The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author, Volumes 1-2Phillips, Sampson, 1852 - 616 pages |
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... fools ; by flatterers besieg'd ; And so obliging that he ne'er oblig'd : Like Cato give his little senate laws , And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and Templars ev'ry sentence raise , And wonder with a foolish face of ...
... fools ; by flatterers besieg'd ; And so obliging that he ne'er oblig'd : Like Cato give his little senate laws , And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and Templars ev'ry sentence raise , And wonder with a foolish face of ...
Page 71
... Fools grant whate'er ambition craves , And men once ignorant are slaves . O cursed effects of civil hate , In every age , in every state ! Still , when the lust of tyrant power succeeds , Some Athens perishes , some Tully bleeds ...
... Fools grant whate'er ambition craves , And men once ignorant are slaves . O cursed effects of civil hate , In every age , in every state ! Still , when the lust of tyrant power succeeds , Some Athens perishes , some Tully bleeds ...
Page 74
... fool might once himself alone expose ; Now one in verse makes many more in prose . " Tis with our judgments as our watches ; none Go just alike , yet each believes his own . In poets as true genius is but rare , True taste as seldom is ...
... fool might once himself alone expose ; Now one in verse makes many more in prose . " Tis with our judgments as our watches ; none Go just alike , yet each believes his own . In poets as true genius is but rare , True taste as seldom is ...
Page 75
... fools : In search of wit these lose their common sense , And then turn critics in their own defence : Each burns alike , who can , or cannot write , Or with a rival's or an eunuch's spite . All fools have still an itching to deride ...
... fools : In search of wit these lose their common sense , And then turn critics in their own defence : Each burns alike , who can , or cannot write , Or with a rival's or an eunuch's spite . All fools have still an itching to deride ...
Page 80
... fools . Whatever nature has in worth denied , She gives in large recruits of needful pride ! For as in bodies , thus in souls , we find What wants in blood and spirits , swell'd with wind Pride , where wit fails , steps in to our ...
... fools . Whatever nature has in worth denied , She gives in large recruits of needful pride ! For as in bodies , thus in souls , we find What wants in blood and spirits , swell'd with wind Pride , where wit fails , steps in to our ...
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