The Works of Alexander Pope: Satires, &cJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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Strona 36
... Original , than was necessary for his concurrence , in promoting their common plan of Reformation of manners . Had it been his purpose merely to paraphrafe an ancient Satirift he had hardly made choice of Horace ; with whom , as a Poet ...
... Original , than was necessary for his concurrence , in promoting their common plan of Reformation of manners . Had it been his purpose merely to paraphrafe an ancient Satirift he had hardly made choice of Horace ; with whom , as a Poet ...
Strona 37
... original wit . Besides , he deem'd it more modest to give the name of Imita- tions to his Satires , than , like Despreaux , to give the name of Satires to Imitations . SATIRA PRIMA . HORATIUS . TREBATIUS . HORATIUS . SUNT * D3 ( 37 )
... original wit . Besides , he deem'd it more modest to give the name of Imita- tions to his Satires , than , like Despreaux , to give the name of Satires to Imitations . SATIRA PRIMA . HORATIUS . TREBATIUS . HORATIUS . SUNT * D3 ( 37 )
Strona 40
... Original , as this falls short of it . VER . 20. Hartshorn ] This was intended as a pleafantry on the novelty of the prescription . VER . 28. falling Horse ? ] The horse on which his Ma- jesty charged at the battle of Oudenard ; when ...
... Original , as this falls short of it . VER . 20. Hartshorn ] This was intended as a pleafantry on the novelty of the prescription . VER . 28. falling Horse ? ] The horse on which his Ma- jesty charged at the battle of Oudenard ; when ...
Strona 44
... line . VER . 63. My head and beart thus flowing from my quill , ] Inferior to the Original : Ille velut fidis arcana Sodalibus olim Credebat libris , etc. In them , as certain to be lov'd as seen 44 IMITATIONS Book II .
... line . VER . 63. My head and beart thus flowing from my quill , ] Inferior to the Original : Ille velut fidis arcana Sodalibus olim Credebat libris , etc. In them , as certain to be lov'd as seen 44 IMITATIONS Book II .
Strona 45
... original thought ( which is very flat , and so ill and aukwardly expressed , as to be taken for a monkish Addition ) is here admirably imitated , in a lively character of himself , and his Writ- ings . VER . 69. Satire's my weapon ] In ...
... original thought ( which is very flat , and so ill and aukwardly expressed , as to be taken for a monkish Addition ) is here admirably imitated , in a lively character of himself , and his Writ- ings . VER . 69. Satire's my weapon ] In ...
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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.