The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Satires, &cJ. and P. Knapton, 1752 |
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Σελίδα 6
... Writer [ from 1 to 100. ] But , in this enumeration , coming again to Names , his Friend once more ftops him , and bids him confider what hostilities this general attack will fet on foot . So much the better , replies the Poet ; for ...
... Writer [ from 1 to 100. ] But , in this enumeration , coming again to Names , his Friend once more ftops him , and bids him confider what hostilities this general attack will fet on foot . So much the better , replies the Poet ; for ...
Σελίδα 7
... write on ; namely , to the fufpicions and the difpleasure of a Court ; who are made to believe , he is always writing ; or at least to the foolish criticisms of court fycophants , who pretend to find him , by his ftyle , in the immoral ...
... write on ; namely , to the fufpicions and the difpleasure of a Court ; who are made to believe , he is always writing ; or at least to the foolish criticisms of court fycophants , who pretend to find him , by his ftyle , in the immoral ...
Σελίδα 11
... write , if friends , they read me dead . Seiz'd and ty'd down to judge , how wretched I ! Who can't be filent , and who will not lye : To laugh , were want of goodness and of grace , 35 And to be grave , exceeds all Pow'r of face . I ...
... write , if friends , they read me dead . Seiz'd and ty'd down to judge , how wretched I ! Who can't be filent , and who will not lye : To laugh , were want of goodness and of grace , 35 And to be grave , exceeds all Pow'r of face . I ...
Σελίδα 12
... write a Journal , or he'll turn Divine . ” VARIATIONS . VER . 53. in the MS . If you refufe , he goes , as fates incline , To plague Sir Robert , or to turn Divine . NOTES . VER . 43. Rhymes ere he wakes , ] A pleafant allufion to those ...
... write a Journal , or he'll turn Divine . ” VARIATIONS . VER . 53. in the MS . If you refufe , he goes , as fates incline , To plague Sir Robert , or to turn Divine . NOTES . VER . 43. Rhymes ere he wakes , ] A pleafant allufion to those ...
Σελίδα 13
... the manner of that mysterious writer , as well as taken up his image . Our Author had been hitherto complaining of the folly His very Minister who spy'd them first , ( Some TO 13 THE SATIRES . SATIRES and EPISTLES of HORACE imitated.
... the manner of that mysterious writer , as well as taken up his image . Our Author had been hitherto complaining of the folly His very Minister who spy'd them first , ( Some TO 13 THE SATIRES . SATIRES and EPISTLES of HORACE imitated.
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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.