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I will , or perish in the gen'rous cause : 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 : 120 To virtue only and her friends a friend , The IMITATIONS OF ...
I will , or perish in the gen'rous cause : 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 : 120 To virtue only and her friends a friend , The IMITATIONS OF ...
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... who excel ; This all who know me know , who love me , tell ; And who unknown
defame me , let them be Scribblers or peers , alike are mob to me . 140 This is my
plea , on this I rest my causeWhat saith my counsel , learned in the laws ...
... who excel ; This all who know me know , who love me , tell ; And who unknown
defame me , let them be Scribblers or peers , alike are mob to me . 140 This is my
plea , on this I rest my causeWhat saith my counsel , learned in the laws ...
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WHILE you , great Patron of mankind ! sustain The balanc'd world , and open all
the main , Your country , chief in arms , abroad defend , At home with morals , arts
, and laws amend ; How shall the Muse , from such a monarch , steal 5 An hour ...
WHILE you , great Patron of mankind ! sustain The balanc'd world , and open all
the main , Your country , chief in arms , abroad defend , At home with morals , arts
, and laws amend ; How shall the Muse , from such a monarch , steal 5 An hour ...
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The Temple late two brother Sergeants saw , Who deem'd each other oracles of
law ; With equal talents these congenial souls , One lull'd th'Exchequer , and one
stunn'd the Rolls ; Each had a gravity would make you split , 131 And shook his ...
The Temple late two brother Sergeants saw , Who deem'd each other oracles of
law ; With equal talents these congenial souls , One lull'd th'Exchequer , and one
stunn'd the Rolls ; Each had a gravity would make you split , 131 And shook his ...
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If there be truth in law , and use can give 230 A property , that's yours on which
you live . Delightful Abs - court , if its fields afford Their fruits to you , confesses
you its lord : All Worldly hens , nay , partridge , sold to Town , His ven'son too a ...
If there be truth in law , and use can give 230 A property , that's yours on which
you live . Delightful Abs - court , if its fields afford Their fruits to you , confesses
you its lord : All Worldly hens , nay , partridge , sold to Town , His ven'son too a ...
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admire arms authors bear better Bless'd breath cause charms court dead dear death divine ease Epistle ev'n ev'ry ev’n eyes face fair fame fate father fear fire fools forms fortune gave give gold grace half head hear heart Heav'n hold honour hundred IMITATED keep kings laugh laws lays learned leave live Lord lost mean mind morals Muse nature ne'er never o'er once peace peer play pleas'd poet poor praise pride proud rage reflected rest rhyme rich rise roll round rule sense shine smile soft song soul stand sure taste tell thee thing thou thought thro Town true truth turn verse virtue whole wife worm write
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Página 12 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please, 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...
Página 13 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Página 18 - 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.
Página 15 - 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.
Página 6 - 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?
Página 17 - Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings; Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.
Página 32 - There my retreat the best companions grace, Chiefs out of war, and statesmen out of place: There St. John mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul...
Página 8 - Glad of a quarrel, straight I clap the door, Sir, let me see your works and you no more. *Tis sung, when Midas...
Página 5 - A maudlin Poetess, a rhyming Peer, A Clerk, foredoom'd his father's soul to cross, Who pens a Stanza, when he should engross!
Página 11 - Soft were my numbers ; who could take offence While pure description held the place of sense ? Like gentle Fanny's was my flow'ry theme, A painted mistress, or a purling stream.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections, Additions and Improvements, Volumen 5 The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: With His Last Corrections, Additions and Improvements, William Warburton (Bp. of Gloucester) |
| Autor | Alexander Pope |
| Editor | T. & G. Palmer, 1804 |
| Procedencia del original | la Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York |
| Digitalizado | 2 Dic 2006 |
| N.º de páginas | 754 páginas |
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