Vermin , he ftrait goes on , in the common Character of Afkers of advice , to tell his Doctor that ...
... Character . For after having told his cafe , and humouroufly applied to his Phyfician in the manner one would afk for a Receipt to kill Vermin , he ftrait goes on , in the common Character of Afkers of advice , to tell his Doctor that ...
Σελίδα 7
... character . For though he had got a Name ( the reputation of which he agreeably rallies in the defcription he gives of it ) yet he never , even when most in fashion , set up for a Patron , or a Dictator amongst the Wits ; but still kept ...
... character . For though he had got a Name ( the reputation of which he agreeably rallies in the defcription he gives of it ) yet he never , even when most in fashion , set up for a Patron , or a Dictator amongst the Wits ; but still kept ...
Σελίδα 9
... good John ! ] John Searl , his old and faithful fervant : whom he has remembered , under that character , in his Will . What walls can guard me , or what shades can TO THE SATIRES . 9 PROLOGUE to the SATIRES, in an Epi- file to Dr ...
... good John ! ] John Searl , his old and faithful fervant : whom he has remembered , under that character , in his Will . What walls can guard me , or what shades can TO THE SATIRES . 9 PROLOGUE to the SATIRES, in an Epi- file to Dr ...
Σελίδα 19
... Character of defcriptive poetry , as it is called . A compofition , in his opinion , as abfurd as a feaft made up of fauces . The ufe of a pictor- efque imagination is to brighten and adorn good fenfe ; fo that to employ it only in ...
... Character of defcriptive poetry , as it is called . A compofition , in his opinion , as abfurd as a feaft made up of fauces . The ufe of a pictor- efque imagination is to brighten and adorn good fenfe ; fo that to employ it only in ...
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aetas againſt Alluding atque becauſe beft beſt cafe cauſe Cicero Court courtiers divine Dunciad eaſe Engliſh EPISTLE ev'n ev'ry expreffed expreffion faid fame faſhion fatire feems fenfe fhall fhew fhould fibi Fig's firft firſt fome fomething fool foon fpirit freſh ftill fubject fuch fuperior fure genius give himſelf honeft honour Horace imitation infinuate juft juſt King laft laſt Laws leaſt lefs Lord ludicra mafter Minifter moft moſt Mufe muſt nihil NOTES numbers nunc obferved occafion paffion perfon Pindaric pleaſe pleaſure poem Poet Poet's poetry Pope Pow'r praiſe prefent profe purpoſe Pythagorea quae quam quid Quintilian quod racter reafon rhyme ridicule rifu Satire ſee ſhall ſtage ſtand ſtate ſtill ſuch tafte taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thro tibi tranflation underſtand uſed verfe verſe Virtue whofe whoſe worfe worſe write
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Σελίδα 9 - A virgin tragedy, an orphan muse.' If I dislike it, 'Furies, death and rage!' If I approve, 'Commend it to the stage.
Σελίδα 24 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Σελίδα 25 - Fed with soft Dedication all day long, Horace and he went hand in hand in song. His library, where busts of poets dead...
Σελίδα 275 - Seen him, uncumber'd with the venal tribe, Smile without art, and win without a bribe. Would he oblige me? let me only find, He does not think me what he thinks mankind.
Σελίδα 8 - And curses wit, and poetry, and Pope. Friend to my life ! (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle song) What drop or nostrum can this plague remove?
Σελίδα 29 - Yet why? that father held it for a rule, It was a sin to call our neighbour fool: That harmless mother thought no wife a whore: Hear this, and spare his family, James Moore! Unspotted names, and memorable long! If there be force in virtue, or in song.
Σελίδα 43 - My head and heart thus flowing thro' my quill, Verse-man or prose-man, term me which you will, Papist or Protestant, or both between, Like good Erasmus in an honest mean, In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory.
Σελίδα 12 - It is" the slaver kills, and not the bite. A fool quite angry is quite innocent : Alas ! 'tis ten times worse when they repent. One dedicates in high heroic prose, And ridicules beyond a hundred foes : One from all Grub-street will my fame defend, And, more abusive, calls himself my friend. This prints my letters, that expects a bribe, And others roar aloud,
Σελίδα 31 - 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!
Σελίδα 9 - Lintot, dull rogue! will think your price too much." "Not, sir, if you revise it, and retouch.