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 | Alexander Pope - 1881 - 176 strani
...where busts of poets dead And a true Pindar stood without a head, Receiv'd of wits an undistinguish'd race, Who first his judgment ask'd, and then a place:...seat, And flatter'd ev'ry day, and some days eat: 240 Till grown more frugal in his riper days, He paid some bards with port, and some with praise, To... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1881 - 572 strani
...Compare Moral Essay iv., 141-168. ' Dodington's seat was Eastlmry, for which see Moral Essays, iv. 20. Till grown more frugal in his riper days,' He paid some bards with port, and some with praise,1 To some a dry rehearsal was assigned, And others (harder still) he paid in kind.3 Dryden alone... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1881 - 570 strani
...Dodington's scat was Eastbury, for which see Moral Essays, iv. 20. Till grown more frugal in his riper days,1 He paid some bards with port, and some with praise,* To some a dry rehearsal was assigned, And others (harder still) he paid in kind.3 Dryden alone (what wonder ?) came not nigh,4... | |
 | Thomas Sergeant Perry - 1883 - 500 strani
...judgment asked, and then a place : Much they extolled his pictures, much his seat, And fluttered every day, and some days eat : Till grown more frugal in...He paid some bards with port and some with praise." Yet, while Pope * did rap what was a great fault, we must not take these dedications too literally... | |
 | Thomas Sergeant Perry - 1883 - 498 strani
...they extolled his pictures, much his seat, And flattered every day, and some days eat: Till grown move frugal in his riper days, He paid some bards with port and some with praise." Yet, while Pope * did rap what was a great fault, we must not take these dedications too literally... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 620 strani
...judgment asked, and then a place : 1 Much they extolled his pictures, much his seat, And flattered every day, and some days eat; Till, grown more frugal in...and some with praise, To some a dry rehearsal was assigned, And others (harder still) he paid in kind.2 Dryden alone (what wonder!) came not nigh, Dryden... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 582 strani
...Bufo,' writes of ' the wits ' : — 'Much they extoll'd his pictures, much his seat, And flatterM every day, and some days eat ; Till grown more frugal in...paid some bards with port, and some with praise." Prol. Sat. \. 239. In Epil. Sat. (1738) ii. 77, in a note on the line ' Thus Somers once, and Halifax... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1906 - 198 strani
...of Poets dead And a true Pindar stood without a head,) Receiv'd of wits an undistinguish'd race, 235 Who first his judgment ask'd, and then a place: Much...He paid some bards with port, and some with praise; 240 To some a dry rehearsal saw assign 'd, And others (harder still) he paid in kind. Dry den alone... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1906 - 204 strani
...of Poets dead And a true Pindar stood without a head,) Receiv'd of wits an undistinguish'd race, 135 Much they extoll'd his pictures, much his seat, And...He paid some bards with port, and some with praise; 540 To some a dry rehearsal saw assign'd, And others (harder still) he paid in kind. Dryden alone (what... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1906 - 174 strani
...judgment asked, and then a place: Much they extolled his pictures, much his seat, And flattered every day, and some days eat: Till grown more frugal in...and some with praise; To some a dry rehearsal was assigned, And others (harder still) he paid in kind. Dryden alone (what wonder?) came not nigh, Dryden... | |
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