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Many will know their own pictures in it , there being not a circumstance but what
is true : but I have , for the most part , spared their names , and they may escape
being laughed at if they please . I would have some of them know it was owing to
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Many will know their own pictures in it , there being not a circumstance but what
is true : but I have , for the most part , spared their names , and they may escape
being laughed at if they please . I would have some of them know it was owing to
...
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... we know are neither rich nor rare , But wonder how the devil they got there .
Were others angry ; I excus'd them too ; Well might they rage , I gave them but
their due . 166 A man's true merit ' tis not hard to find PROLOGUE TO THE
SATIRES .
... we know are neither rich nor rare , But wonder how the devil they got there .
Were others angry ; I excus'd them too ; Well might they rage , I gave them but
their due . 166 A man's true merit ' tis not hard to find PROLOGUE TO THE
SATIRES .
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A man's true merit ' tis not hard to find , 175 But each man's secret standard in his
mind . That casting weight pride adds to emptiness , This who can gratify ? for
who can guess ? The bard whom pilfer'd pastorals renown , Who turns a Persian
...
A man's true merit ' tis not hard to find , 175 But each man's secret standard in his
mind . That casting weight pride adds to emptiness , This who can gratify ? for
who can guess ? The bard whom pilfer'd pastorals renown , Who turns a Persian
...
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What right , what true , what fit we justly call , Let this be all my care — for this is
all : 20 To lay this harvest up , and hoard with haste What ev'ry day will want , and
most the last . But ask not to what doctors I apply ? Sworn to no master , of no ...
What right , what true , what fit we justly call , Let this be all my care — for this is
all : 20 To lay this harvest up , and hoard with haste What ev'ry day will want , and
most the last . But ask not to what doctors I apply ? Sworn to no master , of no ...
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5 10 ' TIS true , my Lord , I gave my word I would be with you June the third ;
Chang'd it to August , and ( in short ] Have kept it — as you do at court , You
humour me when I am sick , Why not when I am splenetic ? In Town what objects
could I ...
5 10 ' TIS true , my Lord , I gave my word I would be with you June the third ;
Chang'd it to August , and ( in short ] Have kept it — as you do at court , You
humour me when I am sick , Why not when I am splenetic ? In Town what objects
could I ...
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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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