Satires, &cJ. and P. Knapton, H. Lintot, J. and R. Tonson, and S. Draper, 1751 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 48
עמוד 3
... thing pleafing , it will be that by which I am most defirous to please , the Truth and the Sentiment ; and if any thing offenfive , it will be only to thofe I am leaft forry to offend , the vicious or the ungenerous . Many will know ...
... thing pleafing , it will be that by which I am most defirous to please , the Truth and the Sentiment ; and if any thing offenfive , it will be only to thofe I am leaft forry to offend , the vicious or the ungenerous . Many will know ...
עמוד 21
... thing , but in the expence of his facrifices . But if the Greeks cried down Cicero , the Italian Critics knew how to fupport his credit . Every one has heard of the childish exceffes into which the ambition of being thought CICERONIANS ...
... thing , but in the expence of his facrifices . But if the Greeks cried down Cicero , the Italian Critics knew how to fupport his credit . Every one has heard of the childish exceffes into which the ambition of being thought CICERONIANS ...
עמוד 26
... things continued till Mr. Pope's growing reputation , and fuperior genius in Poetry gave umbrage to his friend's falfe ... thing , and , as he expreffed it , merum fal . Mr. Pope was shocked for his friend ; and then first began to open ...
... things continued till Mr. Pope's growing reputation , and fuperior genius in Poetry gave umbrage to his friend's falfe ... thing , and , as he expreffed it , merum fal . Mr. Pope was shocked for his friend ; and then first began to open ...
עמוד 27
... thing about Wycherley , in which he had fcurrilously abused Mr. Pope and his family ; and for this fervice he had given Gildon ten gui- neas , after the pamphlet was printed . The very next day Mr. Pope , in a great heat , wrote Mr ...
... thing about Wycherley , in which he had fcurrilously abused Mr. Pope and his family ; and for this fervice he had given Gildon ten gui- neas , after the pamphlet was printed . The very next day Mr. Pope , in a great heat , wrote Mr ...
עמוד 36
... thing of filk , Sporus , that mere white curd of Afs's milk ? 306 Satire or sense , alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? NOTES . VER . 295. Who has the vanity to call you friend , Yet wants the honour injur'd ...
... thing of filk , Sporus , that mere white curd of Afs's milk ? 306 Satire or sense , alas ! can Sporus feel ? Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel ? NOTES . VER . 295. Who has the vanity to call you friend , Yet wants the honour injur'd ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
aetas againſt amongſt atque becauſe beſt cafe caufe cauſe Court Dunciad eaſe Engliſh ev'n ev'ry expreffed expreffion faid fame faſhion fatire fays feem fenfe ferve fhall fhew fibi firft firſt fome fomething fool fpirit ftill fubject fuch fuit fure genius give himſelf honeft honour Horace houſe imitation infinuates juft juſt King laſt laugh leaſt lefs Lord ludicra Maſter Minifter moft moſt muſt never NOTES numbers nunc obferve occafion paffion paſs perfon Pindaric pleaſe pleaſure poem Poet Poet's poetry Pope Pow'r praiſe prefent profe publiſhed purpoſe Pythagorea quae quam quid quod racter reafon rifu Satire ſay ſee ſenſe ſhall ſhould ſhow ſome Southcot ſpeaks ſtate ſtill ſtrong ſuch tafte taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand thro tibi underſtand uſe verfe verſe Virtue Whig whofe whoſe wife worfe worſe write
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 39 - O Friend ! may each domeftic blifs be thine ! Be no unpleafing Melancholy mine : Me, let the tender office long engage, To rock the cradle of repofing Age, With lenient arts extend a Mother's breath, 410 Make Langour fmile, and fmooth the bed of Death, Explore the thought, explain the
עמוד 13 - you let me know Great Homer dy'd three thoufand years ago. Why did I write ? what fin to me unknown 125 Dipt me in ink, my parents', or my own ? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lifp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. VARIATIONS. After
עמוד 9 - frantic wife elope, 25 And curfes Wit, and Poetry, and Pope. Friend to my Life ! (which did not you prolong, The world had wanted many an idle fong) What Drop or Noftrum can this plague remove ? Or which muft end me, a Fool's wrath or love
עמוד 10 - And drop at laft, but in unwilling ears, 39' This faving counfel, " Keep your piece nine years." Nine years ! cries he, who high in Drury-lane, Lull'd by foft Zephyrs thro' the broken pane, Rhymes ere he wakes, and prints before Term ends, Oblig'd by hunger, and requeft of friends: " The piece, you think, is incorrect? why take
עמוד 38 - Born to no Pride, inheriting no Strife, Nor marrying Difcord in a noble wife, Stranger to civil and religious rage, The good man walk'd innoxious thro' his age. 395 No Courts he faw, no fuits would ever try, Nor dar'd an Oath, nor hazarded a Lye. Un-learn'd, he knew no
עמוד 26 - Above a Patron, tho' I condefcend 265 Sometimes to call a Miniiler my friend. I was not born for Courts or great affairs ; I pay my debts, believe, and fay my pray'rs ; Can ileep without a Poem in my head, Nor know, if Dennis be alive or dead.
עמוד 15 - when by thefe approv'd ! Happier their author, when by thefe belov'd ! From thefe the world will judge of men and books, Not from the Burnets, Oldmixons, and Cooks. 146 Soft were my numbers ; who could take offence While pure Defcription held the place of Senfe ? NOTES.
עמוד 35 - j 365 If on a Pillory, or near a Throne, He gain his Prince's ear, or lofe his own. Yet foft by nature, more a dupe than wit, Sappho can tell you how this man was bit : This dreaded Sat'rift Dennis will confefs 370 Foe to his pride, but friend to his
עמוד 8 - can hide ? They pierce my thickets, thro' my Grot they glide, By land, by water, they renew the charge, They flop the chariot, and they board the barge, io No place is facred, not the Church is free, Ev'n Sunday
עמוד 20 - 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. A man's true merit 'tis not hard to find; But each man's fecret ftandard in his mind, That