 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...Do good by ftealth, and blulh to lind it fame. Virtue may choofc the high or low degree, 'Tis juft alike to virtue, and to me ; Dwell in a Monk, or light upon a K-ing, She 's lull the fame belov'd, contented thing. ~"".e is undone if ihe forgets her birth, And (loops... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 480 pages
...Quaker's wife, Outdo Landaffe in doctrine— -yea in life ; Let humble Allen, with sn awkward shame, 135 Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. Virtue may clmse the high or low degree, 'Tisjust alike to Virtue, and to me; Dwell in a monk, or light upon a... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1797 - 472 pages
...body of my works, my two laft poems in quarto. Virtue may choofe the high or low Degree, 'Tis juft alike to Virtue, and to me ; Dwell in a Monk, or light upon a King, She's ftill the fame, belov'd, contented thing. 140 Vice is undone, if (he forgets her Birth, And floops... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 pages
...their Incas, above all their titles, esteemed that the highest, r 1 • So Pope : " Let humble Allen, with an awkward shame, " Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame." 9 P. Valerius Poplicola, the third Roman Consul, AUC 245. See VAL. MAX. iv. 1. which called them Lovers... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 670 pages
...that their Incas, above all their titles, esteemed that the highest, 1 So Pope : " Let humble Allen, with an awkward shame, " Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame." » P. Valerius Poplicola, the third Roman Consul, AUC 245. See VAL. MAX. iv. 1. which called them Lovers... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 662 pages
...that their Incas,. above all their titles, esteemed that the highest, 8 So Pope: " Let humble Allen, with an awkward shame, " Do good by stealth, and blush to find it jame." 9 P. Valerius Poplicola, the third Roman Consul, AUC 245. See VAL. MAX. iv. i . which called... | |
 | English literature - 1865 - 630 pages
...original of Squire Allworthy, and by Pope's couplet embalming his real name, — ' Let bumble Allen. with an awkward shame, Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.' Pope, when he introduced Warburton at Prior Park, meant only to provide his sturdy henchman with a... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 492 pages
...Do good by Health, and bluih to find it Fame ; Virtue may chooie the high or low Degtee, "Tis iiift alike to Virtue, and to me ; Dwell in a Monk, or light upim a King, She 's lull the lime belov'd, contented thing. 14» Vice Í4 undiine, if ihe forgets her... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 236 pages
...Quaker's wife, Outdo Landaffe in doctrine — yea in life : Let humble Allen, with an awkward shame, 135 Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. Virtue may chuse the high or low degree, 'Tis just alike to Virtue and to me ; Dwell in a monk, or light upon... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1805 - 1054 pages
...Do good by Health, and blulh to find it fame. I'irtue may choofe the high or low degree, 'Tis jult alike to virtue, and to me ; Dwell in a Monk, or light upon a King, She's (till the fame belov'd, contented tliiug, Vice is undone if (he forgets her birth, And ftoops from... | |
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Vice is undone, if she forgets her birth, And stoops from angels to the dregs of earth: But 'tis the fall degrades her to a whore; Let... 
