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... hand , than SATIRE'S frown : This to chastise , as that to bless , was giv'n ; Alike the faithful ministers of heav'n . Oft on unfeeling hearts the shaft is spent : Though strong th ' example , weak the punishment . They least are pain ...
... hand , than SATIRE'S frown : This to chastise , as that to bless , was giv'n ; Alike the faithful ministers of heav'n . Oft on unfeeling hearts the shaft is spent : Though strong th ' example , weak the punishment . They least are pain ...
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... hand Shall work Herculean wonders through the land : Bound in the magic of her cobweb chain , You , mighty WARBURTON , shall rage in vain , In vain the trackless maze of Truth You scan , And lend th ' informing clue to erring man : No ...
... hand Shall work Herculean wonders through the land : Bound in the magic of her cobweb chain , You , mighty WARBURTON , shall rage in vain , In vain the trackless maze of Truth You scan , And lend th ' informing clue to erring man : No ...
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... hand delineates passion , pictures man . And great the toil , the latent soul to trace , To paint the heart , and catch internal grace By turns bid vice or virtue strike our eyes , Now bid a Wolsey or a Cromwell rise ; Now with a touch ...
... hand delineates passion , pictures man . And great the toil , the latent soul to trace , To paint the heart , and catch internal grace By turns bid vice or virtue strike our eyes , Now bid a Wolsey or a Cromwell rise ; Now with a touch ...
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... hand was seen , And as it grew more polish'd , grew more keen . His art , conceal'd in study'd negligence , Politely sly , cajol'd the foes of sense : He seem'd to sport and trifle with the dart , But while he sported , drove it to the ...
... hand was seen , And as it grew more polish'd , grew more keen . His art , conceal'd in study'd negligence , Politely sly , cajol'd the foes of sense : He seem'd to sport and trifle with the dart , But while he sported , drove it to the ...
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... hand , or prompts the suppliant voice ; How nations sink , by darling schemes oppress'd , When vengeance listens to the fool's request . Fate wings with every wish th ' afflictive dart , Each gift of nature , and each grace of art ...
... hand , or prompts the suppliant voice ; How nations sink , by darling schemes oppress'd , When vengeance listens to the fool's request . Fate wings with every wish th ' afflictive dart , Each gift of nature , and each grace of art ...
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Bard beauty Behold Bishop of Gloucester boast bold breast Brentford bright Britain's charms Colley Cibber court dare Democritus destin'd e'er Emperor of China EPISTLES SATIRICAL eunuchs ev'n facundia fair fame fancy Fashion fate fav'rite fear fire flame folly fool frown genius gibbets give glory gold golden reign good-natur'd grace Graecian haec hate hear heart heav'n honor hope Houyhnhnm ibid king land laugh lie Fit lord mankind merit mighty mind Muse ne'er Newmarket night numbers nunc o'er once passion Pindaric pleas'd Poet Pope pow'r praise pride quae Quam quid quod rage refin'd reign resistless ridicule rise risum SATIRE's SATIRICAL AND PRECEPTIVE scarce scenes scorn sense shame shew shine shun skies slave smile speak taste thou thought toil tongue truth Tyburn vice vide virtue Virtue's voice wise words Wreath youth
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Page 20 - His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Page 19 - The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait; Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost; He comes, nor want nor cold his course delay; — Hide, blushing glory, hide Pultowa's day...
Page 16 - Speak thou whose thoughts at humble peace repine, Shall Wolsey's wealth, with Wolsey's end, be thine ? Or liv'st thou now, with safer pride content, The wisest justice on the banks of Trent ? For why did Wolsey, near the steeps of fate, On weak foundations raise th...
Page 23 - Lydia's monarch should the search descend, By Solon caution'd to regard his end, In life's last scene what prodigies surprise, Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise? From Marlb'rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driveller and a show.
Page 17 - Should no disease thy torpid veins invade, Nor Melancholy's phantoms haunt thy shade ; Yet hope not life from grief or danger free, Nor think the doom of man revers'd for thee...
Page 12 - LET observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind, from China to Peru ; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life...
Page 19 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride? How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire...
Page 24 - Where then shall hope and fear their objects find ? Must dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind ? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate...
Page 23 - The teeming mother anxious for her race, Begs for each birth the fortune of a face: Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring; And Sedley curs'd the form that pleas'da king.
Page 29 - But what, my friend, what hope remains for me, Who start at theft, and blush at perjury ? Who scarce forbear, though Britain's court...