The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: In Three Volumes Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, Together with All His Notes as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death, Volume 2S.A. Bascom, 1819 |
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... Praise of Virtue may be admitted with Propriety , ver . 315. Caution with regard to Panegyric , ver . 339. The Dignity of true Satire , ver . 341 . PART III . The History of Satire . Roman Satirists , Lucilius , Horace , Persius , Ju ...
... Praise of Virtue may be admitted with Propriety , ver . 315. Caution with regard to Panegyric , ver . 339. The Dignity of true Satire , ver . 341 . PART III . The History of Satire . Roman Satirists , Lucilius , Horace , Persius , Ju ...
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... Praise the Coy , the Modest woo , And only fly that Glory may pursue : 35 She , Pow'r resistless , rules the wise and great ; Bends ev'n reluctant Hermits at her feet ; Haunts the proud city , and the lowly shade , And sways alike the ...
... Praise the Coy , the Modest woo , And only fly that Glory may pursue : 35 She , Pow'r resistless , rules the wise and great ; Bends ev'n reluctant Hermits at her feet ; Haunts the proud city , and the lowly shade , And sways alike the ...
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... praise . But chief , be steady in a noble end , And shew mankind that Truth has yet a friend . ' Tis mean for empty praise of wit to write , As Foplings grin to show their teeth are white : To brand a doubtful folly with a smile , Or ...
... praise . But chief , be steady in a noble end , And shew mankind that Truth has yet a friend . ' Tis mean for empty praise of wit to write , As Foplings grin to show their teeth are white : To brand a doubtful folly with a smile , Or ...
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... praise : And all your wit , your most distinguish'd art , But makes us grieve you want an honest heart . Nor think the Muse by Satire's Law confin'd : She yields description of the noblest kind . Inferior art the Landscape may design ...
... praise : And all your wit , your most distinguish'd art , But makes us grieve you want an honest heart . Nor think the Muse by Satire's Law confin'd : She yields description of the noblest kind . Inferior art the Landscape may design ...
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... praise to say , " the oddest thing . " Proud for a jest obscene , a Patron's nod , To martyr Virtue , or blaspheme his God . Ill - fated DRYDEN ! who unmov'd can see 425 430 Th ' extremes of wit and meanness join'd in Thee ! Flames that ...
... praise to say , " the oddest thing . " Proud for a jest obscene , a Patron's nod , To martyr Virtue , or blaspheme his God . Ill - fated DRYDEN ! who unmov'd can see 425 430 Th ' extremes of wit and meanness join'd in Thee ! Flames that ...
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