Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope: One who is...

Alexander Pope: One who is...

One who is too wise an observer of the business of others, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees,...

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Alexander Pope: Remembrance and reflection...

Alexander Pope: Remembrance and reflection...

Remembrance and reflection how allied. What thin partitions divides sense from thought.

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Alexander Pope: Or where the...

Alexander Pope: Or where the...

Or where the pictures for the page atone,
And Quarles is saved for beauties not his...

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Alexander Pope: She who ne'er...

Alexander Pope: She who ne'er...

She who ne'er answers till a husband cools,
Or if she rules him, never shows she rules;
Charms by accepting, by...

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Alexander Pope: If parts allure...

Alexander Pope: If parts allure...

If parts allure thee, think how Bacon shined,
The wisest, brightest, meanest of mankind:
Or, ravished with the...

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Alexander Pope: Peeled, patched, and...

Alexander Pope: Peeled, patched, and...

Peeled, patched, and piebald, linsey-wolsey brothers,
Grave mummers! sleeveless some, and shirtless...

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Alexander Pope: She sighs for...

Alexander Pope: She sighs for...

She sighs for ever on her pensive bed,
Pain at her side, and Megrim at her head.


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Alexander Pope: Poetic Justice, with...

Alexander Pope: Poetic Justice, with...

Poetic Justice, with her lifted scale,
Where, in nice balance, truth with gold she weighs,
And solid pudding...

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Alexander Pope: Shut, shut the...

Alexander Pope: Shut, shut the...

Shut, shut the door, good John! fatigued I said.
Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead.
The dog-star...

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Alexander Pope: Learn to live...

Alexander Pope: Learn to live...

Learn to live well, or fairly make your will;
You've played, and loved, and ate, and drunk your fill:
Walk sober...

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Alexander Pope: Right well mine...

Alexander Pope: Right well mine...

Right well mine eyes arede the myster wight,
On parchment scraps y-fed and Wormius...

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Alexander Pope: Speed the soft...

Alexander Pope: Speed the soft...

Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul,
And waft a sigh from Indus to the Pole.


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Alexander Pope: Pride is still...

Alexander Pope: Pride is still...

Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels...

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Alexander Pope: So sweetly mawkish...

Alexander Pope: So sweetly mawkish...

So sweetly mawkish and so smoothly dull.

Source: The Dunciad, Bk iii. 171
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Alexander Pope: Like Cato, give...

Alexander Pope: Like Cato, give...

Like Cato, give his little senate laws,
And sit attentive to his own applause.


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Alexander Pope: She, while her...

Alexander Pope: She, while her...

She, while her lover pants upon her breast,
Can mark the figures on an Indian chest.


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Alexander Pope: Stretched on the...

Alexander Pope: Stretched on the...

Stretched on the rack of a too easy chair.

Source: The Dunciad, Bk iv. 342
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Alexander Pope: Rise, honest Muse!...

Alexander Pope: Rise, honest Muse!...

Rise, honest Muse! and sing the Man of Ross.

Source: Moral Essays, Epistle III....

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Alexander Pope: Statesman, yet friend...

Alexander Pope: Statesman, yet friend...

Statesman, yet friend to truth! of soul sincere
In action faithful, and in honour clear,
Who broke no promise,...

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Alexander Pope: Loud thunder to...

Alexander Pope: Loud thunder to...

Loud thunder to its bottom shook the bog,
And the hoarse nation croaked, `God save King...

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