 | James Boswell - 1786 - 552 strani
...have been the original of Allworthy in Tom Jones. It was he of whom Pope wrote : — ' Let low-born Allen, with an awkward shame, Do good by stealth and blush to find it fame.' Epilogue to the Satires, i. 135. Low-born in later editions was changed to humble. Warburton... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 strani
...assures us, that 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... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 662 strani
...Peru assures us, 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... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 strani
...that their Incas, above all their titles, esteemed that the highest, ' So Pope : " Let humble AJlen, 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... | |
 | John Wilkes - 1805 - 324 strani
...judgement, to which the bishop alludes, is the censure whkh he says has been passed on the following lines : " Let humble Allen, with an awkward shame, Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame." \ I must confess, I never heard these lines censured. I have often heard them commended.... | |
 | John Wilkes - 1805 - 328 strani
...judgement, to which the bishop alludes, is the censure which he says has been passed on the following lines : " Let humble Allen, with an awkward shame, Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame." J I must confess, I never heard these lines censured. I have often heard them commended.... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 388 strani
...preaching well ; A simple Quaker, or a Quaker's wife, Outdo Landaff in doctrine — yea, in life : Let humble Allen, with an awkward shame, Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. Virtue may choose the high or low degree, 'Tis just alike to virtue and to me ; Dwell in a... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 702 strani
...in preaching well ; A simple quaker, or a quaker's wife, Outdo Landaff in doctrine, — yea in life: Let humble Allen, with an awkward shame, Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame : Virtue may choose the high or low degree, 'Tis just alike to virtue and to me ; Dwell in... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 strani
...in preaching well ; A simple Quaker, or a Quaker's wife. Outdo Landaff in doctrine — yea in life; praise, Or say, our fathers never broke a rule ; Why 'then, I say, it fame. I'irtue mav choose the high Or low degree, Tis just alike to virtue, and to me ; Dwell in... | |
 | 1813 - 458 strani
...of his works; and in his epilogue to the satires, he thus speaks of the philanthropist : Let humblef Allen, with an awkward shame Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. * The Bath stone is a species of lime stone. Its nature is such, that when fresh from the... | |
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Let humble Allen, with an awkward shame, Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. 
