The Works of Alexander Pope: Satires, &cJ. and P. Knapton, 1751 |
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... is fo odious as a Libeller , for the fame reafon as to a man truly vir- tuous nothing is so hateful as a Hypocrite . Uni aequus Virtuti atque ejus Amicis . P. THE First Satire of the Second Book O F HORACE * D 2 ADVERTISEMENT.
... is fo odious as a Libeller , for the fame reafon as to a man truly vir- tuous nothing is so hateful as a Hypocrite . Uni aequus Virtuti atque ejus Amicis . P. THE First Satire of the Second Book O F HORACE * D 2 ADVERTISEMENT.
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... ATQUE EJUS AMI- CIS . NOTES . VER . 105-120 . What ? arm'd for Virtue , etc. ] This is not only fuperior to any thing in Horace , but equal to any thing in himself . VER . 110. Lights of the Church , or Guardians of the Laws ? ] Becaufe ...
... ATQUE EJUS AMI- CIS . NOTES . VER . 105-120 . What ? arm'd for Virtue , etc. ] This is not only fuperior to any thing in Horace , but equal to any thing in himself . VER . 110. Lights of the Church , or Guardians of the Laws ? ] Becaufe ...
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... line , Uni aequus virtuti atque ejus amicis , lofes fomething of its fpirit in the imitation ; for the amici , referred to , were Scipio and Laelius . h Quin ubi fe a vulgo et scena in fecreta * E 2 Sat. I. 51 OF HORA CÉ .
... line , Uni aequus virtuti atque ejus amicis , lofes fomething of its fpirit in the imitation ; for the amici , referred to , were Scipio and Laelius . h Quin ubi fe a vulgo et scena in fecreta * E 2 Sat. I. 51 OF HORA CÉ .
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... Atque acidas mavult inulas . ° necdum omnis abacta Pauperies epulis regum : nam vilibus ovis Nigrifque eft oleis hodie locus . Haud ita pridem Galloni praeconis erat acipensere mensa Infamis . quid ? tum rhombos minus aequora alebant ...
... Atque acidas mavult inulas . ° necdum omnis abacta Pauperies epulis regum : nam vilibus ovis Nigrifque eft oleis hodie locus . Haud ita pridem Galloni praeconis erat acipensere mensa Infamis . quid ? tum rhombos minus aequora alebant ...
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... atque In neutram partem cultus mifer . Hic neque fervis Albuti fenis exemplo , dum munia didit , b Saevus erit ; nec fic ut fimplex Naevius , untam Convivis praebebit aquam : vitium hoc quoque ma- с gnum . Accipe nunc , victus tenuis ...
... atque In neutram partem cultus mifer . Hic neque fervis Albuti fenis exemplo , dum munia didit , b Saevus erit ; nec fic ut fimplex Naevius , untam Convivis praebebit aquam : vitium hoc quoque ma- с gnum . Accipe nunc , victus tenuis ...
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Page 18 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 19 - d by ev'ry quill ; Fed with soft dedication all day long, Horace and he went hand in hand in song.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.