Bell's Edition, Объемы 77-78J. Bell, 1796 |
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... true ) As from Priapus ' lawless lust she flew , Forsook her form ; and , fixing here , became A flow'ry plant , which still preserves her name . This change unknown , astonish'd at the sight My trembling sister strove to urge her ...
... true ) As from Priapus ' lawless lust she flew , Forsook her form ; and , fixing here , became A flow'ry plant , which still preserves her name . This change unknown , astonish'd at the sight My trembling sister strove to urge her ...
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... true ; but I have , for the most part , spared their names , and they may escape being laughed at , if they please . I would have some of them know it was owing to the request of the learned and candid friend , to whom it is inscribed ...
... true ; but I have , for the most part , spared their names , and they may escape being laughed at , if they please . I would have some of them know it was owing to the request of the learned and candid friend , to whom it is inscribed ...
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... 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 secret standard in his mind , 166 170 175 180 [ a - year ; That casting - weight PROLOGUE TO THE SATIRES 39.
... 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 secret standard in his mind , 166 170 175 180 [ a - year ; That casting - weight PROLOGUE TO THE SATIRES 39.
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... True genius kindles , and fair fame inspires , Bless'd with each talent and each art to please , 195 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 ...
... True genius kindles , and fair fame inspires , Bless'd with each talent and each art to please , 195 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 ...
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... dedication all day long , Horace and he went hand in hand in song . His library ( where busts of poets dead And a true Pindar stood without a head ) 235 Receiv'd of wits an undistinguish'd race , Who first his PROLOGUE TO THE SATIRES . 41.
... dedication all day long , Horace and he went hand in hand in song . His library ( where busts of poets dead And a true Pindar stood without a head ) 235 Receiv'd of wits an undistinguish'd race , Who first his PROLOGUE TO THE SATIRES . 41.
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Стр. 142 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.
Стр. 40 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires ; Blest with each talent and each art to please, 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...
Стр. 45 - Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis. Amphibious thing! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart; Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord.
Стр. 235 - Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child ; With native humour temp'ring virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age ; Above temptation, in a low estate ; And uncorrupted...
Стр. 40 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Стр. 205 - Yes, I am proud ; I must be proud to see Men, not afraid of God, afraid of me ; Safe from the bar, the pulpit, and the throne, Yet touch'd and sham'd by ridicule alone.
Стр. 64 - ... for half a year or more, the common newspapers, in most of which they had some property, as being hired writers, were filled with the most abusive falsehoods and scurrilities they could possibly devise...
Стр. 34 - They rave, recite, and madden round the land. What walls can guard me, or what shades can hide? 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.
Стр. 44 - As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks; Or at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad, In puns, or politics, or tales, or lies, Or spite, or smut, or rhymes, or blasphemies.
Стр. 36 - All my demurs but double his attacks; At last he whispers, "Do; and we go snacks." Glad of a quarrel, straight I clap the door, Sir, let me see your works and you no more. Tis sung, when Midas...