The Works of Alexander Pope: Satires, &cJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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Strona 11
... expect a bribe ; And others roar aloud , " Subscribe , subscribe . " Time , praise , or money , is the least they crave ; Yet each declares the other fool or knave . 120 And when I die , be sure you let me to the SATIRES . LI.
... expect a bribe ; And others roar aloud , " Subscribe , subscribe . " Time , praise , or money , is the least they crave ; Yet each declares the other fool or knave . 120 And when I die , be sure you let me to the SATIRES . LI.
Strona 27
... knave's a knave , to me , in ev'ry state : Alike my scorn , if he succeed or fail , Sporus at court , or Japhet in a jail , A hireling scribler , or a hireling peer , Knight of the post corrupt , or of the shire ; If on a Pillory ...
... knave's a knave , to me , in ev'ry state : Alike my scorn , if he succeed or fail , Sporus at court , or Japhet in a jail , A hireling scribler , or a hireling peer , Knight of the post corrupt , or of the shire ; If on a Pillory ...
Strona 35
... Knaves with good reason to en- courage , the mistaking a Satirist for a Libeller ; whereas to a true Satirist nothing is so odious as a Libeller , for the fame reason as to a man truly vir- tuous nothing is so hateful as a Hypocrite ...
... Knaves with good reason to en- courage , the mistaking a Satirist for a Libeller ; whereas to a true Satirist nothing is so odious as a Libeller , for the fame reason as to a man truly vir- tuous nothing is so hateful as a Hypocrite ...
Strona 51
... Knave , Unplac'd , unpension'd , no man's heir , or flave ? I will , or perish in the gen'rous cause : 115 Hear this , and tremble ! you , who ' scape the Laws . Yes , while I live , no rich or noble knave 120 Shall walk the World ...
... Knave , Unplac'd , unpension'd , no man's heir , or flave ? I will , or perish in the gen'rous cause : 115 Hear this , and tremble ! you , who ' scape the Laws . Yes , while I live , no rich or noble knave 120 Shall walk the World ...
Strona 109
... Knaves ; Something , which for your Honour they may cheat , And which it much becomes you to forget . * If Wealth alone then make and keep us blest , 95 Still , still be getting , never , never rest . But if to Pow'r and Place your ...
... Knaves ; Something , which for your Honour they may cheat , And which it much becomes you to forget . * If Wealth alone then make and keep us blest , 95 Still , still be getting , never , never rest . But if to Pow'r and Place your ...
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Strona 18 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Strona 17 - And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Strona 51 - 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.
Strona 243 - Before her dance; behind her crawl the Old! See thronging Millions to the Pagod run, And offer Country, Parent, Wife, or Son! Hear her black Trumpet thro' the Land proclaim, That "Not to be corrupted is the Shame.
Strona 19 - d by ev'ry quill ; Fed with soft dedication all day long, Horace and he went hand in hand in song.
Strona 234 - 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.
Strona 6 - They pierce my thickets, through my grot they glide, By land, by water, they renew the charge, They stop the chariot, and they board the barge.
Strona 30 - Bestia's from the throne. Born to no pride, inheriting no strife, Nor marrying discord in a noble wife, Stranger to civil and religious rage, The good man walk'd innoxious through his age. No courts he saw, no suits would ever try, Nor dar'd an oath, nor hazarded a lie.
Strona 244 - Are what ten thousand envy and adore : All, all look up with reverential awe, At crimes that 'scape or triumph o'er the law ; While truth, worth, wisdom, daily they decry : Nothing is sacred now but villainy.
Strona 157 - Besides, a fate attends on all I write, That when I aim at praise they say I bite. A vile encomium doubly ridicules : There's nothing blackens like the ink of fools. If true, a woful likeness ; and, if lies, ' Praise undeserv'd is scandal in disguise.